Been a quiet week. Not a lot has happened.Our weather has much to do with that, I suppose. It is dark by 5pm and it is cold. The other night it was down to 9c – which might not seem cold in your corner of the world, but it is cold here. We took the dogs out last night and they enjoy their walks in the dark. The one thing I find good about winter is that the cold means that there are no – or very few – flies around, and it’s possible to walk and work outside without being pestered by constant flies. That’s one thing you wont see on the tourist brochures. I think if you are born into the society and are brought up dealing with it it takes on less significance, I wasn’t and they bother me. When I take the dogs out out during the warm months I am covered in personal fly spray – I hate them buzzing around my face and because this is a new area at the very edge of things and surrounded by bushland, we tend to get a lot of them.
Our weather had been fairly mild and it’s been good walking weather.On Monday evening is the Annual General Meeting of the Royal Flying Doctors Support Group and I have been trying to drum up someone to accept nomination as Secretary – unlikely but you can’t blame a fellow for trying. It’s a big job and no one is really interested in assuming the role so I guess I will be it for a fifth year. How did I become Secretary in the first place, you ask?? Well, five years ago I was just a member and I attended the AGM. I was shocked by the lack of response to requests for nominations for the various posts and I also have to say, in view of the Adelaide Central Operations Guests, somewhat embarrassed. I refused at first because I felt someone more qualified than I would surely take the position, but no one did. When I was nominated a second time – at my request – I accepted. I have been Secretary ever since. Despite a high membership, participation is low, but people have constraints of work, so that’s understandable. In the last four years this handful of people that I have the pleasure of working with, have raised and donated $135,000 to the RFDS. In the last
twelve months the RFDS have made 556 landings at our local airport.
The area at the very back of the photograph has still to be done. I will do that sometime over the next week or so. Not sure, probably edging and granite chips with the native plants being left alone at the top right corner (out of frame) Since that photograph was taken the gum tree that you see to the right has shed bark and leaves like you wouldn’t believe and that area is just dirty brown and covered in litter.
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