Melbourne
22.12.81
Dear Alan,
Finished
last week for the Christmas holidays so I went into town today to find out what
I could about getting another passport. All I found out was a passport has to
last for five years and while you have one you can get another. There is a way
the government works out visas and passports if you are going to several
countries that don’t have anything to do with each other. You get a separate
part but this is all done before you leave Australia and only seems to be for
travelling not when you are working. One person suggested you go and talk to
people at Thomas Cook in Johannesburg. They are about travel agents there are and
deal all over the world. I don’t think we have an ambassador in South Africa
but we do trade with them so there should be some-one over there who might be able to help you.
As I
said in the last letter I found your boots. I cleaned them and they should be
dry now so I will send them off tomorrow. Remember I said about a lady from
church whose daughter has gone to live there. She gave me her present address
if you are going to Durban. I know she would like to speak to someone who comes
from here. Sunshine is almost the same as St Albans. The lady who has gone is
Mrs D. Her mother is a very nice elderly lady who originally came from Holland.
I know it sounds a bit like asking a person who is coming to Melbourne to look
up a friend who lives in Perth but you never know you may go to Durban. I was
talking to Mrs Gartley last week Ian has to go to Mildura for his first year
out because he didn’t get into hospital in Melbourne. I don’t think he is very happy but I would
have thought it would be a good hospital. It does mean though that Mrs Gartley
will be left home by herself. She will miss Ian.
Lois
was offered a job in the Northern Territory in a school on a cattle station
outside Katherine. She wasn’t like you she thought she would be lonely and I
think a bit scared to go all that way. Anyhow she has decided not to go and
take her chance there. I’ll write a longer letter after Christmas
Love Mum
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