From Melbourne
13.1.83
Dear Alan,
Sorry
I haven’t written for a few weeks and somehow @ other my routine got all mixed
up over Christmas. Your Christmas card arrived on the 24th Dec. We
had a quiet Christmas just Lois Bev @ pam here. Ray went to Malaya and stayed
two weeks with Glenn @ Jenny travelling around South East Asia. The week before
Christmas @ New Year we took Auntie
Grace and Win to Trentham. We just had a lazy time. A few days before Win had
fallen over running for a train (at her age!). She was badly bruised could
hardly move @ had a black eye. She mainly rested and by the end of the week was
back to normal. We picked a lot of raspberries, the youngberries are doing well
to but we are having trouble with birds.
The
next week just Dad and I went by ourselves. We went for several walks into the
forest. Just as well we weren’t there this weekend there was a large bush fire
went through the forest. All of Melbourne was covered in smoke. You could look
at the sun in the middle of the day. It was red. The fire started near
Greendale just past Blackwood burnt across the Lederberg Gorge and crossed the
road near Lake Merrimur. It was still burning near Bullingarook 3 days later.
When we sure it was nearly out Beverley and a girl friend have gone to stay at
our place this week and Lois has gone to stay down in Gippsland with a friend
so Dad and I are just home by ourselves. Beverley took our car and Lois took
the other so I have the chance to do all the things around the house that need
doing. Not much fun but they have to be done. The weather is very cool for
January so I didn’t mind working with heater on last night.
All the
rest of the family went on boxing Day to
see the first day of the test. Everyone said it was one of the best test
matches ever played. Each day one innings was completed and until the very end
you couldn’t tell who was going to win. Aust won
Today
in the papers there is a bit about West Indies playing cricket in Sth Africa.
But one minute they are playing and the next minute they aren’t. It’s a bit had
to tell what is happening
Dad has
just finished reading the book you sent. South Africa is certainly a place to
study human behavior there are so many different types of people all trying to
live together. It does seem though from here that the government does
everything it can to get the worst publicity from the rest of the world. I did
see last week something about the colored people getting a vote but the black
people still ignored although the economy needs them. Everyone thinks it would
be better just to keep the bead work to look at and not use it. With the rug we
have they are just nice to have around the house to look at but I will use the
cloth because it would not be harmed by use.
Love
mum
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