From Melbourne
7.5.85
Dear Alan,
Haven’t
heard from you for some time but assume that the troubles in SA have not
affected you. The news we get suggests that most of the trouble has been in the
Eastern Cape although some other areas have been mentioned.
The
main news here vis-a-vis SA has been the “rebel” cricket tour. There has been a
lot of media coverage. Passions have
been aroused and there has been a lot of debate about dollars Vs conscience.
I think
those going are rather foolish bit it does point out the hypocrisy associated
with dealings with South Africa. The chances of a trade embargo are very slim
indeed.
This
Saturday we leave for our visit to Tonga. We stay one night in New Zealand
where we will meet Pamela who is having a week’s holiday there. She felt she had to get away from Tonga to a
big city for a while. Shows how quiet Tonga must be if New Zealand is a
metropolis!
Pamela
will fly back to Tonga with us and we will stay with her for about ten days. On
the way home we will spend three days in Fiji. Fiji should be livelier than
Tonga but I fancy that there is not much difference between the Pacific
islands. Through Pamela we should get an
insight into village life not always possible as a tourist.
We are
anticipating a big change in the weather when we get to the tropics. Although we have just experienced some
beautiful l autumn weather. Some of the early football matches were played in
temperatures in excess of 30 degrees.
Speaking
of football, Footscray is doing well and recently defeated Essendon before the
biggest crowd for 15 years at the Western Oval after losing to Melbourne the
week before. Should be a very interesting season but not as turbulent as the
All Blacks visit to South Africa.
We’re
expecting a lazy time in Tonga so you might get a letter from there. It should
be interesting but I don’t think it will match South Africa for a holiday.
Kindest
regards to yourself, Lorna and the girls
Dad
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