Australia Bound

I am posting this at Pearson Airport, Toronto where I am waiting to board my flight to Sydney
What a wonderful summer this has been, singing in the Indian River Festival Chorus, visiting my favourite places in Prince Edward Island Greenwich, Blooming Point, Bothwell and preparing for seven months downunder I lived in Van of Exploits from mid May until a couple of weeks ago staying in Canoe Cove, the Bannockburn Road, Cabot Park and Kingsboro, I scooted and cycled on little used roads in forests, along shores and even one long excursion to Halifax on Prugna along the back roads of Cumberland and Halifax counties, out to the Atlantic shore and into Dartmouth where the Tall Ships were were readying to leave. It was a most spectacular site, this is how the Halifax Harbour must have looked on any given day in the 1800s

Another foray to the mainland took me to Joggins and the new Fossil Research Centre,
I had visited several times but this was a superior visit. We took a guided tour in the footsteps of Lyell and Dawson through the Carboniferous forests. Our guide was a geology student who was very passionate about palaeontology, past, present and future. We visited the new interpretive centre which is a work of art and science. The centre itself is LEED certified, it has a green roof and various other features of buildings of the future.

The past two weeks have been countdown to Sydney, packing, tying up all those things that need attention when one is away from home for 8 months, saying goodbye to friends and now en route.