One Funeral, Now A Second One.

The funeral for Trish's brother Bevan was a small affair attended by less than 16 people. Three of Bevan's siblings attended with all three travelling from interstate. Trish and I drove from our friend's home in Newcastle to the airport where we collected Bevan's younger brother Bill and then drove into Nelson Bay for the service. Nelson Bay is a beautiful spot very popular with holiday makers, especially at this time of the year. It was crowded with holiday makers. The family members chatted and remembered their brother at the RSL Club following the service.

We dropped Trish's brother at the airport and made our way back to Newcastle. From there on the phone ran hot with to-ing and fro-ing in preparation for my Uncle's funeral back in Canberra. It is to be held on Wednesday in Canberra at 11:30. I have been asked to give the Eulogy. Therefore we will need to be in Canberra carrying out some preparation well before Wednesday.

My sister Judy and Peter will bring the caravan up from Omeo while my brother's wife Jeanette will fly to Canberra on Tuesday afternoon and stay with us a in a Hotel/Motel near the funeral chapel. At this stage we are booked in to the motel for Tuesday and Wednesday nights. However it may be an idea for us to head to Canberra even earlier so I can prepare adequately.

Our New Year's Eve was spent quietly with friends Janet and Mick and some of their neighbours. Michael slept better than the previous night!

If all goes to plan, we should get back home to Caloundra on Friday.