Monday 15th January, 2024. Brookton to Victoria Park via Roleystone

Our overnight at Brookton was very quiet. We saw one other new camper arrive (a large caravan), but otherwise, apart from the two cottages occupied by workers the other two caravans and a tent seemed occupied by residents. We enjoyed using the ensuite style bathrooms and the campers kitchen for washing up.

It cooled down a little after sunset and we only had the fan on when we went to bed. In the night the breeze dropped and we had to use the air conditioning again to be comfortable. There had been threatening clouds around sunset, but no resulting storm, which meant that things remained very humid.

It does appear that the weather turns stormy out of nowhere, we were threatened by a storm here in Victoria Park this afternoon, but it appears to have bypassed us. The sky outside our living room window is now perfectly clear, but earlier it looked quite threatening and we thought we could hear thunder.

Yesterday morning, after a leisurely breakfast, showers, and packing up, we set off at about 10.10 a.m. and arrived at M and Gs at about 11.20. We stayed to catch up on news, then headed off again for home. It wasn’t hot in terms of temperature, but the humidity was high and our airconditioning struggled to deal with the hot air in the house. At times it was as though we had it set to warming!

Over the afternoon we brought all food and most of a gear inside. Today (Tuesday 16th) was supposed to be a very hot day and we didn’t want sensitive electronics or food to be spoiled in the heat.

This morning, Tuesday 16th January, I met Matthew and his support worker for his appointment at the ENT department of QEII Hospital in Nedlands. The white patches I had seen in his mouth appeared to have resolved, I couldn’t see them either. They did a thorough examination and said that without a family history of cancer they did not think he has a problem. Matt was extremely serious up to the point where his support worker suggested having a coffee before catching a taxi home, he then cheered up considerably and really enjoyed having a coffee and people watching in the cafe.

They caught a wheelchair taxi home and I caught an Uber ride. The driver arrived so quickly that I left well before them. I enjoy using Uber, though Stephen and I have caught buses to the hospital and it works well. I arrived at the hospital well before Matt due to not being sure how long it would take me. They arrived about 10 minutes before the appointment, so actually timed it well.

So, here we are, up to date. There is a lot of cleaning to be done, inside and outside of the Sherwood. East Bay Campground has a beautiful white sandy beach, but behind is bushland and even camping right on the edge we were on dirt, a lot of which got inside. As it was such a short trip I decided to wait to do a thorough clean until we reached home.