Those "Moving In" blues!

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On the 6th. of June, after the painter had finished doing the walls and ceilings, we moved in the first items of new furniture, which we had bought "locally" - the nest of tables from a furniture store here in Yamba and the arching floor lamp from Harvey Norman in Ballina.
These were the only items belonging to us when this photo was taken. The removalist was to arrive a week later.

On the 12th. of June they turned up and unloaded SEVENTY-THREE boxes!!
I thought we'd packed about 46 but no, the total was almost double that number.

Two weeks have passed since that day and we still have 13 boxes to unpack.
Most of those contain books, magazines, CDs, LPs and DVDs plus a smattering of miscellaneous stuff not needed on a daily basis.
Once all the boxes are emptied I will be putting them up for sale on the internet.

We are still awaiting the delivery of furniture that we have ordered over the past three weeks.
The items include a dining suite, a lounge suite, a bedroom suite, an entertainment unit and an office desk for the study.
So we are making do with a couple of bean-bags, cushions, a collapsible picnic table, some plastic garden chairs and empty packing boxes as desks and bedside tables.

Packing-up a household, moving it 900+ kilometres and then unpacking it into the new home should only ever be done once as a maximum and preferably never!

However, the BIG positives, which far outweigh the pain of the moving process, are the location, the weather, the people and the overall ambiance of Yamba and the region.

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On a walk along the breakwall a couple of weeks ago I spotted a lone fisherman accompanied by his dog.
It was a lovely scene - very peaceful. Just a bloke and his mate fishing for Blackfish.

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Rosie the cat settled into her new home pretty smoothly after we picked her up from the cattery on June the 17th.
We hadn't seen her for exactly a month but she remembered us and within a few days had eased into the new situation, even finding the best sunny spots in which to snooze and grab some vitamin D.

It's a hard life, being a cat!