Aunty Linda went out for the morning to visit a friend. I had a fly of Uncle Owen’s drone and passed the time. Tom (their “maintenance guy”) came round so I met him, as Uncle Owen directed him to his chores for the day.

Once Aunty Linda returned, she took Kaoru and I to see Nanna. We ordered some lunch at the cafe and then Aunty Linda brought Nanna out, so she could see Kaoru. Even though only one visitor per day is allowed in the room, we could get around that limitation by bringing Nanna outside. She was very happy to meet Kaoru again, and the time was over very quickly.

On the way back to the house, Aunty Linda took us to Donna’s grave so we could say our final farewell to her.

Once back at the house, Kaoru and I packed a bag, and borrowed Uncle Owen’s car to go to see Gavin and Donna for dinner. Donna wasn’t there when we arrived, but we made our way round the back and had a dip in their new pool to cool off. Eventually Donna got back with the kids, and we sat out the back and talked for a while. They have both grown up! Donna cooked us roast pork for dinner.

Gavin didn’t get back until after 8.00. So he ate dinner, while on the phone for a BMX meeting. A friend of theirs came round, who had a wound (from dropping a cabinet on his shin), which Donna needed to re-dress.

Gavin told us some stories about his new job, which he is thoroughly enjoying, and then I gave him a demo of the software I had developed for him. Unfortunately I didn’t manage to get in front of his boss to demonstrate it, but Gavin was certainly happy with what it does, and hopefully we will be able to catch up in a couple of weeks in Melbourne.

We said goodbye and left about 10.30. Aunty Linda and Uncle Owen were getting ready for bed, so we said good night, and went ourselves.