17 May 1974

Kolo Ridge

Honiara

B.S.I.P.

17 May 1974

Dear Mum & Dad,

Just a short note to say hello to catch today’s plane. I haven’t written since receiving one letter from Mum & one from Dad. It is wonderful to hear that by now you are probably home Dad, you sure have had a rough time. It was also great to receive your letter as it seems such a long time since the last one. I still imagine that it will take a long time for you to pick up fully.

Life here is as busy as ever. We have received a shipment of Mazdas (23 vehicles) & that has generated a lot of extra work. We are still getting work done around the house & at the moment we are having an elevated roofed walkway built from the back door across to the new laundry & garage.

Everyone is well. We did have a bit of a scare with Shane this week, he had a very high temperature & we took him to the hospital. It turned out to be an infection of some sort in his throat but with a mixture from the chemist he is ok now. Darren started pre-school a couple of weeks ago 2 mornings a week. He loves it & doesn't want to come home. Andy seems to love it too as it gives her a bit of a break. Something about Darren I have been meaning to tell you, (it is pretty old now) was that we took him to the club’s children’s Christmas party (fancy dress) & out of about 50 kids he won the boys section dressed as a swag-man complete with corks dangling from his hat.

The Mazda is a very nice car & is built to cruise at high speeds. I know it will do over 100 mph (I haven’t tried it) but I’m not sure exactly how fast it will go.

Anyway we are still here & enjoying ourselves.

Love from all of us, Greg