Update... will we or won't we?

To try and contain the spread of Covid 19, the government has effectively stopped all indoor functions banning groups of more than 100 people in enclosed areas. This has drastically affected our travel plans so much so that we are still unsure if the Ghan trip is to go ahead. It is not so much the train journey that is the problem, as stringent cleaning regime is in place on a daily basis but the flights to Darwin where the train would be boarded and then on arrival at Adelaide to fly back to Sydney. With only 2 days to go, we are all on tenterhooks. We have made a massive decision though and that is not to continue with the holiday after returning from the Ghan.

The next part of the trip would have been fly to Queensland on the 14th April to meet with my cousins, spend several days with them and then fly to Singapore for a five-day stopover before returning to the UK 21st April. With so much uncertainty of whether our flights at that late date could be cancelled due to the increase of the Coronavirus, we have managed to get a flight back to the UK on the 6th April. On arrival back to FS, we must immediately go into self-isolation for 14 days. This in itself could be problematic as of course, we stripped the boat of all perishable foodstuff with only a few tins of baked beans and tinned tomatoes remaining in the cupboard. As for loo rolls? Do we still have any??? I cant remember. Anyway, we cross that bridge when we come to it. A phone call to the family to drop food parcels will probably be the sensible course of action.

So just a few more photos to show and hopefully my next post will be from the Ghan trip. If not no doubt I will post on our return to FS. 14 days with nothing to do may make us both crazy and no doubt my ramblings may get even worse then they already are! 😁