I've also arranged to have my mail collected (and some forwarded) and other mail sent (my class birthday cards). I hope all that will run smoothly. The only other thing I have to do is pay one car registration and all those details are completed.
I still have to arrange for getting to the airport. Taxis here are unreliable (the last time I ordered one for 5:10 to meet the Gull Airport bus at 5:30, it hadn't arrived by 5:15. I rang and they hadn't allocated it yet! It arrived at 5:25 and I arrived at the same time as the bus - too close for me. I had only made the booking a month before to make sure it would arrive on time, but no luck. Things have got worse, so I am unsure as to whether I should see if a friend can take me to the bus or get someone to run me to the airport. Decisions, decisions!
I'm pretty sure I can pack everything into one backpack and one small suitcase. I'll practice while in Tasmania so hopefully I can see if I have left anything out or packed too much. Electrical stuff (chargers, adaptors, board) should fit okay. My decisions to make over the next few weeks are if I should take some material on Australia to friends in the US and should I get an electronic translator. I'm okay in North America and England, I'm iffy in France but have little knowledge of languages elsewhere. I also still have to print and laminate a small card to indicate my allergies to seafood and mushrooms. I can't easily find a suitable set of pictures of fish, shellfish and a mushroom to fit on a card and then overprint them with a large red cross. That should take care of language problems.
I keep worrying that there is something vital I have forgotten. Naturally I can't remember what is is. I hope I either remember soon or I am wrong.
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