A weekend of farewells

This is our last weekend in Karratha before we take off on our Labrador City adventure.  We are making the most of the wonderful weather and have been in and out of the pool all day.  On Friday night we had Steve's Dampier Salt farewell at Hamersley Lodge in Dampier.  This is great spot overlooking the harbour and the salt stockpile (of course) not to mention the personalised service and sumptuous food.  It was a great night and the highlight would have to be the moving speeches delivered by Steve's boss Tom Lukeman and Steve's farewell speech.  Steve expressed just how sad he is to leave 'the best job he's ever had'.

Saturday night was another great night, most of the good friends we have made here in Karratha came to our place to help us empty our famous bar!  The adults were almost outnumbered by the kids, running around, jumping on the trampoline and creating chaos.  Cooper was exhausted by it all and fell asleep on a pillow in his doorway while the kids stepped over him to get in and out of the room.  It was great to catch up with friends and talk about what we may have to look forward to.  All these discussions helped me to decide to write this blog so I can let you know what it's really like.

When we woke up on Sunday morning we started to realise that we really are going to have to say goodbye to Karratha and our home.