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 Our youngest daughter, Sonya has been looking for a career change. She has been involved in Stage managing, production managing and operations manager for theatre and circus for thirty years. During that time she was often responsible for work place health and safety. She was getting bored with her job and she studied more university courses on WPHS. She made a few applications in Victoria in different industries but wasn't successful. Just for fun she applied for one in the Arts industry in Brisbane. The Queensland Performing Arts Centre was very keen to employ her as she knew the theatre industry well. She wanted to withdraw her application because she didn't want to uproot her family from Melbourne.  However, QPAC was not going to let her go. They offered her a good salary and pay for the removal from Melbourne to Brisbane. After discussing it with her family she decided to take the job and the family would move to Brisbane. 

How Happy Are We ???

They are coming to live in Brisbane, hooray.

So Sonya flew up a few times to find a house to rent, which is not easy these days. There is a shortage of houses and besides that she wanted it in the catchment area of Kelvin Grove State College because that is the school she wanted the boys to attend. She has remained friends with some she made when attending university here back in the nineties in Brisbane. They have been helping her decide on schools and finding a house. Finally, a friend found a suitable place to rent until they sell their house in Melbourne and buy one here. So they packed a huge truck with their household stuff and Sonya flew up to meet the truck and supervise the unloading. Bernie and the boys stayed in Melbourne. He is preparing the house for sale, he has done a lot of renovations and is building a back patio. The boys finished the school term and now are waiting for Bernie to load them and the dog into the car with a trailer of more stuff that didn't fit into the truck and drive them to Queensland. It takes two days.

Sonya has been amazing unpacking all the boxes and putting together a king sized bed and renovating an old pantry for the kitchen. She also drove us to drop our car into a repair shop after I crunched in the front driving into a garden. She also came and picked us up and drove us to see her house. It is an old Queenslander type house but quite nice and in a lovely area close to everything but in a quiet street. The best area is the back deck high amongst the trees.

Bill makes himself at home.

They will be a half hour drive away not a two and a half hour flight away.

We are so proud of her.