After waiting 18 months for our new house to be completed, we could finally move in in June 1989. I was so annoyed with our useless builder, who went broke before completing the house. His suppliers refused to sell him timber, bricks and windows because he couldn't pay his bills. Luckily our bank came to the rescue and paid for the supplies and the house got finished. (sort of). Bill had to do a lot of the finishing touches.
Not quite finished but we could move in.
Bill had to build a bridge so we could use the back entrance. He also installed the air-conditioning. (That was his day job)
I felt sorry for our daughter, Carol. She was in her final year of high school and had important exams in November and she had been moved from her home, then a rental and now into a new home. This all should have happened at the beginning of the school year (January in Australia). However, she did very well in the end.
Carol was in year 12 and Sonya in Year 10 at John Paul College, Daisy Hill.
Bill used to volunteer at Radio 4EB (Ethnic radio) for the Swiss Program.
I was teaching Year 5 at Mt Cotton State School.
Carol turned 17 and had a murder mystery birthday party. Most of her friends studied drama at school so they did a great job.
We had visitors from USA. They were Bill's cousins from San Diego. They were riding around the world but flying over the oceans. They brought their bikes with them. They stayed with us and did lots of jobs around the house.
We had friends visit from Switzerland.
Sonya wanted to be a model. She did a few modelling jobs. 1989 was a busy year.
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