Down Under with Daughter - Planning & Arrival - Perth
She left on the 12th February 2024 and we first saw her again on the 15th February 2025. When we’d waved her goodbye at Heathrow Airport that cold winter evening, we thought she’d be back by June. How wrong we were! A year of life later, 12 months filled with far away adventures in Australasia, we finally set eyes on her again in Sydney airport in the summer sunshine, her skin glowing, her hair flaxen and her smile as dazzling as ever. It was the best hug I’ve ever had and the tears finally started to flow as I was overwhelmed by the emotion of having our middle daughter back in my arms again, the virtual hugging of the last year finally realised into a long, warm, strong embrace. The 367 days which had passed between us in opposite seasons and sides of the planet dissolved in an instant and it was as if those 10,000 miles of separation had never actually existed. But most importantly, for the next two and a half weeks she was going to be all ours again, travelling with us on our explo...
