"Last night we had 5" of rain" John said.."so the drainage on the home's gutters and grounds have to be built well to endure a lifetime of tropical weather."
" The house is in a solitary location 30 miles from Cairns in the mountains. My friend Rod, had a sense I'd enjoy seeing their location and meeting John and his wife, Gayle. They are good people - educated - hard working and are lateral thinkers.
Gayle is a working-class lady, a counsellor at a state prisiopn. She arrives home at 6:00 PM with bags of groceries and our evening begins with tropical juices and cheese dip and crackers. Gayle has had a stressful day - but changes into relaxing clothes and has a glass of wine. "My day went from bad to worse" she said laughingly."
"This couple is as natural as the day is long and their relationship with Rod spans many years. John and Gayle operated a restaurant in Cairns when Bryar was performing and over the years have been close social friends."
"Our evening discussions ranged from kids to comparing the US/Australian life styles. Surprisingly I learned many Americans have migrated to Australia.. a country with 18 million citizens compared to our 270 million."
"These people are worldly.. have traveled to California and England and just got a computer!"
"They live dangerously as you would say and as night fell the surrounding jungle began to talk up: tropical birds and frogs, etc. beyond description;
'They have electricity, a phone, television and by contrast to my cyclo driver, Anh home in Saigon was a one and John & Gayle's is a ten!.. both in the tropics .. one in poverty the other nestled in a Tropical Rainforest.
" I got back at 11:15 pm and recorded my diary of the night's events. - now I go to have photos developed of last night's wonderful time and thought of you and all the mouth-watering tropics entre's I'm enjoying" Enjoy the winter "ole gal!"
Love Bob."
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