Victoria Park

Tuesday 24th April – Goodbye Africa

Since our flight was not due to leave until late in the evening, I had requested a late check out from the hotel. Although I had been assured on three separate occasions that this would be OK, I was not impressed when a hassled looking assistant knocked on my door at 10 am asking why I was still in the room.

Apparently communication in the Safari Club Hotel is not their strong point. I packed as quickly as I could and carried my luggage to the lounge room where some of the others were already waiting.

Another group of our people had chosen to spend the entire day on a tour of Johannesburg but the rest of us had chosen to have a quiet day before the long trip home. The only problem was that it quickly became boring, just sitting and reading the old magazines so we decided to go straight to the airport and do the rest of our waiting there. At least there was more to see and do there.

We were met later in the afternoon by the rest of our group, and we all survived the long flight back to Australia without incident. And in case you were wondering about my ostrich egg, fortunately I did get it back to Australia in one piece and it now proudly sits in the bookshelf in my study – a great reminder of my time in Africa.Read more