Blog 9 Wagga Wagga

It’s amazing isn’t it you can plan for years for a trip and at the last minute your kids will come along and change everything for you, great isn’t it.

The original idea of this trip was to go all the way around Australia, our house would be safe and secure as the son was going to live there and mow the yard etc. Well we get halfway to Mt Isa and he rings up and says he has been accepted into the RAAF, so it’s into Darwin for a while, then fly back to Townsville to see him sworn in and send him on his way.
The of course we have to be in Wagga in 10 weeks, so it’s down the middle we go so we are in Wagga at the end of August.
We arrived in Wagga on the 24^th, made camp at the big 4 in town and settled back to see Lucas. We met up with Lucas on the Saturday; he looked good and was enjoying the RAAF.
Then the gang started to arrive, on Monday we drove up to Canberra to pick up Michelle and David and the little ones Taylah and Connor. The next day we took them up to the snow to the Selwyn snow fields



The Gela family





Dave



Lucas's March Out

Finally the day came we were all waiting for, and that Lucas had been working for 10 and a half weeks towards.
On the Wednesday Lucas marched out of recruit training, we all went along, Taylah was excited she thought we were going to the playground, had to explain to her it was the parade ground, she enjoyed it though.

The day was great, cold and raining but I am sure the recruits couldn’t feel a thing. When they marched out with such precision and pride, it made you feel good that these young people are preparing to devote their efforts to the nation. 

 

 

The Chief of the Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown, AO was in attendance, along with the President of the RSL Rear Admiral ken Doolan AO RAN (Retd).

At the precise moment the Chief stepped out of his car a bloody great jet fighter roared across the parade ground.

After the parade we all went over to their mess for tea and sandwiches, and the recuits were awarded thier certificates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 We were then taken for a tour of their quarters. After all this we were escorted out of the grounds ( not evicted)  

On the Thursday Nicole and Tyson flew in from Brisbane, so it was another trip up to Canberra to pick them up, was great to be getting everybody together.

On Friday Dan came down but he hired a car and drove down himself. On Saturday we all went to the park for a picnic, early father’s day for me and the two sons in law. The kids enjoyed it there was swings and stuff

There was also a small zoo which we all enjoyed

Boys and their Dads

Sunday saw everybody leaving to go home, we took the Gela’s back up to Canberra and Nicole and Dan plus Tyson drove up by themselves.

We hung around another day and then headed up to Canberra this time we took the van though.