It is coming closer to the time when we will have to decide when to move out of our present home. I've lived in quite a number of houses so here's today's trip down memory lane.
My first home was in Yeerongpilly, Brisbane ( the following to *are in Brisbane unless noted otherwise)
Sometime late in 1931 or early 1932 the family moved to Dutton Park
Then when I was either 7 or 8 we moved to Annerley
when I was 10 we went to Amiens ( which is 17k NW of Stanthorpe in SW Qld.)
A couple of years later back to Annerely ( same house as before)
Next move was to Clayfield
I'm not sure of the order of the next few moves but I think it went like this:
Petrie ( just outside the Brisbane boundary)
South Brisbane
Wavell Heights
Bald Hills
somewhere in that time was a brief stay at Hamilton Heights
I started my secondary ( high) schooling while at Clayfield and ended it at Wavell Height so in the space of 4 years I had lived in 6 places.
In 1953 my parents moved to Melbourne and Alan and I stayed in Brisbane and lived in a flat at Chelmer*
Bill and I were married in 1955 and went to Cloncurry; in NW Queensland; we lived in 2 different houses in our 3 years there
Next home was in Mackay where again we had 2 homes
From there it was back to Cloncurry where we lived in another 2 different houses
Finally we arrived in Toowoomba a nd have lived in 2 houses here ( so far!)
If you add that up you will find that covers 19 houses ( counting Annerley as one)
If my calculations are correct I lived longer in the house in Dutton Park than in any other house until I came to Toowoomba in 1966. Unfortunately I have no real memories of that house just a few vague impressions. I will share some memories of life there next time.
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