y bag was packed and loaded. The anticipation of a month fly fishing with a great friend and reuniting myself with the South Island left a Kiwi living in Australia excited, as Sydney disappeared. The plan included a 60-year reunion of sorts with a tour of Otago, Southland and the Waitaki, the Southland part including Riverton, and a visit to the hospital and house I was born in and lived my first 2 years of life.
