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Club of Western Australia went on strike this week in protest against the excessive use of contract labour to cover weekend work . Unfortunately our baggage was irretrievable and we had only the clothes we stood up in ( not much , and dirty ) , so we spent the day just lounging around , sort of recovering from jetlag in advance . Joanne Luland was alone with her children when the blaze broke out because her partner was in jail . ( And , late in realizing the problem , we had to steal it from a friend 's backyard at dead of night , a kind of first footing in reverse - - but that 's another story . The lodge staff having been tipped off in advance , we celebrated the birthday with gorgeous gooey chocolate cake and champagne , and ended the day sitting round the campfire singing Everly Brothers songs in the gloaming , surrounded by pine trees . The track is limited to a dozen or so walkers a day and is booked many months in advance . The total number of hours has not been great , not really enough to justify all the travelling , but she spends quite a bit of time at the school ( including lunchtimes ) and participates fully in school activities : the job serves as a social focus as well as a workplace . For the real thing you have to either book expensive seats years before or elbow yourself into a place in Il Campo several hours in advance .