Update

Thanks to everyone who has commented, both in cyberspace and face to face, on the loss of my wallet etc. I'm amazed at how generous people have been.

Just so you know we are not starving and so far have enough money to survive, even though it takes 21 days for the bank to process the form I filled in to tell them that they gave my money to a complete stranger :-)

The Case of the Unknown Gym Member - Part 2

Ok, so now I'm really grumpy... The person who stole my purse withdrew all the money in our bank account, over the counter which means she had to show photo ID, which means the person at the bank has very bad eyesight.

And I can't do anything about it until Monday when I have to prove that I didn't withdraw the money myself...

The Case of the Unknown Gym Member

While I was in Mongolia I was very security conscious, we were all warned about making sure we kept our belongings close to us and not leaving anything valuable in our pockets etc etc. I caught myself in Eastgardens last week making sure my bag was close by and really safe (a good thing to do I know but generally there aren't so many bag thieves in Australia).

But sometimes no matter what you do your things will stolen!

Yesterday afternoon I went to the gym a bit earlier than usual so that I could get a lift home with Stu. I got changed and locked my bag in my locker, after my workout (I ran on the treadmill which is very exciting as I was a bit scared of running on a fast moving machine) I went back to the locker to get my bag. The locker was open, which was a bit strange but as the lock mechanism was still locked I thought perhaps I'd not closed it properly. Then I realised that my bag was not in the same position I'd left it in, I had a minor panic and checked to see if anything was missing.

Thank God my laptop, pda and phone were still in my bag, my purse however was not. I went to reception and told them what had happened, all the Fernwood girls were very shocked! They phoned security and the police, and I phoned Stu who was waiting for me outside.

It turns out that a women had signed in with someone else's membership card and broke into at least 2 lockers (another girl's purse was stolen as well). She ran out of the gym but no one really thought much of it at the time.

While I was waiting for the police to arrive I rang to cancel my credit card and discovered that the unknown woman had used it! I also went to check the time and remembered I wasn't wearing my watch but had in fact put it in the locker and it was also missing.

It's kind of ironic that I travelled through Mongolia and China for 4 weeks and managed not to have anything stolen but when I get home...