1 Year in Australia

The 23rd of October was our 1st Anniversary in Australia. No big celebration, just a nice dinner at our favourite Thai restaurant.

On the move...

This weekend we moved house. The owner of our apartment wanted to sell it, so that meant we had to vacate the property. Unfortunately the rights for tenants in Australia are not very favourable so we had to look for something else. We really like the building and its location, so our goal was to find something close by. Luckily an apartment became available in the same building and we decided to take it. It's 3 floors lower than the old one so we hope that doesn't mean more traffic noise. The view is also slightly less nice, less green and more city. The apartment itself is about the same size, but the space is a bit more practical, it's got more storage, larger balcony and  a bathtub!

We moved everything in one day, and although it sounds easy to move within the building, its not really because you don't really pack everything properly. so you end up with a lot of small batches of "stuff" and you walk up and down endlessly. If you need our new address, please send us an email.

Packing

Unpacking

    

    

 
Done!

Camping

Last weekend was a "long weekend" in NSW because of Labour Day. Some of our friends went camping in Yarramalong, about 1,5 hrs north of Sydney, and asked us to join in. Because we had some other things to do we couldn't make it until Sunday. The weather didn't look too good be we thought it would be good to take the car out for a drive an anyway.

The campsite was on a private property so it didn't have (m)any facilities. Our friends had put up a very big tent and brought all the facilities with them. Unfortunately the area was infested with leeches so you really had to watch our feet all the time, since they crawled up your shoes. A lot of them tried but no leeches made it far enough to get us. Some of the other guys had chopped a lot of firewood and that way we could close off the evening with a big campfire. After midnight the weather really turned bad with lots of rain and thunder. The tent managed to stay upright and dry, but the sound didn't allow for much sleep.

    
Its the big tent on the right. 

Brad found an effective,
but silly looking solution against the leeches.

    
Drinks at the tent                    the Campfire