Thoughts And Recollections Of A Tree Spirit

A Love Nest Just For Two

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

After an extremely stressful Saturday, looking at apartments and filling in reams and reams of forms, yesterday we got confirmation that our application for the first flat we viewed, which also happened to be our favourite, had been accepted.

Grats to us :-)

After being told by many people that getting a place to live in Australia is hard enough normally but that Christmas is the worst time of year we are both extremely pleased. Apparently it normally takes at least two or three weeks of traipsing round viewings before an application is successful. (more…)

04.12.2007 Aussie places/info of interest, Personal, Pictures 4 Comments

Second Day at Work & Second Brush With Aussie Nature

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Today (Thur 29th Nov) I was supposed to be going into the office with Mat and then while he went off on his jobs I was going to wait until 9am ish when Stuart was going to be there and have my induction. However, when we got there Tony (big boss) decided I should go and help Mat and the others first, and then get a lift back to the office for my induction after lunch.

The first job was really quick, just removing and chipping a load of wood from a house where the tree was reduced the previous day. It was at a really cool place where there were steps winding round and down to a jetty and a little private beach by the sea.

The second job was also pretty quick, at a really impressive house and grounds which apparently belong to the navy. The house (I should probably say mansion) and grounds next door belonged to the Prime Minister, although I’m not sure if he was there at the time as Australia only had their general election last week – my claim to fame for the week lol. (more…)

04.12.2007 Australian Flora & Fauna, Personal, Pictures 1 Comment