It has been raining in Sydney for twelve solid days now. I know, it’s great for the plants, and we’ll all have water to drink, but it’s still getting me down. Perhaps the main problem is that we don’t have a drier, and despite draping the washing over every available surface in the house, we […]

I’ve been doing a lot of physics lately, what with my first assignment due tomorrow and physics labs underway. It’s not as boring as I feared it would be, but neither has it really grabbed my interest like chemistry did. Even though it’s fun playing with toy trains and motion detectors, somehow it just doesn’t […]

I find myself very amused by the Sarah Silverman / Matt Damon video “I’m F**king Matt Damon”. I just love Sarah Silverman though. Jan doesn’t find her funny at all! Am I a sick and twisted person?

The follow up, featuring Jimmy Kimmel & Ben is not quite as funny but still has its moments (hallo […]

My maman is selling her house in Greytown as she is coming over the Tasman also. It’s an absolutely gorgeous property.
“Longforde” is a spacious 5 bedroom Victorian homestead, encircled by verandahs, on 3 acres of established gardens and pasture with uninterrupted views of the Tararuas. The house is bordered with white roses and green lawns […]

I’m back in Sydney after a really nice trip to NZ. A sad occasion but the funeral was very nice and well attended and I think we gave Nana a good send off. Caught up with most of my favourite people.
Anyway I am heaps busy trying to catch up with work, but have just upped […]

I’ve had a crazy few days - the sadness of losing Nana last Wed, then the joy of the Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday night, the nerves of starting uni today, and now heading off to NZ tomorrow for three days for Nana’s funeral.
Mardi Gras was wonderful. We had tickets to the BGF Glamstand […]

We’re settling in pretty well in the new land. In some ways it’s like we’ve never been away! The new house is a ramshackle beast, very roomy, set amongst a tangled jungle of weeds and exotic plants. I spotted a blue tongued lizard yesterday near the letter box but it quickly vanished into the undergrowth. […]

After the good news about the house, now I have been offered a place at the University of Sydney in the Bachelor of Medical Science. They take 200 people per year so it is pretty good going. Now I have to find someone to go and enrol for me on Tuesday afternoon otherwise the offer […]

Here’s a pic of the new house from ground level, thanks to ACP. Pretty groovy!

Thanks to the efforts of my darling Sydney side of the family, we have a house to go to when we arrive there in a couple of weeks’ time. It is slightly disconcerting that we have seen NO photos or plans of it - the estate agents didn’t put any up. The best I’ve done […]