So it was my first day of work in the audit division today at HLB Mann Judd. It was a really nice day and I felt really welcome. I started with a student who was going to work in the business recovery section of the firm for her sandwich year at uni. We spent the first part of the morning going through all the IT and HR procedures. We were then shown round our floors. The company occupies level 1, 2 and 9 of the building. Level 9 is the audit floor. I fe...

Gday mates!!! Made it to Melbourne safely after a 19 hour flight from San Francisco via Auckland. The flight was good, especially as I had no one sitting next to me which meant I could actually sleep part of the way. I was impressed with Air New Zealand mainly as they has the play/pause function on the films. I saw dream girls, wild hogs, and a Mandy Moore chick flick. One of the HLB Mann Judd audit managers, Peter Gallagher, met me at the airport which wa...

Today I decided to explore Melbourne so I have my bearings before I start work. I booked myself on an afternoon tour of the city along with a cruise on the Yarra River and visit to the Dandedong ranges. The Yarra river cruise was first up. It is was really good but very cold!!! The cruise took us to the main Victoria harbour, under the various bridges, the aquarium and we had a view of all the bars and restaurants along the river!!! At the end of the river is...

Today was my last day on my US tour and visited the one place I had been longing to see in San Francisco and that is Alctraz. It was fantastic. I did not know much about the history before going but was totally engrossed when I got there. Alctraz is a NP located about 15 mins out in the middle of San Fran bay. It is a jail on its own island. It was a Federal jail but was shut down because it was too expensive too run. The jail is still in good shape and tha...

Today I decided to torture myself and get up at 6am to go on a tour of Yosemite NP. Again this was excellent, the scenery in the NP was beautiful, lots of waterfalls etc. Our driver ...well I dont know if he was but he was acting very blonde!!! Said the most random things on the way there. Got back about 9 pm - so a long day and packed my stuff for Aus!!!! Good luck to Scotty and the Vantis boys in their cricket match against Frosts - Sue I want to see all ...