Hello Hello! We've been getting our heads down in Sydney trying to find jobs and Ben has been working for a bank. Finally we have managed to get proper jobs! We both start next week - Ben as a Senior Business Analyst for a government department, and Em as a Marketing Analyst for a 'customer interaction agency'. We are very pleased as the whole process has taken a lot longer than we thought it would - I guess we can blame the current economic climate. We haven...

Well Hello! Been a while since our last blog, and that's mainly because we've been on a road trip! But first we settled into the lovely beachside pad and got to know our nice flatmates -they took us to a trivia night (we got one question right about Cornwall!), we cooked them an English-style roast, Ben went to a poker night and Em to a Tupperware party!! Em also did a stint as a receptionist for a property company. Then our mate Brian arrived; flew in from Br...

hello hello well, its been a fun and productive week or so since we landed in sydney. we've got everything ready for a potential period of working here: bank accounts, somewhere to live (nice appartment a few metres from the beach!) and appointments with recruitment agents etc. still yet to see if we can actually get jobs! we've settled ourselves in manly; a lovely suburb a short ferry ride from sydney, with perfect surfing beaches for ben (he is addicted - em...

Hello people Well we have arrived in sunny Australia. But before we get to that, here's our last 10 days or so in New Zealand: Spent quite a while faffing around trying to sell our campervan, after a spot of cleaning, a spell in a car market and 2 auctions we finally sold it… for a fraction of what we bought it for, but never mind. It did us proud for 3 months, took us round the whole of the country, was our first home we bought together, and by the end we...