Dear Australia Post
I’m sorry no one was in receive our parcel last week. You thoughtfully left a card with information on how to pick it up from your parcel depot, complete with a little map.
Which caused me no little confusion. In Melbourne, there are several streets with the same name. So when I see a [...]
I sent a text to my mum last night along the lines of “Guess where I am!”. But then he came back on stage again and I didn’t see her reply.
Yes, Gin & I saw Leonard Cohen live last night at Rod Laver arena (where the Australian open was, by the way). I wasn’t quite [...]
Melbourne still struggles under an oppressive heat, although it cooled of a little this evening. With all the air-conditioners and fans being abused throughout the state, the power grid has started a programme of rolling blackouts. Areas of the city get their electricity cut off for around an hour at a time to reduce overall [...]
Although Gin & I are staying in a pretty nice place just now, we’ve realised that we both want to have somewhere to ourselves. So, I’m house-huntin’.
Having never lived in a big city before, I’m not sure how Melbourne compares to other places so this may be the norm: 15 minute viewing windows.
We find a [...]
It is probably appropriate that the inaugural Australian post will be about the HEAT.
Anyone in Scotland will undoubtedly be aware of the temperatures here this week; since they have all been following the tennis rather closely.
When I talked about Australian temperatures in Scotland, I was often treated to a disbelieving look of “nowhere gets that [...]
