Antipodal Adventures
Birthday.
Wednesday 28th October 2015
Arggggghhhhhh! 37 is the first birthday I've hit where I've really felt like, oh crap, I am meant to be an adult by now. I AM SO NOT AN ADULT RIGHT NOW. SOMEBODY STOP THIS AGEING PROCESS MALARKEY!
As is tradition in our house, the day started off with the Official Birthday Table and Cake For Breakfast ritual. Also the Age Represented In Flames To Show You How Your Time On Earth Is Rapidly Burning Away, You Candle In The Wind, You...
Visa displeaser
Wednesday 7th October 2015
If you've been with us from the beginning, you'll know that the whole reason we came to Australia was a random conversation with a colleague of mine, who had been offered work out here, but who couldn't go herself, so... hey! Why don't you go?! Jan and I discussed it at length* and decided to go for it. And so we got a company-sponsored visa for four years,
* "Cate: Fancy moving to Sydney? Jan: Yeah, sure."
But recently, the company I work for was bought by another company. And so the saga began. "But surely they can just transfer your visa to the new company?", I hear you ask. And the answer? Stupid governmental bureaucracy is much the same as estate agencies - universal and universally awful. For undisclosed reasons, they couldn't just transfer the visa - I had to apply for a new visa. Only..... *pauses for dramatic effect*..... they've changed the list of jobs that can qualify for the visa! And, yep, you guessed it, mine's not on there! Your name's not down, you're not coming in! Release the Border Police:
Skiboarding...
Sunday 30th August 2015
Lalalala.... oh, hello! You're still here?!
Yeah, sorry about the ridiculously long blog silence. It due to a mix of lots of things, really. Enjoying married life being one of them, of course! Although people keep asking us, does it feel any different? And to be honest.... uhm, kinda? I mean normal day-to-day existence is pretty much the same. Just with extra added eternity. We've also been away for a fun weekend, plus we've had the sheer delight of the Prime Minister trying to boot us out the country*. So, you know, it's been busy.
* Uhm, well, not Tony Abbott directly or anything. Mainly the immigration department. Again, this will no doubt feature in all it's monotonous, bureaucratic glory in another blog entry. Suffice to say for now, we are fine and staying put, like the naughty immigrant squatters we are.
Lost and Found
Friday 3rd July 2015
Things lost on the wedding holiday:
- Wedding dress (I may have walked off from my preshus suitcase containing the dress at Sydney Airport...)
- Tweezers.
- Contact lens case (mysteriously reappeared in suitcase).
- Contact lenses (sadly never made a reappearance).
- Pyjamas.
- Phone (left in a London taxi. Kindly returned by driver)
- Passport (Jan had taken control of it, given the above list).
- My name (generously replaced with Kollhof).
Things found on the wedding holiday:
- 1. A new husband.
So all in all, not a bad trip, really.
It's the bridal countdown.....
Sunday 7th June 2015
We're leaving together
But still it's farewell
And maybe we'll come back