The Norwegian and I had our first taste of the competitive world of the Sydney Rental Scene today. The flat we are staying in is great, but they are selling, so we need to find another more permanent place to rest our heads. Rental properties are only available for viewing for 20 minute slots between […]

I’ve decided it is about time to make my blog private, so I’ll be sending out emails inviting you my newly privitised burblings. If you don’t get one, and would like to carry on reading, send me a message and I’ll do the do. Ta

In a break from all the visa gloom and job doom, today has been great as it is Hard Rubbish Day. Not as you might think, a hard day that was also rubbish, but the day when junk-burdened Sydneysiders leave a load of stuff on the pavement in front of their houses for the council […]

I went to an excellent, cheap yoga class in Manly Community Centre last night. I like going to yoga classes in drafty community centres rather than in swish expensive ones with tinkling fountains and up lighters. This is not (just) because I am a tight wad. It is because they are usually run by eccentric […]

Living in funny old Dee Why has had its moments. I’ve been lucky enough to capture some photos of the wildlife here include one day after a storm and a number of strange jellyfish and other creatures were washed up onto the beach. There were hundreds of blue stingers or blue bottles at the hide […]