Day 395 (25.04.08) It had been a while since we'd had one so we were about due for another public holiday. This time it came with a more serious reason in the form of ANZAC Day, a day similar to our Remembrance Day. 25th April marks the anniversary of Australian and New Zealand forces landing at Gallipoli. This was the first military action the Anzacs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) saw in World War I. The landing at the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey met with fierce resistance and resulted in the deaths of more than 8000 soldiers. ANZAC Day begins [View Full Entry]

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Day 391 (21.04.08) It was our last week of work at the office in the city before we were all to be moved to a brand spanking new set up. It was going to be a little way out of the city but with the promise of a great working environment and, as most of the mates we had made were going over, we planned to give it a bash. As it was our last week we thought we would make the most of our city centre location and take a trip up the Eureka Tower. Standing head and shoulders above [View Full Entry]

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Day 384 (14.04.08) to Day 390 (20.04.08) So today was the day when we'd have to say our goodbyes to Nora our trusted little van...or would we? We picked up Sarah and Duan, the buyers, and drove up to the Victoria Roads office in the north of the City to sign over all the forms etc. It turned out to be not quite that simple. We had to re-register the van in Victoria despite the fact that there were still two months on the last registration. To re-register the van (it was registered in Queensland where we bought it) we had [View Full Entry]

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Day 350 (11.3.08) to Day 354 (15.03.08) Work continued without much excitement this week as we all felt a bit drained following our busy and fun-packed weekend. We went dancing again on Tuesday and continued with the 40s Charlston style that we’d begun the week before - we’ll be pro level in no time! On Wednesday night Tiana and Ash came over for dinner as there was no basketball match this week so we needed another excuse to get together! Drinks on a Friday afternoon often help us make it through the week so we stopped for a couple but decided [View Full Entry]

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Day 342 (3.3.08) to Day 345 (6.3.08) Monday at work started with a big move around of the Yellow team so that us new starters could be integrated with the more experienced agents in the group. By the end of the week we were getting a little tired of the repetitive nature of the work but getting on well with all of the team so determined to stick it out for a while. The week had its usual pattern for us. On Tuesday we went back to dancing and this time learnt some 40’s style Charlston manoeuvres. We had such a [View Full Entry]

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Day 346 (7.3.08) We couldn’t wait to finish work today as we were off to Wilson’s Promontory, a National Park in the most southerly tip of Australia, so we were chuffed when we got let out at 4.30pm. We’d been waiting for a long weekend so we could see as much as possible whilst we were there and Labour Day fell on the following Monday giving us a three day weekend (see - another public holiday!). We were being joined by Rob and Bevan from work and Bevan’s friend Amy would be coming along too. Having packed all our stuff into [View Full Entry]

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Day 356 (17.3.08) to Day 359 (20.3.08) With a 4 day week (you have to love the Aussie love for public holidays) we had another relatively ordinary week at work. Tuesday brought around another Swing dancing lesson where we brushed up on some Charlston moves, a lot of fun! We had a pretty hectic day on Wednesday with the washer broken in the flats we had a trip to the laundry and some food shopping to do before another evening at the basketball where we had a fantastic game with a very tense last couple of minutes - a win none [View Full Entry]

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Day 360 (21.3.08) The start of the four day weekend for easter and Mark got up early and drove Tiana and Ash over to the airport. After a bit of a palaver getting back to the flat with various roads closed over the long weekend Mark eventually got back to jump back into bed and take advantage of the bank holiday lie in. We spent the rest of the day getting the van ready for selling, writing some of the blog and relaxing for the afternoon. We had planned to go over to see Marita in the evening, we had all [View Full Entry]

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Day 363 (24.03.08) We thought we’d make the most of today as we both woke feeling refreshed after our exceedingly lazy few days. To continue the aim of exploring Melbourne’s surrounds whilst we still had Nora, today’s choice of destination was the Mornington Peninsula, just down the coast from the city. The weather was bright and sunny and we decided to hop into the van and see where the day took us. As we passed through a town called Frankston from the corner of our eyes we spotted what looked like the largest sandcastles in the world. We couldn’t resist a [View Full Entry]

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Day 364 (25.03.08) to Day 369 (30.03.08) Today it was back to work for another four day week which despite the lower pay is quite a blessing. For Chrissie’s birthday we’d planned to go to watch the production of Romeo and Juliet that was happening in the Botanical Gardens only when Mark went out to get tickets at lunchtime he found that it wasn’t actually happening anymore. Contrary to the advice we’d got from the visitors centre and the website it had finished two weeks previously. So, after our weekly dancing class (where we learnt some 20s style Charlston this week) [View Full Entry]

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