Blogs from Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 186

Well I started my fifth, yes fifth, job on Monday working as an IT technician in a hospital, finally something that I can do! Let me take you on a wander through my oh so brief Australian working history. When we landed in Perth we sent our CV's out to loads of agencies hoping to get temporary work. We knew it would be far easier to get work in the hospitality trade but we wanted to try and get Mon-Fri, 9-5 first so we could still enjoy our weekends together. So we sent out our CV's and I got a couple of calls to come in and meet with agencies who promised the world but who still havn't delivered. Then Fiona gets a job, we went to visit Lara at her work which happens to be ... read more

tie me Kangaroo down. I've not much to add to these photo's, there primarily for my goddaughter Rebekah, newphews Ross, Callum, Connor and Cameron, but feel free to enjoy them. These were taken from Frank and Lara's house up in the country, it's about an hour away from Perth but like an other world, it's amazing, nothing around, about 5 houses share 50 acres of land and there's plenty of 'bush' surrounding all the plots. I spotted these 'Roo's about 4pm on Saturday, there was about 40 of them, they only come out to feed around sunrise and sunset and we were driving home from Bayswater, when we pulled into Frank and Lara's house we spotted them. I got out the car and sneaked up to the fence of the neighbours property where they were graving ... read more

This is more what I'm used to, partisan atmosphere, hostile crowd, there's no love lost between these cross-town rivals. As I mentioned in the last post both these teams play at the Subiaco Oval which is in the trendy East Side of Perth, it's a real nice area with loads of bars, restaurants, boutiques, whatever tickles your fancy can be found in Subi really. The Eagles are based here, it's where they train, have offices etc, it's really there home ground in my book but it's owned by the council, the Dockers play there home games here but train down in Fremantle at their own Oval and are based in the seaside town. From start to finish it was more like a football game that I'm used to, loads of shouting at the opposition, songs, threats ... read more

April Fools' Day 2005, Pete and Sarah arrive in Australia. We very quickly got into the Aussie lifestyle after meeting Sally; we were in the spa drinking beers very quickly. On Saturday we went out for Sally's birthday, which was the next day, and pretty much as soon as we woke up on Sunday hair of the dog was suggested (and accepted) and all the blokes and soon the girls were drinking again in the hot Perth sun. That evening we had a barbie with Kangaroo steaks, of course drinking pretty much all day. Then until thursday myself and Sarah very much enjoyed the garden and weather at Sally and Jamie's place by sunbathing and alternately doing some weblogging when it got too hot. Sufficiently relaxed and recharged after the stress of selling the van, later ... read more

We've had a real busy time so far in Perth, we've been setting up bank accounts, going in the spa, getting tax numbers, going in the spa, applying for loads of jobs, going in the spa, trying to get our bearings around Perth all while trying to have the occasional dip in the spa, it's a hard life after all, I don't think we though out this year hard enough, who'd of known it would be so tough? Anyway today was a day to relax, Frank and Lara were having a BBQ with a few choice friends to show us off, and all the work they'd done on the house but I think it was more about us, we're special don't you know? We had a great night, met loads of great people and stayed in ... read more