Our Apartment!!

Hello, here are some pictures of our new townhouse in Perth. The neighborhood is Leederville and it is a great location with plenty of restaurants and pubs. Our shipping crate arrived last Friday and we are totally unpacked, it is a miracle!

Summer Down Under

I have just returned from yet another week of plant work in Australia. I spent the week at a B&B in Manjimup and was fed home cooked dinners every night, it was so grueling. I have my dad to thank for hooking me up with this volunteer opportunity. I had a good time scribing for a botanist and saw some gnarly looking plants and lizards that were approaching dragon size. I have some pictures I will post online later. We have had a good couple of months in Perth. George has spend several weeks working in Manjimup and I have been finding casual work where ever I can. Last Sunday we had a really cool job working "security" at a concert at a winery. It was really easy and we got paid to listen to the bands mainly. We are going to do several more this summer including hopefully Rob Thomas. Summer is really heating up here and the sun is now rising before 5am because Western Australia does not observe daylight savings so it is quite warm by the time you wake up. We are all settled into our new apartment in Leederville and are really enjoying it. Pictures have been taken and will be posted ASAP. The great news this week is that our shipping crate is arriving from the US today!!! Its like Christmas for us. I am so excited to stop living in my backpackers gear. This weekend we are bottling the beer we brewed 4 weeks ago and our very excited to bring our new beer baby home. On Sunday we have surfing lessons, I am braving the water and hoping nobody decides I look like a seal or a sea turtle, yipes!!! I am still trying hard to find a job and have a few leads. But until then I am still taking any casual work I can find. I really enjoyed hearing about the Oklahoma Nebraska game. I am so excited for the team but am a little concerned about what is going to happened if we have to play Texas in the Big 12 Championship. I think we will be getting up very early or staying up very late to watch the KU v. Nebraska game on Sunday. GO SKERS!!!!! Well I must be off, the shipping crate arrives in a few hours and I must prepare the apartment, I have no idea where we will put all this stuff! I will post pictures from our first few months here and the apartment this weekend.

Africa pictures are now on snapfish

The title pretty much explains it all! Email me if you would like to view.

A Fort Night and a Week Down under

As I know you have all been waiting on pins and needles for my next posting I have included a few pictures from our trip. This lovely one is a leopard eating a gazelle, yummy! I will tell you about the first 3 weeks in Perth. We just moved into our temporary housing in East Perth (10 minute walk to downtown) last week and it is really nice. Tomorrow we move into another short term accommodation for the last 3 weeks. We do not yet have a car but have been able to either walk or take public transport anywhere we need to go. George has been hard at work in his new role as a Senior Project Environmental Scientist. I am looking hard for a job and an apartment which is taking up most of my days. We have looked at several apartments in East Perth but it takes some getting used to as things are different here. We are looking at heaps and heaps more the rest of this week so we hope to have our new place settled ASAP. I am still adjusting to this wonderful country and am still waiting on my first Kangaroo sighting, but I have seen about a hundred parrotts so that almost makes up for it. It is spring in Perth and summer is just around the corner so any day now its supposed to be sunny and warm. Heaps of rain so far, Laura I know you are laughing at this. I don't have a whole lot of exciting news yet, but I am hoping to hear back about a few jobs soon. This weekend George has a 3 day weekend so inbetween the apartment hunting we will try to explore the city and the surrounding area. There are hundreds and hundreds more pictures for your viewing pleasure available on snapfish, email me (plattecat84@yahoo.com) and I will send you the invite to view. Just be sure to brew some strong coffee before attempting to look at them all. As I keep saying the Africa pictures are still MIA but I will get it up there very soon.

Who doesn't love hot pink snow pants!?!