There were some negative comments about the brevity of that last post. So here are more photos with some detail about what we’ve been doing out here. This is Michelle and Ritchie.

Last night we went out for dinner with them. Then to a rubbish pub, where we met Stewart and Dorren. These are just some of our glorious new Sydney friends. They are like English friends but much funnier, more easy-going, more attractive, they smell nicer, they’re much better at ping-pong, they can breath under water and they have shiny, green skin that’s impervious to bullets.

I recently went to New Zealand for three weeks. It was pretty rubbish, because Jen had to stay in Oz. New Zealand looks like this:

But, to be fair, when it doesn’t look like that, it sometimes looks like this:

And this:

Some of the stuff I did can be read about here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/may/25/newzealand.boatingholidays

and listened to here http://download.guardian.co.uk/sys-audio/Guardian/sponsored/2007/05/31/NewZealandUncovered_TheNorthIsland.mp3 

But it goes on for hours, and isn’t much good unless you’re planning a trip to New Zealand. I based my broadcast on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1984 travelogue of Brazil. Which, if you haven’t seen, you really should treat yourself to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uerFZ2Z42nc

Back in Sydney, we’re leaving our little house tomorrow to move into a big ramshackle warehouse. It used to be a chocolate factory – did I mention that? It’s got cold here and it’s been raining for two days. Our new place is going to be chilly. I may have to quit work so I can spend the winter in bed, watching Colombo DVDs. Jenny has agreed to take a third job to support us if this is the case.

 

In the winter, all the outdoor pools around the city are drained, so the other day we went to the beach and swam in this tidal pool that’s sunk into the rocks. The waves come crashing in over the edge into the pool.

We did leave the city last week and go to the blue mountains for a wander. Ski season is coming up, and there are ideas about heading to the snow parts of the mountains. As part of our move, we sold all our possessions on eBay because the place we’re moving to has everything already. Its remarkable how much stuff we have accumulated in the past six months. All of it is useless. It’s great to have nothing again.

 

More next week – with pictures of the kitten in our new place.

Loads of love from us both xx