We're here!

Well we're here!

In sunny, but not very warm, South Australia.Our flights over were great - we had 4 seats each on the flight from London to Singapore so managed to lie flat and slept for half of the 12 hour flight. We had 10 hours in Singapore - what a great airport. 10 hours at Heathrow would send you nuts but Singapore is made for it. We slept in the transit hotel for a few hours, went for a swim and jacuzzi whlist watching planes take off and then Carla treated herself to a chinese massage. Felt like we'd been on holiday when we boarded the plane at midnight for the 7 hour flight to Adelaide.

Our friend Pete met us at the airport with a huge smile, a huge hug and, fortunately, a huge car! Although we've shipped out 13 boxes of stuff, we still had 40 kg each luggage (including our Christmas tree - don't ask!!!) We're staying with Pete and Cindy and their 2 (soon to be 3) children Jack & Abby. We met Pete and Cindy when we travelled round Australia in 2002-2003 as some mutual friends were staying with them as we passed through Adelaide. We only meant to stop in for a cuppa and ended up parking our campervan on their back lawn for 10 days. This time we plan to stay even longer...

So, what have we been up to? Not a lot really. Carla has completed her Mandatory Notification Training (child protection stuff) which she needs to be able to teach. She's got a first aid course on 6th July (another requirement before she can teach) and then has to wait for the Teacher's Registration Board to give her authority to teach. Then she can look for a job! It's a long drawn out process over here but we're getting there. She'll probably do supply (or relief as it is out here) to start with.

Andy had been helping Pete out with a few building jobs around the house. Pete owns a construction company and has just about completed his house (where we are staying) but there are a few bits that still need doing. The plan is to build a cottage at the end of the garden which we will probably rent for a while. Andy really wants to set up his own business with his life coaching so he's looking into that at the moment. He's got a workshop to go to that is run by the South Australian Government about starting up a business so that should be helpful.

Anyway, we'll do an update again soon and show you our new home and our beautiful beach.