Four Years On

It is hard to believe that more that four years have passed since Karin and I landed at Sydney to put our feet onto Australian soil for the first time.

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Over the past four years we have learnt quite a bit about living in Australia and what the various little quirks are and how things are done. The time has thus come to revisit the intent of this blog and what I would like to gain from it and also at the same time cater to the needs of possible readers.

It has been a long period between the various blogs and part of the reason therefore is that within a very short period of time we covered most of the popular tourist things to do and then very quickly one gets into the daily / weekly / yearly routine and with very little happening. That has most definitely been the case over here. Thus the decision has been made to focus the blog and writings on specifics rather than the general and in that way inform rather than just ramble. Obviously quite a bit of rambling will still go on; but then just is just who I am.

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Part of the change is also to monetise the blog with the hope that it will provide a little extra income to those who are looking towards retirement in what is a very volatile economic market.

From hereon going forward in this section I am rather going to concentrate on that which is personal and what happens around the home with other sections covering the more adventurous side of our stay.

When we were looking at coming to Australia we did a bit of research and one of the best places to get information is the various expat forums. I remember reading on one of them where a bloke from the UK was asking if Sky (TV) is available in Australia, to which

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somebody replied; Australia does have TV and it has blue skies with lots of sunshine. Well that is something we really did discover and watched quite a bit of it during the summer but it must also be said that there is a winter and although granted not as harsh as those in the northern hemisphere is does get rather cold and wet; in particular down south.

Otherwise we are doing well and enjoying our stay. On the work front I am currently involved in the build of the New Royal Adelaide Hospital and I will provide some details on what has happened on the work front in future posts.

Karin is now well entrenched into the world of spinning and book clubs. She has taken to using some of the wool that she has spun and we are all receiving have some great woolen products to keep us warm through the winter.

So with spring starting to knock on the door of winter we are looking forward to some warmer and longer days. 

So until a next time take care.

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