Hello..anybody out there?

Hello possums, are you still here?

Sorry for the looong silence around this blog.

We've been busy settling into Melbourne life: finding an apartment, getting into new jobs, sorting out new routines.

Our furniture arrived safely from Dubai - no damage and thankfully we were able to find an apartment into which it all fitted! One thing's for sure, Dubai apartments are very spacious in comparison to what we've seen here!

We found a great place to live and have a super landlady who has even offered us the use of her Porsche Boxster until we get a car. We haven't taken her up on that!

The public transport system is wonderful and it takes me less than 30 mins to get into my job in the city - walking and the tram.

Every Saturday, we go shopping at the South Melbourne markets for our weekly groceries. I blogged about it here when we visited Melbourne back in April. The food quality and variety is fantastic, and as a special treat once we've finished the shopping, we stop at the fish bar, buy 6 freshly shucked oysters and guzzle them down on the spot!

J is about to spend her life on planes again, as she sets up a new venture in Germany, working through our company in Dubai. It means periods of separation for us again, but shit happens!

I'll continue to blog when I find stuff to write about. Not living in Dubai and not travelling as much as we did has taken its toll on interesting things to post.

In the meantime, this is what we can see from our apartment. You can click on the images to enlarge them.

Facing north, we see the Melbourne city skyline across the rooftops.


Facing south, we see Port Phillip Bay and the port area.

This was taken on a walk around the bay and shows our apartment building.

We're looking forward to summer and shrimps on the barbie!

So - where the bloody hell are you?