Hi everyone! This past week has been a roller coaster. We had started to prepare for Alex’s permanent residence visa here in Australia (for those of you that are not aware, I’m an Australian Citizen so am eligible to sponsor Alex to stay) which is a stressful and ridiculously expensive process in itself… but then something that has been on our minds since we first met cropped up; travelling.
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Our good friend Jade suggested we should take a little road trip as she was allowed to take her car from her nanny job for the whole weekend. We decided to go to Phillip Island which is only an hour and 45 minutes away from where we live. Phillip Island is known for its rather cute Little Penguins. So we headed off on the road as poor Callum had to listening to Jade and Alex’s terrible singing for over an hour we arrived on Phillip Island.
Continue Reading →We recorded some video on my 21st birthday, and Alex put it all together for us and made this little video…
Continue Reading →For Valentines day we went a little out of our food comfort zone and dined at one of Melbourne’s top restaurants, Embrasse Restaurant. The food was absolutely beautiful, and we had 6 courses of it! Some of the things on the fixed degustation menu included Ox Cheek, Pork Belly and Squid Ink Beef, finished off [...]
Continue Reading →A look into my birthday for everyone that couldn’t celebrate with me. We had a lovely day walking around Melbourne doing some shopping. Then returned home for some of Callum’s cooking which went badly wrong, and we ended up ordering a pizza! We also have a new addition to the family; Butters the mouse, which [...]
Continue Reading →It’s the 6th of January, 2012, and some big things have already changed. As of the 5th, I have decided to go back self-employed for a few different reasons; for the freedom, for the opportunity for Alex to find part-time work at weekends (which isn’t only easier to find, but quite often pays more for [...]
Continue Reading →Being unorganised early-20′s, we went Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve. It adds a little excitement, and it’s pretty cool seeing everyone in a festive mood, even if it was 32ºC and very sunny. View this photo on Flickr! To sum up our first Christmas in Australia in one word is hard. Words that spring to [...]
Continue Reading →We went to Sydney this week for a short break with Zane and Rachel. We stayed in a nice old little apartment (although very basic!) a few minutes from Bondi Beach, a great little surfer town with some fun little shops, bars and places to eat. It was great to wake up to see people [...]
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