First Week Down!

That's the first week in the job finished! Its going good - really easy work, just involves putting companies addresses into Excel. Gets a bit boring but there's four of us doing it and we can listen to our MP3 players so it isn't so bad. I managed to get the most copied this week so I got a $100 bonus, which will come in handy!

Went to see Mr Bean on Thursday, it wasn't very good, and going to the Cinema is pretty expensive out here ($15), but made a change from staying in at nights! The days are getting shorter here now, and its usually dark by 8, but the mornings are bright about 6 so that's good. Still pretty nice weather but it has been a bit showery these last few days.

We went out to the Scienceworks museum this afternoon. It was pretty good, it has a planetarium which was especially good.

Easter is quite a big holiday out here and I think I'm getting Easter Friday and Monday off work so we're thinking about going to Phillip Island next weekend, maybe stay out there on Saturday night to watch the penguin parade!

Still waiting for Harold Bishop to be the star at the Neighbours Trivia Night before we'll go to that! Also planning to go out to the Dandenong Mountains sometime soon, as there is supposed to be a lot to see out there.

Here's a photo from my flickr account I took from St Kilda Pier. It was a bit of an overcast day but it gives a good idea of the skyline! We still haven't managed to any of the Swimming Championships as they're all either really expensive or sold out.

Found a job!

I've just heard I've gotten a job! Starting on Monday, in Data Entry, working for SmartyHost - a web hosting firm (Apparently the 3rd biggest in Australia!) It is on Collins St which is right in the heart of the city so it will be really handy. Its only for 3-4 weeks but its a good starting point.

Nothing much been happening, had an interview for the job this morning so was just preparing for that. Really hot here today - around 31 degrees!

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Still Job hunting!

Everythings going well here, but still had no luck finding a job. Have applied for a lot but they either want experienced folk, Australian citizens or they just don't bother getting back to you! Got a few more going through the processes so we'll see how they go. Applied for one for a computer dismantler which involves taking all the guts out of a computer and sorting it out into plastic, glass and metal - which would be ideal!

Grand Prix was excellent - I've uploaded a lot of photos to flickr. It was a real job to get good photos as the cars are going so fast, and the noise was unreal. There were fly-overs by the Australian equivalent of the Red Arrows, and a Quantas Jet, on route to London, flew by really low. Incredible how many Ferrari supporters there were there.

The world swimming championships are on here at the moment too and the outdoor events are taking place at the beach beside our flat so we went to watch the Womens 10km swim yesterday. It wasn't a very nice day so I was feeling a bit sorry for them! Russia won the gold but the UK got silver.

Weather here is still pretty good - mid twenties most days but it is heading towards Autumn now, and the nights seem to be getting slightly shorter.

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Well we've finally gotten settled into our flat - I've uploaded some photos of it on flickr. Our address is:
Flat 12
54 Acland St
St Kilda
Victoria
3182

Now, the job hunting starts in earnest! We went to the Melbourne Motor Show on Friday, which was good, all the major car companies showing off their latest models and concept cars. I've also got some photos from there on flickr.

The Grand Prix is on this Sunday so it should be really good, seems to be a whole day event with live bands, flyover etc.

It was a public holiday yesterday, for "Labour Day" so most of the shops were closed. There was a festival on by the river called the Moomba Festival, so we went along to watch the fireworks to close it, they were really good. I got some photos from there but haven't had a chance to upload them yet!

We've gotten joined up to the Library out at St Kilda (the suburb I'm living in) so it's really handy, just up the road and they rent out DVDs and Videos as well as books so gives us something to do in the evenings! Also free internet use but it's usually really busy.

Not a lot else happening, weather here is still great, high twenties most days. I think it'll be starting to get colder shortly as they move into Autumn but no sign of it yet!