Staying in Melbourne

The greatest ever disappearing act is the one that occurs every day – to the 16 hours left after 8 hours sleep. The last few weeks have flashed by and we’re sorry we’ve not been diligent in posting to the blog. Work has been the main focus of our existence as we struggle to get… Read More »An Apology

This morning, amid raucous uncontrolled laughter from the Princess, I donned my newly acquired long johns. The green and white candy stripes clung to every bump and contour making HER see the need to grab at and fiddle with everything that dangled or protruded under the tightly fitting garment. I’ve posted this picture although I’m… Read More »The Thermals are out

This morning is foggy and cold but not unpleasant. Sue used to tell Kerrie that the thing she missed most about England was the distinctive seasons. I understand completely what she was saying. Growing up in Christchurch was the same – two totally separate seasons – the cold and the warm. Queensland’s separation of seasons… Read More »Winter rolls on in Melbourne

As expected, the initial reports that have been spat out by our program have had a significant affect on the Uni’s view of their space usage. It all goes to reinforce our foundational philosophy of how to solve any problem or achieve any goal. This way of approaching problems and goals seems to guide everything… Read More »Cat set amongst the pigeons?

After working for about 40 hours in the last 48 we finally got the first and most difficult part of the uni job done. I had a nightmare yesterday when at the final hour I thought I had messed up big time. I think fatigue finally got to me. Poor Kerrie tried so hard to… Read More »It’s like we’ve emerged from a cave

We’ve been spending our entire day working on the project for the company in Melbourne. It has proven to be a massive task and I wonder if we had realised this at the beginning we would have taken it on, but it has evolved along the way. Originally we were told they had all the… Read More »I know we haven’t written the blog lately but there’s a reason.

There we were working in the little home while noticing the comings and goings of every conceivable make and size of caravan, motor home and tent you could imagine, when suddenly an Aussie Wide Bunderra comes in. This is the same brand as our new home although a different model. Ours is the “Destination”, theirs… Read More »The new home and downtown Preston

Well we have ordered our new home. An Aussie Wide 20ft. We have taken a few shots of a similar van that was being built at the time we were at the factory to give you an idea of what we are getting. The company web site doesn’t have the “Destination” model yet. There was a… Read More »Our new home

Hi Ho, Hi Ho It’s off to work we go…or for Kerrie anyway. Today we start a couple of weeks of 9 to 5s at the University. Kerrie starts today and we both head in tomorrow. I’m going to drop her off and head over to Aussie Wide to confirm the new caravan. Weather reports… Read More »Something we’ve not done for a while!

I can’t believe a week has flashed by without a blog post. It‘s been an intense week for sure. I’ve been rising at about 3:00am to start work and apart from walks to the toilet block and the occasional drive to Melton for a break I’ve been working till 8 or 9 at night. Kerrie… Read More »Moving to Coburg