After several complaints, that our blog isn't updated with pictures of the house as yet...we eventually created a new album :-)
We are enjoying the excuse of "moving" for having a bit of chaos at home ;-) Still several boxes to unpack and 1 or 2 pieces of furniture to buy. Hopefully soon....
All the best and miss you guys,
Bob & Carolin
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
We moved in!!!
We eventually moved into our rental place in Ringwood East, an Eastern Suburb of Melbourne (ca. 30 km to the city). I can't tell you how good it fells to be in a house and not in a 20 qm appartment anymore. I only have 8 minutes to work, 10 in bad traffic ;-) It takes Bob around 8 minutes to get to the freeway. 10 min walking distance to the next train station, bakery, butchery (especially important for me), post and little supermarket. And: there is a german butchery close by :-) :-) To the beach we take about 35 min. Isn't it great?
And: We received our container!!! It's is so goooooood to have our own stuff again. Will probably take ages until we upacked the last box, but at least it's here.
We'll post some pictures onto the blog soon. Hopefully at the weekend.
Love,
Bob & Carolin
And: We received our container!!! It's is so goooooood to have our own stuff again. Will probably take ages until we upacked the last box, but at least it's here.
We'll post some pictures onto the blog soon. Hopefully at the weekend.
Love,
Bob & Carolin
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Holidays on the Great Ocean Road
Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a happy new year!!
We spent Christmas in Melbourne, going out for a big dinner, all dressed up, on Christmas Eve, like the Germans do ;-)
On the 25th we did a day trip to Daylesford and surrounding area, 100 km north-west of Melbourne. It's a lovely area with a lot of small little cute towns (almost like in Europe, only almost) and known for its many spas. We've also went up Mount Macedon (See pictures in album "Miscellaneous 12.2008").
The 26th, Boxing Day, we used for shopping as there are incredible sales on here. We bought a very nice wooden dining room table and chairs for our new house :-) For sure on sale...
And on the 27th, we started our big Tour along the Great Ocean Road.
(See pictures in album "Great Ocean Roadtrip")
We weren't quite aware as yet of the beautiful close surroundings of Melbourne. It only took us an hour to get to the start of the Great Ocean Road, west of Melbourne.
How beautiful. We stayed in 3 different towns along the way (Apollo Bay, Port Campbell and Port Fairy), slept in B&B's or in Bob's car and did a lot of walking through beautiful Woods (I must correct myself, they call it bush here) and even Rainforests to even more beautiful Waterfalls. The best walks were in the Otways, a National Park along the Great Ocean Road. We even did a tree top walk, the Otway Fly, walking 30m above ground between the tree tops on a metal construction (Canopy Walk). Quite scary, but impressive....
In Apollo Bay went on a Fishing Charter Trip, catching mostly Flatheads. Was quite touristy, but fun anyway, especially being out at sea, enjoying the scenery.
Most of the time it was quite fresh though, not so much summer yet at all. 5 out of 6 days we had only around 16 degrees and windy like crazy. Definately not as stable as the South African weather, that's for sure.
The biggest surprise was our New Years Eve. We decided to have New Years in the Otway National Park, the rainforests, on a small camping ground. As it turned out, we were'nt the only ones with that idea. There were 4 different groups (an Australian family, an Australian group of friends our age, an Australian/Irish couple and a chinese/whatever couple), which welcomed us warmly with a drink and some food around the campfire. To meet such great people by coincidence in the woods ... We had such a great time with them :-) :-)
Have a look at our pictures, gives you an idea of the beautiful beaches and woods.
We decided that some more weekend trips to that side of town will follow :-)
Miss you all!!!!!
Bob & Carolin
We spent Christmas in Melbourne, going out for a big dinner, all dressed up, on Christmas Eve, like the Germans do ;-)
On the 25th we did a day trip to Daylesford and surrounding area, 100 km north-west of Melbourne. It's a lovely area with a lot of small little cute towns (almost like in Europe, only almost) and known for its many spas. We've also went up Mount Macedon (See pictures in album "Miscellaneous 12.2008").
The 26th, Boxing Day, we used for shopping as there are incredible sales on here. We bought a very nice wooden dining room table and chairs for our new house :-) For sure on sale...
And on the 27th, we started our big Tour along the Great Ocean Road.
(See pictures in album "Great Ocean Roadtrip")
We weren't quite aware as yet of the beautiful close surroundings of Melbourne. It only took us an hour to get to the start of the Great Ocean Road, west of Melbourne.
How beautiful. We stayed in 3 different towns along the way (Apollo Bay, Port Campbell and Port Fairy), slept in B&B's or in Bob's car and did a lot of walking through beautiful Woods (I must correct myself, they call it bush here) and even Rainforests to even more beautiful Waterfalls. The best walks were in the Otways, a National Park along the Great Ocean Road. We even did a tree top walk, the Otway Fly, walking 30m above ground between the tree tops on a metal construction (Canopy Walk). Quite scary, but impressive....
In Apollo Bay went on a Fishing Charter Trip, catching mostly Flatheads. Was quite touristy, but fun anyway, especially being out at sea, enjoying the scenery.
Most of the time it was quite fresh though, not so much summer yet at all. 5 out of 6 days we had only around 16 degrees and windy like crazy. Definately not as stable as the South African weather, that's for sure.
The biggest surprise was our New Years Eve. We decided to have New Years in the Otway National Park, the rainforests, on a small camping ground. As it turned out, we were'nt the only ones with that idea. There were 4 different groups (an Australian family, an Australian group of friends our age, an Australian/Irish couple and a chinese/whatever couple), which welcomed us warmly with a drink and some food around the campfire. To meet such great people by coincidence in the woods ... We had such a great time with them :-) :-)
Have a look at our pictures, gives you an idea of the beautiful beaches and woods.
We decided that some more weekend trips to that side of town will follow :-)
Miss you all!!!!!
Bob & Carolin
House Hunting, House Hunting, House Hunting......
Sorry for not updating the blog for so long, but there was really not too much to tell....
End of November, we started house hunting, and that's what we've done for at least 3 weeks. It was quite a process. We didn't expect it being that difficult.
For the first week, we were totally in the dark. We would go every morning into the internet onto the property pages, find what we like and phone straight away for a viewing of the property. Once viewed, we got told, the house is actually rented already. :-( Alright...
Then we found out, we had to install a property find automatic search so that we get notified immediately, once a property meeting our criteria gets on the market. We found two that we liked, viewed them (with 2-8 other couples), submitted our official application for the property (incl. several ID documents, reference contact no's and proof of current residence) and....... got rejected. We!!!! Can you imagine.
And the search started all over again......
However, we eventually found a very nice house in Ringwood East, 30 km East of the city centre, 10 min from my work and 10 min for Bob to get onto the closest freeway. So, it's perfect. There are even a number of shops and the station within 10 minutes walking distance :-) What more do you want?!
We'll move in on 15th of January and can't wait, the appartment with its 22qm gets smaller by the day :-)
End of November, we started house hunting, and that's what we've done for at least 3 weeks. It was quite a process. We didn't expect it being that difficult.
For the first week, we were totally in the dark. We would go every morning into the internet onto the property pages, find what we like and phone straight away for a viewing of the property. Once viewed, we got told, the house is actually rented already. :-( Alright...
Then we found out, we had to install a property find automatic search so that we get notified immediately, once a property meeting our criteria gets on the market. We found two that we liked, viewed them (with 2-8 other couples), submitted our official application for the property (incl. several ID documents, reference contact no's and proof of current residence) and....... got rejected. We!!!! Can you imagine.
And the search started all over again......
However, we eventually found a very nice house in Ringwood East, 30 km East of the city centre, 10 min from my work and 10 min for Bob to get onto the closest freeway. So, it's perfect. There are even a number of shops and the station within 10 minutes walking distance :-) What more do you want?!
We'll move in on 15th of January and can't wait, the appartment with its 22qm gets smaller by the day :-)
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