A place to live ...

Hi all,

time for a new update from OZ. I just came back from signing my lease and hanging out at Manly beach w/ some beachvolleyball players. Yeah, I even played one game and I will be back tomorrow. But back to the apartment, I got this nice, cosy apartment with a garden and pretty close to North Harbour Reserve. It is a 2 bedroom unit w/ a big living room and polished timber floors - quite nice - I'll put on some pictures as soon as I move in.
Just to give you an idea where it is:

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I've also signed up for the first tournament of the season right there in Manly for the Manly Jazz Festival this upcoming Sunday. All I need is a partner but that should be no problem I suppose.
Alright that's it for now. More updates will follow soon.

Cheers, Mike

Settling in

Hi y'all,

it's been a couple of days since the last post. I was busy finding a place to live down here. As it looks I was able to find a place but I have to wait with signing the lease till next week. So if everything goes right we should be living down in Balgowlah which is close to Manly and right at the Fairlight Walk.

I even had some time to stroll around the city and do a bit of sightseeing but not too much till that point. So far Sydney is definitely a cool place, pretty international, good public transport, lots of shopping options, good places to go out and cleaned up ;)

Yeah, so slowly I'm getting to know the area and I start to settle in.
So be good and enjoy. Cheers,

Mike

Ps: As always => New pics are on Flickr "Mikes and Siiris Pics" !

Welcome to Sydney

Hi again,
I made it to Sydney and to the hotel - everything quite easy. Took me 15 minutes and AUD$14 to get from the airport down town to the town hall. Then 10 minute walkin to the hotel, check in and get a i-net connection. So here I am sitting in my hotel room and getting myself organized. Here are some recent pics. I'll go and get myself a brand new prepaid mobile card now and something to eat...

Well, and sleep at some point ... Till later,

Mike

Hopping over ..

Hi people,

again its been a while since our last entry - but as you probably can figure we've been pretty busy with the move, work, paperwork and saying good bye to as much people as possible.

Right now I'm sitting at Singapore Airport waiting for my flight to continue - unfortunately there is no free wireless connection. To summarize, in the air since over 13 hours and still 7 to go. Weather in Singapore is nice and humid.

Alrighty, now back to were I stopped the last time. Status now is that I'm traveling on a Business ETA Visa so far and that we are still waiting on our 457 visa. We had the big move last friday and the container is already on its way to OZ. That was a whole lot of fun watching those people pack and wrap up our stuff and put it in the container - pictures will follow soon! Before that we had another tiny move ...

Now only 7 more hours and I will touch down in Sydney and moving into the York Apartment Hotels for the next two weeks. During that time I will try to find a nice apartment for me and the incredible number of visitors of course ;)

Right, enjoy the day & be in touch,

Mike