Arrival...

Well, we arrived in Perth. Went through immigration....John's passport was fine...mine...yet again, had to be rescanned...new measure of nerves settling in...but the immigration senior, passed it without problem.

Now the next scarey part....for any of you who have watched Boarder Patrol on Living/Bravo, will know what I mean. You collect your baggage...but while you wait and cute little beagle, meanders around and sniffs his heart out...looking for...illegal substance....glad to say, nothing found with us. Then it was trying to get bags off the conveyor belt...why do people see you struggling with bags....decide they have to stand just where you want to swing it??? One of these days I might actually hit them....

So now going through quarantine/customs. Because I forgot to give the movers a kitchen knife. I packed it in my check in and declared it on the form. Really fun, getting to see your bags being x-rayed and then asked to come and point it out. They were really nice and friendly and thanked us for ticking the box and didn't make us feel like idiots.

Now finding a taxi for the ride to the hotel. $50 bucks later and we make it to the hotel. That is another tale in itself, the hotel room, but will save that for another blog.

I went out and grabbed some grub to keep us going, till the next morning and then we just vegged and cooled down in the room.

Next day, we went to the bank and sorted that stuff out. I had an interview with a recruitment agency later on the same day....nothing like going for an interview feeling jet lagged. Also went and got a tax file number...something you need if you want to work.

Meandered around the next day and on Saturday, friends came and picked us up to take us to their place, where we are currently escounced.

John had an interview with a recruitment agency on the Tuesday following our arrival. Had an interview on Thursday, 21st and had word on the 22nd that he got the job and he started on the 26th. I am still looking for a job, but my main priority now is finding us a place to live, as we can only stay here for a bit longer. Also, it will be nice to set up our own place, I can find a job and then relax and enjoy our new life down under.

More later on :)

Where Are We Now????

Greetings. Sorry for the delay in updating the blog, but it's just been go go go.

We left Salisbury on the 11th of February and flew out on the 12th of February. Not without a bit of drama.....we checked in...nervous as we had an extra bag....no problem. Only gave us one boarding card...that's a bit weird....said we would get one in Singapore....fair enough. Went through to security, had breakfast. Brain wave....why not go to the information counter and see how we get our boarding card in Singapore. Girl looks at our stuff, thought it was strange and said the counter staff should've given it to us. She's working hard at sorting it out...then says...hmmmm, problem reading your passport....(mine...not John's of course). So she has to call and sort it out...seems the reader was having a funny five minutes. Mild panic attack was setting in....am I going to make it????

So we board the plane...that was a laugh...down some stairs and board a bus, to board the plane. Once on the plane, they sit us down, close the door and said, right...now we are going to wait. Due to fog, we were almost an hour and three quarters late taking off. Now in the air, we realise that we only have an hour layover in Singapore and we were going to miss our connecting flight..but more importantly, because John being the kind generous soul that he is, we could loose our upgrade to business....anyway, they held the plane in Singapore for us.

Business class....for anyone who has never done it....give it a go. You are treated like a human being, with names :) Very nice and the service was great!!!!!

Now arrived in Perth....more in the next blog.