things are lookin' good

this week in my aussie world...

i spent my entire saturday searching for an apartment!  i saw countless apartments and... drumroll please... we have a place!!  it's actually an awesome deal.  two bedrooms, fully fully furnished, in a fun area near kings cross, still close to the city and close enough to the beach (just two train stops away), and get this... it is serviced once a week meaning that our bathroom and kitchen get a little cleaning and the garbage gets taken out daily as well!  the deposit is down, and the bond is about to be paid this saturday.  we move in on september 17th.

i've been working a bit at the cafe/bagel shop.  and i decided that it's pretty decent for now.  good wage, good hours, i get fed daily, free coffee, free bread, fun co-workers.  it will definitely do for now!  some customers are difficult, but that's to be expected.  i'm making friends with my co-workers who are from: israel, new zealand, ireland... all travelers like me.

i definitely need to start doing some more adventurous things with my time.  once i'm more settled in (and in the new apartment in september) i'm sure i'll be more apt to exploring!

let's see...  some fun bits of information

-its 'how are you going?' instead of 'how are you doing?'

-sprinkles or jimmies as they are termed at home are called hundreds and thousands here

-cookies are mainly called biscuits (at least where i'm working)

-they call garbage rubbish all the time... which i think is very classy