Settling in Sydney

Hello all!

I realise it has been a really long time since I last updated this and I apologise!

I'll keep it as brief as I can and fill you in on the details later... (read: when I'm back in the UK, ha)

So we are now in Sydney! We arrived here on sunny Sunday 20th October and it has been pretty full on since.  After spending our first week in search of a place to stay every night (one evening we spent 4 hours walking around town with our heavy backpacks and finally found somewhere with one bed in a shared dorm which they let us share!) and combined with looking for work, it was pretty exhausting.

We have made it through though and are already moving into our second rented home (currently renting two beds in a guy's living room, not exactly convenient but under half the cost of paying for two beds in a shared dorm...).

I'm working for an uber cool jewellery label, selling their amazing designs in a Westfields shopping center (I couldn't believe they have them here too) and I'm right across from the mall's Santa Claus - anyone who knows me well enough to know of my dislike for the London Westfields and of Christmas will find this particularly amusing, I am sure...

Anyway, it is good fun and I enjoy the job so much I wish I could do this back at home too!

We haven't hit the beach up yet as the weather has been a bit unpredictable, but from the sounds of it we aren't having quite as much rain as you guy's in the UK, so I guess it could he worse, heehee.

We've been to see the opera house and walked across harbour bridge and discovered some really cool areas, not to mention a very cool jazz lounge with free bands on during the week.

I will try to update with some photos of the last few months soon, but for now I have been uploading some more of the last few weeks in Asia, on my Flickr page - http://www.flickr.com/photos/78092110@N03/

Lots of love and I promise you will hear from me again soon!

Laura