Sunny dayz

Well here I (Nic) am, back up on the Gold Coast for a week and a half. I just spent a week with Richie down in Melbourne helping set up our new place and explore the city. I have been a little sad about the idea of setting up all over again.. I suppose we both have. We both miss our buddies back in London so much, and just our buddies that are scattered everywhere else.. I know, I know, we do it to ourselves.. But anyways, by the end of my week down there I was cruising around like I owned the place, well, sort of.. Not really cruising as I managed to do something strange to a ligament in my ankle and now I can hardly walk so am fighting with some crutches on and off.. Very bizarre. I'm sure it's nothing though, after all, I didn't actually do anything to it! hmm..

So Rich flies up here tonight and 2 of his mates Mark & John are arriving tomorrow morning from NZ for a week of surfing and fun.. Should be very cool. Plus Reuben & Janene are here until Monday so I'm trying to hook up with them today.. All good.. I'm sure Rich doesn't mind doing a 3 week on, 1 week off work thang.. hehe, not at all..

I'm job hunting at the moment, actually managed to go to a job interview with Comic Relief on Monday just before I flew back up here. I'm crossing my fingers as it's a 3 month contract so would be perfect timing for both of us as Rich's finishes end of year too... So that's all our news..

Hope you're all happy & healthy wherever you are.. We really miss you guys & think about you lots.. (especially Sim & Bri xx)

Sun is shining, weather is sweet, make you wanna move your dancin' feet...

We got an apartment!

Coolio, looks like we're all set! It looks like a warehouse apartment from the photos I've seen and Rich picks up the keys on Saturday -We got a home! It is very open plan so any peeps planning to come stay must be prepared to shed their inhibitions (and get involved in all sorts of brazen adventures & naughtiness)!! hahaha. And it's right bang smack in the middle of the city.. After a night spent packing box after box & not much sleep, our precious boxes of goodies have been picked up & will be on the Great Ocean Road sometime soon! And Rich gets the fun of unpacking and decorating when they arrive.. Man, wish I was there :o( eh - soon enuff..

And a BIG YIPPEE KAY-YAY to SWEET MAYHEM for a sterling performance at Bestival over the weekend, so we hear - you little ripper! Miss you kids..

Right, I'm off to walk the dog in the sun..

WOWEEE we are SO naughty!

Goshkas, it's been 1 month & 3 days since our last update.. We've seen so many new things and a few new changes have happened..

First of all our trip to New Zealand & Fiji was AWESOME.. New Zealand was it's usual hectic-ness of catching up with everyone we could, going mountain biking, going up the Sky Tower (my first time & a newly acquired fear of heights made it pretty terrifying), going out to Muriwai, all sorts of stuff - not to forget eating lots of pies.. haha..

But Fiji was magical. Waya Island in the Yasawas was absolutely pristine and pretty much deserted - what more could you ask for?? We stayed with the rest of the wedding guests (about 40) at the Octopus Resort which is a bit of an eco-lodge type of thing, all solar powered with snorkelling to die for right off the beach.. The island only has 3 local villages on it and just the one place to stay. It made for a killer setting for Andy & Margaret's wedding, which was held on the beach under an arch of flowers with a Fijian choir singing standing out on the rocks, all over the noise of crashing waves.. It was beautiful & the party that followed was heaps of fun.. We got to catch up with some old faces from the UK - Tony, Brad, Diane, and the infamous Kent Johns were all there in fine form, not to mention Marg & Andy. We went scuba diving one day, snorkelling the next, hiked to the nearby village, played beach volleyball, swam & swam, experienced quite a few cava ceremonies & meke dances along with some of the most amazing scenery you can imagine.. Ahh to be back on the island.. So - if you can't already guess, it comes highly recommended to check out if you are heading that way.

Now, to the new news.. We're going to have to take back the earlier invitation we sent out to come and visit us on the Gold Coast. Our plans have changed. Rich was offered a good job down in Melbourne last week, and he accepted & already left last Thursday.. So, I decided I'd stick around here with ma & pa, help out around the place, for a few weeks then head down. Rich has to come back up at the end of the month anyways as he's got mates coming to visit him here, so we'll go back down to Melbourne together afterwards..

I CAN'T WAIT! Very exciting times.. The contract is just for 4 months, until the end of the year so we will see how we go.. So now, a new invitation:

Our home in Melbourne (when we find one!) will be open to our friends at all times so please feel free to fire us an email, or call, if you're heading this way - or even if you weren't, but think you will now.. Stop by!

So, I'm on a job hunt now. Rich is already loving it down there, it sounds like a mini-London but with water.. hmm, interesting because that's what I always thought London lacked.. Melbourne should be perfect!