A busy week


Stephen here. Been here nearly a week now, and excuse my language but we're pooped. We've been all over Sydney (on foot!) looking for jobs and a flat and have been sleeping very, very well. This despite our justified fear of being horribly attacked by giant spiders in our bed!

The weather's been bad. Well, I should say that we think it's bad since there's been a lot (and I mean A LOT!) of rain. The Aussies, on the other hand, are rejoicing. Rejoicing I tell you. The Prime Minister, John Howard even applauded the rain. This isn't due just to a general malaise in this strange country, I ought to point out. It's due to the fact that this rain is releiving a particularly long drought, and should do the farms a world of good. At the risk of sounding selfish - has no one considered the poor Brits who come over here for a bit of sun?

We wanted to go to an outdoor short-film festival tonight (called Tropfest). However, the rain may have put the kybosh on that. We'll see.