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We've been here for just over a month now and first impressions are great. We're staying in Manly, opposite the ferry. Very handy for getting to town and also on the main bus route. Manly forms the north head of the Sydney harbour area separating the bay and the ocean with about an 800m wide strip of land, so we're in easy walking distance of both the bay and the ocean. The strip that separates the bay and the ocean is called The Corso and has a whole lot of shops, restaurants bars, coffee houses etc. One thing that I have to give the Ausies is that they probably make the best cappuccino I've ever tasted. The weather's been good enough to go for a few swims despite it being winter, our favourite swimming spots are Manly surf beach and the Manly tidal pool. Phoebe has started school at Ecopreschool in Balgowlah and Holly has started school at Balgowlah Heights Public school. School fees are diabolical but both schools are great and Holly and Phoebe are really happy, so all-in-all we're very pleased with the schooling. We start our new lease on a property in Balgowlah on 3rd July, however it seems (at present) that our stuff from home will only be arriving in the middle of July. Not too sure how we're going to be handling that - we'll play it by ear. We've been doing a little bit of casual sight seeing, so far we've been to Taronga zoo twice (once with James and Cherie), the Sydney aquarium, the Manly aquarium, Sydney WildlifeWorld, Luna Park and the Powerhouse museum. We're planning on getting together with Geoff and Val soon at the North Ryde RSL. Tracey is already fully into the swing of things at work and has already popped over to Singapore for a week on business. I've been sending out my CV to a few places every day but so far no takers. At present I'm thinking of continuing to send my CV, but doubling the number of copies for each day that I don't get a response until I wear the bastards down.

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