Well that wasn't too bad

We left last week with us starting to look for a new house in earnest, So i launched the scattergun approach and sent off enquiries left right and centre. Things work a little different here they have inspection times then all the people who are interested go at that time and then put applications in.

We had decided on the area we wanted to live in it is an older area but it has lots of shops and good transport links. the problem with the area is the houses are the older type and really we want a modern one. So it was going to be difficult. We managed to find one that looked like the perfect fit so we went to inspect it there were plenty of other people there who all picked up application forms on the way out. So we thought sod it you've got be in it to win it so we took some too. We filled them in and sent them in to the estate agents, The main thing we had against us was that we can't move in until the beginning of April which meant if we were going to be considered the house would be empty for a further 6 weeks. Which isn't good for the landlord really so we scratched it down to experience of the whole process for next time.

The next day i had a phone call from the estate agents telling us that we'd been successful and the house was ours from April 2nd, and here it is:

http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-belmont-106800052

This was a good thing because the night we'd been accepted we discovered the house of hell had another surprise for us. As we were watching the telly Sue suddenly came out with an OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOODDDDDDD
I looked around to see what she was looking at just to see a mouses nose sticking out from the fireplace  marvellous. So we got a trap and I taped up the fireplace with duck tape ( not really for mice i know but it appears to work as well with furry rodents as it does with floating birds) we saw it try to get into the fireplace the following night but we haven't seen it since and the trap remains empty and theres no other tell tale signs so hopefully it has moved on, as I didn't really want to kill it anyway

So thats that sorted. Before we came out here I used a forum called pomsinoz for various information and advice, and it was decided that all the people who lived in Geelong should all meet up and have a drink, so we decided to go fully expecting to get home at about half 7 after exchanging pleasantries and then it getting a bit dull and then moving on. This was not how it panned out after meeting some really nice people and exchanging experiences the drinking started Sue took James home at about 9pm and left me in the pub I staggered home at about 11:30 a bit worse for wear and with a few invites for nights out and to take James round to play with their kids so it went really well. It turns out there was a few of us that arrived within a week of each other and one of them lives opposite to the house were moving into which is bizarre.

We took a drive to Anglesea (not the one in Wales) this is part of the great ocean road so we carried on down it to a place called Lorne and I have to say it is breathtaking you go from the top of a cliff down a winding road to beach level then up again, the beaches are amazing and empty most of them don't have any houses near them so they are totally deserted. The sea is an amazing colour of blue and when you see it from the cliffs you can actually see where it starts to go deep as the colour goes a darker shade of blue. It was wonderful.

Unfortunately we forgot to take a camera so yet again this blog is stuck with Iphone photos, we'll go down there again soon and take the camera with us as its only 15 minutes from our new house :-) So here's some of the iphone ones to keep you going.

Lorne beach looking West

Lorne Beach looking East

Lorne beach Looking south take a boat next stop Antarctica

As I said these don't do it any justice and I never took any photos from the cliffs because I was driving and that would be downright dangerous.


Look after yourselves

The Nuttalls