turning over new leaves...

It seems there's a lot of change around at the moment. I finally bit the bullet and rented out one of the spare bedrooms in my apartment to this guy James: another Pommie, who's over here on the old Working Holiday visa. It was suprising how quickly it all went in the end: I put the ad up Tuesday evening, then Saturday morning James moved in!
I was a bit hesitant at first about the whole 'becoming a landlord' thing, but I'm pretty sure it's going to work out OK. To be honest, the only reason was financial: a home loan is a bloody scary thing!

Aside from the flatmate situation, there's also a new development on the work front: I got an offer on Friday to start a new job.. My job at the moment is fine, but lacking a bit of creativity and motivation - so maybe time to move on. I have to admit, it's good to be in a situation where I'm being 'headhunted'! It's a far cry from the first time I was in Australia, when I ended up looking for an IT job for 4 months solid before giving up and becoming an ice-cream truck driver.. ;)

So yeah, lots of things seem to be changing this month: my sister's found a new job, three people left the team at work (two pregnancies, one travel-round-the-world), I've got a new flatmate and maybe a new job too, Em and Chris back in the U.K. are getting engaged, and Jonny and H have set off for Rio... Interesting times!

Seeing how I now know how to upload photos, here are some from our hangover-recovery trip to Nudgee Beach - a strangely beautiful place about 15 mins from where I live.