Lala On The Road: December 2013

Sydney Swans vs Carlton!

My pledge of writing this blog more frequently fell flat on it's arse when I got a new job.

I had grand plans of micro blogging about world events and random thoughts, but then I moved to a house over an hour from where I worked.
Plus I moved to a home without the internet.
I LOVE my new home. I'm blissfully happy, living near Curl Curl Beach. It's gorgeous.

Blink and you'll miss it, it's nearly the end of my 2 years in Australia - I can't believe how much time has flown, it feels like yesterday I flew into Sydney.. I'm going home to Manchester for Christmas in 2 weeks.

But just for Christmas, as after months of determination and hundreds of applications, I managed to get a job that will sponsor me to stay in Australia.
The sponsorship itself was a bit like wrestling a crocodile and after months of trying to organise all kinds of paperwork and a failed application, I was kindly given the number of an immigration lawyer who sorted it all out in 3 weeks.

Phew!

I don't really know how to sum up the last year, but it's been brilliant. It's late, it's nearly Christmas and I fly out to the Philippines next week so I don't know when I'll get another chance to sit and write anything before the end of the year.
So, I will add the following photos and you can see what I've been up to..