What a fun weekend! A bunch of little random things but all together a very great time. Friday was a miserable day. I planned on going to the museum but decided to postpone so I didn't have to walk in the rain. Also meant pushing back laundry duties until a nicer day. In the evening it cleared off so I headed down to visit the peeps on the Southside to watch movies. We watched Eddie the Eagle and I give it two thumbs up (including the super random appearance by ...

Mixed it up a little bit on this fine Tuesday and had an awesome day. My wandering took me to some new parts of the city to visit two separate university campuses and then to the National Gallery of Victoria. My first stobe was at the La Trobe University city campus. This is where a bunch of grad students work from and occasionally the group from the research centre that I am working with. I needed to meet with them today so that took me down into the CBD for th...

So Melbourne has very well known international comedy festival. (Can't confirm its a fact, but someone once told me that the three big ones are actually Montreal, Melbourne, and Edinburgh.) I was fortunate enough to be here while it's on, so I had to check out a show. Unfortunately, I'm not up on my comedy. In fact, I really had no idea how to pick which show to go see. There was a lot of Aussi comedians - most of whom I'm sure are hilarious - but when you are l...

So let's start by answering the question you've all been wondering. I have survived the first week living in suburban Australia without encountering any massive snakes or grotesque spiders. You can all sleep easy. Now that we're clear on that, we can do a few real updates. Highlights: -Settled in to home and the new office space nicely. -Got downtown a few times to explore some of the city. -Caught up with my Canadian contacts in the city. Lowlights: -No progr...

So I finally made it to Melbourne, and I have to admit that (although all the travels to this point have been amazing) it's nice to know I'm gonna be in the same spot for a while. My first few days in this part of the country have been great! The day I arrived I pretty much just figured out how the transit works and got my self to where I'll be staying. I have to give a big shout out to my good friend Leila back in London who hooked me up with a friend of a frie...