Hello mate, as the australians say, while Mark is cosy and cold at home in cornwall, uk, I am hot and busy in australia, sydney where I started teaching in a new school, a private girl school called Monte sant angelo mercy college. It is a catholic school. The first days of teaching went very well and it is so different from teaching in a state school or a state school with discipline problem, the pupils here in sydney are polite, enjoy being in lessons, ask ques...

Just a short entry, well it’s strange to be back in my own Country at last. It feels like I am only here temporally and I am about to move on to somewhere else again, but I will try and not let it happen. I am furiously applying for jobs and hassling the recruitment agencies so fingers crossed I should be employed soon as the bills of modern life are starting to roll in already, so watching my pennies more than usual are the order or the day.. I’ll ke...

Well, tis the season to be jolly and xmas is around the corner.. after 10 months on the road we are heading home!! Touch down is the 12th December, so put it into your diary to welcome us home. We expect a massive welcome home party at Heathrow airport, balloons, fireworks and limousines to take us back to Cornwall.. and we're not joking. We are spending are last few weeks on the beautiful island of Bali, again, to top up our tans, get some serious water ti...

Hello From Darwin, where we are waiting for our flight tonight which will take us to the island of the Gods, which one? Bali Of course!!!! Just back tuesday from The Whitesunday magical coast and from a three day boat trip where we were supposed to sail but due to the laziness of our crew and too much wind, the noise of the engine was more than often heard and what was supposed to be a sailing trip turned into a trip for tourists.... Beautiful high islands which...

Que d'eau a coule depuis Sydney, Nous n'avons pas vu le temps passer. Apres une semaine assez stressante a Sydney ou je me suis presentee a un entretien pour un poste de prof de Francais et espagnol pour janvier 2007, nous avons finalement quitte cette belle ville afin de prendre notre temps et de nous rendre de la nouvelle Galles du sud au queensland en 3 semaines. Apres 5 jours d'indecision, j'ai finalement accepte l'offre d'emploi ds un...