English Weather...

For this post I've decided to cast off the Aussie talk and engage is some good old fashioned English weather chatter! ( I promise not for the whole post though :) ) Theres been a cyclone in the north of the state which has meant that for the last couple of days the city has been cloudy and a bit cooler but very humid. I have to say that I'm loving the slightly cooler weather and its proving brilliant for my new exercise routine - I cycle about 5miles to the beach, lock up my bike and swin for 20 mins before cycling home.

So enough of the weather. I've pretty much settled into the Blackburns house now. Its a really beautiful 'old' (i.e. more than 30 years old) house in an area called Mosman park which is between the river and the ocean. They've made me feel really at home and I'm earning my keep by cleaning the house and looking after the grandchildren (yesterday I took them to the zoo). the job front is not looking as promising though. As I've previously reported a lot of the mines in the state have closed down (supposidly due to demand from the Chinese diminishing). This has meant that alot of the miners (and assosciated workers) coming back from the country into the city. I feel a bit guilty searching for jobs in competition with these people who have families, mortguages and no hope of a job that they are used to... I'm still searching but I'm not that hopeful! In the mean time I'm doing some cleaning for a rental company and doing some baby sitting for the lady next door - to be honest this will probably tide me through for the month. I plan to fly to Melbourne at the beginning of March and spend a month exploring the eastern states.

Thanks to everyone whose left comments and I promise I will email everyone soon ;) - now I'm off to Fremantle for the Saturday markets before going to a friends for a BBQ.