Our trip to Wouldham, Kent – 28 May 2007

We went for a trip to Wouldham in Kent. It took us about an hour to get there which the kids still complained about!.The Village was small, the streets narrow and the rain bucketing down – we paid a visit to the local church – All Saints, where one of Sean’s ancestors was married on [...]

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Beautiful Sunny Days – Wednesday 23rd May

We had a gorgeous day today, it’s reaching 26 and 27 degrees and the kids are loving it!!! More of the same is forecast through to the weekend which is great. I think it’s colder in Sydney………and you guys didn’t think we’d be walking around in shorts and t-shirts!!!
Sean still the meeting man at work, [...]

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We have found a car

Finally, we have found a car that will hopefully provide Stacey with a means of transportation. Whilst it’s not brand new, i’m sure it will do the job of transporting Stacey and the kids to school and to the shops, etc.

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Meet Ken – Our lifesaver

This is Ken – our new TomTom GPS Navigator.
We call it Ken because that is the voice that we have chosen (Aussie Ken).
An absolutely marvelous product, key the postcode in and follow the directions.

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Week 2

Rather than give you all a “blow-by-blow” description of each day, we will quickly condense the weeks happening in this 1 entry.

This week was Sean’s first week at work – hmmm interesting. Completely different team dynamics, personnel and varying levels of company knowledge.
Stacey has been confined to the apartment as it has pretty much rain [...]

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House Hunting – Wed 2nd & Thurs 3rd May

Sean took Laura and Harry out this morning to look at properties with Judy from the relocation office. They had a handfull of homes to look at that had been handpicked to meet our requirements. Siobhan and I were both feeling a little under the weather having come down with colds already!!! We opted to [...]

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Settling In – Mon 30th April/Tues 1st May

Checking out the countryside, taking little drives, finding local shops and parks. It is all really very beautiful here. Though at times I feel like we’re in an episode of ‘Coronation Street’ …….
I can see the living side of things will be a little less fast paced than they were for us before. This will [...]

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BBQ with Brennon Williams & Family – 29th April

We popped over for a BBQ with Brennon, Jane, Madison & Ava today who also reside in the lovely leafy suburb of Windsor.
Having not seen everyone since Christmas 2005 in Queensland it was a first time meeting with cute 8 month old Ava, who was a bit under the weather having just come down with [...]

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Our Big Entrance into the UK 28 April 2007

Arrival into Heathrow Airport was around 6am local time, kids were over the moon just to be getting off plane, it had felt like the entire flight had been made in the dark, longest night of our lives….
Sean, lucky enough to be a holder of a British passport, flew through arrivals in the ultra short [...]

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Great genealogy discovery, Sean beside himself with excitement as he meets and comes face to face with long lost relative… Yes just as we’ve always known the Oran Utang is very much a part of the family, can you not see the resemblance … Was hard to hold back the tears |)
We had a [...]

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