Finally settled in Melbourne

We have been up all night watching the football on TV and are looking forward to another England game tonight at 2am. It is odd sitting up in a quiet and darkened house watching the games but I wouldn't miss it for the world. The World Cup is simply amazing. Both Ellen and I have caught colds and so we're looking after ourselves with porridge and soup and fruit. I will be in bed by 6pm this evening! Work is so easy it is no problem to arrive there after being up all night, as long as I go to bed as soon as I get home at 4pm and sleep until 12am. It's only for another two weeks and then the Cup is over. I am earning quite well and really hope to save some up for a rainy day, I must stop just saying so and start doing it, but so far it's been too tempting to enjoy Melbourne's great restaurants and bars!

We are living in a big house next to a park in a leafy suburb just north of the central business district. It's a four month let which is perfect to get settled in and then move in somewhere else more permanent, but if we are asked to stay we probably will - it is lovely here. I get a tram or a train into town every morning to work at the Justice Department of the Goverment of Victoria. It's very basic stuff indeed and I am already doing more than is expected of me. The rules say I can only stay in one job for three months on my current visa, so I will be moving around a lot, and that's both a good and a bad thing I suppose.