Friday 11th May

It's Friday morning and Kayla's 4th Birthday.

We rush up to the agents, we are running late due to the alarm not going off!!! We call on the way to say we will be a little late. We arrive at 9am only 1/2 hour late!.

Anyway we sign the lease and we take a copy. Tasha will sort out all the services for us. They get you connected up, it is all very strange. Apparantly the electricty is shut off for the day (presumably they don't trust peoples readings) and then at the end of the day 6pm you can then turn it back on. Tasha says she will sort this all for us.

We come back to the city and I head off to work. At last I can now apply for my TFN. This can take upto 4 weeks but luckily as I am a contractor it should be with me in a week or so.

I get my timesheet signed. Deborah tells me I am like a breath of fresh air as I actually try to sort things for myself instead of waiting for it to happen. Deborah then takes me around the floor, looking out of the windows and showing me briefly what there is to do around Melbourne and where it all happens. Apparantly the Crown resort (a casino, shopping, restaurant,hotel and leisure complex on the riverside is having fireworks tonight for it's 10th anniversary. As it's Kayla's birthday and she has had not the best day with being in a Hotel we tell her the fireworks are a treat for her.

Melbourne is an amazing sight at night. The skyscrapers are all lit up. The sky always seems so clear. Very few clouds. There is even a wheel as you look down the river towards the cricket ground which has a light show all the time as it goes round. It is really pretty. Once I get the camera and a proper pc setup I'll post a picture.

Anyway, we crossed the bridge and came down by the riveside, Lauren and I got seperated from Kerry and Kayla as there were so many people. The really nice thing is that you feel totally safe and at ease. It didn't seem to matter as I knew they were ok. Lauren and I went to the riverside and sat down next to the pathway. The fireworks were spectacular, Lauren loved them. I saw Kerry and Kayla once it was all over and we were leaving. Kayla had loved them too.

We returned to the hotel and put the girls to bed. At least Kayla had something special to remember the day by.

Tomorrow we will have to go shopping and get some things for the house....like something to sleep on. Our furniture is bobbing up and down on the sea and will be for sometime to come...