Australia

Well things have finally settled for us. We are in Mount Hotham, I have just taught my first paid lesson, woohoo. Nick has an all day session which is cool.

Last night in the hostel, Melbourne, we got back at 1 ish. 3am the first groupd came back, but they did not go to bed, there was running up and down the corridors, arguments about keys, the girls in our room decided that there was some long lost treasure in the bottom of her bag she had to find and rummaged for sooooo long!! Took them an hour to shut up, new roomie kept coming in and out, no apparent reason. The boys came in just after 6, they started snoring and we gt up at 6:45, think we may have disturbed them slightly, but the snoring soon came back!! So no worries.

Bus trip up from Melbourne quite comfy, abeit quite long, watched a couple of films, the bus driver told me all about his dairy and beef farm and the 40000 dollars of hay he has had to buy, all very interesting really!! Did see a kangaroo tho, just outside melbourne.

Hiring clinic at falls all good fun, got to the end of the week and I think everyone else was more shocked than us at the fact we did not get a job, but we have one now and the skiing is much better here. They told us friday and then we had to be here (hotham) by sat arvo, we made it cos a legend of a guy said we could stay at his and then he drove us over here. Awesome.

We have a place to live, called Moose's!! Pretty cool place, some rowdy house mates, but all pretty cool. One lent us a dooner (duvet) which is very nice of her, we have to go to the big smoke (well not that big) which is an hour away to get one. Without a car this is proving difficult. Soon tho.

Only bus to work at the mo is the half 7 job, great news, tho it is the only reason we got work this morning, as we were sat here as bright as buttons ready to go!! We get free staff training some days to work on our skiing.

A massive weather front is just coming over us, so we may even get a little powder next week or so. (But rain is coming first, of course!)

Bit of a ramble, but hey, it is most of the important news, oh and I stroked a wombat at the zoo, so cute.

Jules and Nick