Hello everyone,
we have been living in Tasmania for about 4 months now and its time for a little update.
Its winter in Tasmania, so temperatures have fallen quite a bit since our last post. It gets to about 5°C at night, or pretty much a soon as the sun is setting. When there's sunshine and low wind its still really nice during the day with 15-20°C. However there are now more overcast days than in summer and it is therefore quite often a little chilly.
After staying on a very basic caravan park for almost the first 2 months, we moved into a nice little house in West Hobart at the end of march. Finally we got out of the van! It's been nice, but as it got colder and with Bine working everyday it was just about time to move back into a real home.
After looking at a few places we decided for this place where we are house sitting (zwischenmiete) for Leah (the main tenant), who is in France on a 7 months trip and we are also taking care of her cat and of the garden. Leah also allowed us to use her car, which is a lot more convenient than the van. The view here is also quite nice as you can see in the pictures below, however we should cut down those trees... It's too bad we have to move out in october and look for a new place, as we really like it here.
Bine is currently in Western Australia for work and will be back in about 5 weeks. She's doing quite well in her job, however there are a few issues with the visa that we have to deal with. It might take a little longer to get the working visa for her than planned, but we are positive it'll work out. We'll know more on that in the next few weeks.
For me, nothing major has changed in the last few months. I have been working on publishing a paper and have been preparing myself for the PhD. Apart from that, I've found some really nice surf spots, but as the surf is quite inconsistant, its more of a once in two weeks sport, so I guess I need to find something additional to keep myself busy.
About a week ago I applied for a scholarship for my PhD and I should get notified on the outcome within the next few weeks. Let's hope for the best, but as my paper has not yet been published, I'm not too confident about it. We have to wait and see, but if its granted I could start immediately which would be absolutely amazing.
Last weekend we had our first visitor when Bine's cousin Allan flew over from Sydney where he attended a conference. He's on holidays and stopping over in Australia before vising home in the Philippines.
Enjoy the pictures and if you don't hear from us that often it usually means we're fine ;-)
Cheers Jan and Bine
we have been living in Tasmania for about 4 months now and its time for a little update.
Its winter in Tasmania, so temperatures have fallen quite a bit since our last post. It gets to about 5°C at night, or pretty much a soon as the sun is setting. When there's sunshine and low wind its still really nice during the day with 15-20°C. However there are now more overcast days than in summer and it is therefore quite often a little chilly.
After staying on a very basic caravan park for almost the first 2 months, we moved into a nice little house in West Hobart at the end of march. Finally we got out of the van! It's been nice, but as it got colder and with Bine working everyday it was just about time to move back into a real home.
After looking at a few places we decided for this place where we are house sitting (zwischenmiete) for Leah (the main tenant), who is in France on a 7 months trip and we are also taking care of her cat and of the garden. Leah also allowed us to use her car, which is a lot more convenient than the van. The view here is also quite nice as you can see in the pictures below, however we should cut down those trees... It's too bad we have to move out in october and look for a new place, as we really like it here.
Bine is currently in Western Australia for work and will be back in about 5 weeks. She's doing quite well in her job, however there are a few issues with the visa that we have to deal with. It might take a little longer to get the working visa for her than planned, but we are positive it'll work out. We'll know more on that in the next few weeks.
For me, nothing major has changed in the last few months. I have been working on publishing a paper and have been preparing myself for the PhD. Apart from that, I've found some really nice surf spots, but as the surf is quite inconsistant, its more of a once in two weeks sport, so I guess I need to find something additional to keep myself busy.
About a week ago I applied for a scholarship for my PhD and I should get notified on the outcome within the next few weeks. Let's hope for the best, but as my paper has not yet been published, I'm not too confident about it. We have to wait and see, but if its granted I could start immediately which would be absolutely amazing.
Last weekend we had our first visitor when Bine's cousin Allan flew over from Sydney where he attended a conference. He's on holidays and stopping over in Australia before vising home in the Philippines.
Enjoy the pictures and if you don't hear from us that often it usually means we're fine ;-)
Cheers Jan and Bine
Still on the caravan park, in the suburbs of Hobart
Artistic/funny show by a french sailing couple at the Hobart harbour
Free campsite about 50km outside of Hobart
View at our garden and at the sea from our dining room
Lots of birds enjoy the berries next the windows in our dining room
Bine's cousin Allan on a short visit during his holidays from his UN-job in Liberia
Stunning view at Hobart and surrounds from the top of Mt. Wellington
