Can you comment on our blog?

Just wondering if you can all access and comment on our blog...let me know by email if you can't! I know that last time around, it was difficult for others to comment...better luck this time!

Visas arrived

We have the visas...not without a little confusion though. Patrick thought CSIRO were sorting them out and CSIRO thought he was...luckily he had a reason to be in London for two days last week and he was able to visit the Australian Embassy and show them scans of our documents. It looks like myself and the boys can work and/or study with our multi-entry visa. I'm trying to sort them out with a place at Moggill State School but not having much luck getting a reply...

Australian Devine Adventure

We are off to Brisbane in less than a month. Well, not quite the full 'we' as Hannah is going to do aikido in Hombu Dojo in Tokyo for a week before joining Patrick and the boys in Brisbane. We've sorted out where we are going to stay in Brisbane - a lovely looking farmhouse on the Western, bush-side of Brisbane.

This is a 3-month trip. The boys may go to school in Australia but they are not that keen so it may not happen! Oscar is at the end of year 6 so he has stats in a few weeks and when they are over he might as well just enjoy the time until he goes to secondary school in September. Alfie is in year 8 and his teachers think going to Australia is a 'wonderful opportunity'. Although his school is keen on making links with a school in Brisbane - the schools are different there and whereas Alfie is in year 2 of secondary school, he will be in the final year of primary school in Brisbane so there doesn't seem much point in linking his secondary with a primary!! Clearly I'm looking for reasons not to try too hard to sort out schooling for them. We need as much time as possible to explore the bush, the city and of course, the wonderful Queensland coastline!