First Hawaii, now we are here!

Gday, Linton here. Finally on-line, phew! I have to admit, I was suffering from withdrawal a bit. A quick post to let everyone know we are here safe and sound. After a fun stopover in Hawaii and a long journey (4 flights, 2 delays), we have arrived.

Hawaii was a great break in our journey. We stayed in a decent one bedroom apartment 2 blocks from Waikiki beach so we spent a day and half at the ocean and the other half day at the Polynesian Cultural Centre luau. We all loved it. Great hot weather there.

Then onto Melbourne. We arrived later than originally planned but our landlord still met us at our house (approx midnight), showed us how everything worked and gave us the keys. The house is a Victorian single fronted row house (built 1887). It has not been renovated since the 70s so it does feel dated but it is quite room and comfortable. The location is excellent as it is about a 15 min walk to the kids school and shops nearby. Yesterday, we visited the local mall and stocked up on groceries and a few new kids toys (our kind landlord drove us and picked us up). And today, we visited the park a block away from our house and it has a great kids playground, tennis courts, a cricket oval, huge soccer fields and a running track around it. Of course, we are having the usual logistics snags - bank transfer troubles, only 2 year packages for blackberrys - so this part drives me crazy but I am sure it will all work out in a few days...

The jet lag is still with us. It is now 750pm and I am the only one still awake...More later