Melbourne is a very large city that is subdivided into little suburbs. Lots of big cities do this, but Melbourne is quite formal about...

Mercifully, this week has been less exciting than last week. We don't take possession of our new place until March 17th, so this week was...

I hope you guys don't think all we are doing is stressing about life choices. Sure, that sometimes happens. But we are also making sure...

When I last left off we had finally, after much hand wringing, decided to take the apartment. We then had 24 hours to sign the lease...

I have officially completed my first full week of work! And while objectively, it was pretty mundane (lots of reading, lots of virtual...

Our actual journey to Australia is divided up into 3 legs: Halifax to Vancouver Vancouver to Brisbane Brisbane to Melbourne I tried...

I have tried at least 4 times to write this post. Every time I get a maybe a sentence out before I'm pulled away for some urgent thing...

There are a couple of key differences between packing to move down the street vs packing to store everything for an extended period of...

Justin & I are generally at our weirdest late at night. A few nights ago, we were talking about whether people in Australia would realize...

This weekend is what we will look back on when we think about missing home. For Christmas, Justin, his sister, her partner & I, booked a...

We both ordered new computers last week. Mine came on Friday. Somehow, I was talked into making an unboxing video. Originally I wasn't...

I have finally passed through the 'intense stress' phase of this journey. Or at least through the pre-arrival intense stress phase. I'm...

Until yesterday I had forgotten one of my absolute favourite parts of going on adventures with Justin. We get weird. I know what you are...

I am finally moving through some of the stress and have started to get to the excitement part of this adventure. At least, mentally, I am...

Normally, I like to organize my way out of stress. This time I think I'm going to take a different tact. I like to buy things in bulk...

This year instead of resolutions Justin & I have decided on New years Mantras. Something we can repeat to ourselves over the year to help...

Our visa was granted. We are back from Christmas. The next step is clear. It is time to book flights. Throughout this process, Booking...

The illustrious visa notification email came in the day before Justin & I were due to fly to Toronto for Christmas. One of the lessons we...

You know those times when you are watching someone react to big news? And they stare at whatever is delivering the news, and they don't...

Today Justin & I had our visa medical appointments. Only certain physicians are able to complete the immigration medical screening, which...