Facebook statuses I didn't want to bore you with.

Tv is the box

Arvo is afternoon

Since we didn't splurge for cable, there's not much on television. Norm and I are hooked on the Block and MkR, Australian reality TV.

They make fun of my 'duty' 'dootie' but they pronounce ' debut' - 'debouooo'.

Schedules - are set up horizontally rather than vertically.

Mackers is McDonald's.

Cost of living - is comparable except for dinner...some people  don't even flinch when discussing dinners that are $70/80 a head.

Learning to love teaching little ones. ...they are very cute. I do brace myself every Thursday for my little 'preps'.

The banter between Djs on the radio and anchors on TV gives us a better sense the culture...
I look forward to my drive into work. I enjoy the music and their brutally honest and blunt humour.

Loving the weather-pinching ourselves.

Everyone has a doppelganger....the students and teachers look like students and teachers I've taught worked with in past.

Both Hayley and I stepped outside our comfort zone. Hayley coaches my chess club and I lead her choir!

I feel like Mario Andretti driving around the round abouts...i even love saying 'round about'':-)

Feels so comfortable driving on the left, that I think I'm on the right.

Everyone seems chill on the highway... noone exceeds 100 km per hour.
(Strict enforcement, high fines, breathalyzer tests anytime of day or night and cameras everywhere!)

Surfboard on cars instead of skis.

So happy we ended up in Melbourne and not Cairns- the climate is much better and there so much more explore.

Had a Tim Tams feast after pizza and wine on Friday night!

Kids change personalities on 'out of uniform day'...I prefer them in uniform.

A jumper, is a sweater.

In Australia, it's not how you do or how you are, it's how you go. "How you going?" "How did you go?"

New dress code for NSW teachers...no more ripped jeans, no midriff, no strapless dresses...tattoos and piercings still allowed.

(Victoria already has a respectable dress code...We keep our shoulders and toes covered, no matter how hot gets...We try to most of the time :-).

I'll post more as I think of them....