I remember writing my first blog for this site over a year ago, as I sat in my kitchen in Medford, Oregon. Steve and Lucas were packing to leave for Western Australia in just a few days time, and the task of packing up our household and following them 2 months later loomed before me. I couldn't have possibly imagined any of what would unfold as we navigated life in a foreign country.
I remember telling our friends and family in the States that they could keep up with us and our lives in Australia via the blog I intended to write faithfully. For the most part, I kept up with it by posting at least one entry every month. It became something I enjoyed and looked forward to. Looking back over the past year, I'm so grateful to have that record of our time here, in addition to the other photographs that I have but didn't post on the blogsite.
Now, I am telling our Australian friends that they can keep up with us and our lives in Oregon via the blog I intend to write faithfully. We all have friends here that we will miss and who we want to keep in touch with. There is even talk of seeing some of these friends again some day; whose to say what other travels lay ahead!
As we push through our final days here our hearts are a bit sad. We'll hold Perth in our hearts forever.
Cheers.
09 June 2009
04 June 2009
a different kind of pinnacle...
OK, we may be leaving here soon, but I can still share our adventures. We're not gone yet!
On our way back from Coral Bay, we stopped at a place within the bushlands known as the Pinnacles. They represent a desert-like area surrounded by bushlands with scores of limestone rocks sticking up arbitrarily out of the sand. How they got there and why remains a mystery, but it is certainly an oddity that we are glad we didn't miss.
Check it out....
On our way back from Coral Bay, we stopped at a place within the bushlands known as the Pinnacles. They represent a desert-like area surrounded by bushlands with scores of limestone rocks sticking up arbitrarily out of the sand. How they got there and why remains a mystery, but it is certainly an oddity that we are glad we didn't miss.
Check it out....
03 June 2009
Ying and Yang of Life
Well. We didn't see this coming. At least we didn't think we would see it coming for awhile yet. Steve and 11 other people from BGC Corporation were laid off from their jobs. It's rampant here now; sadly. Unemployment is hitting hard.
It's a whole different ball game when you lose your job in a foreign country. We have 28 days to leave Australia. Gee, don't let the door hit you on the way out, eh? We were all shocked and saddened at first. New friends, a new house, new car and what we thought was another year of adventures ahead of us. Not to be. Now that we have begun to make our plans to move back to Medford, the excitement has begun to build for each one of us. We all have our little things we are looking forward to upon our return. We will take up residence in our own house on Brookdale Avenue. Our renters there had one more year on their lease, but graciously agreed to move out so we could live in our own house. Yippee!
It has been an amazing 13 months (15 months for Lucas and Steve). We are so thankful for this life changing time in our lives. We do NOT relish packing and moving again, but moving overseas sparks a remarkable ability to get rid of everything that is non-essential. We will be arriving in Medford with little more than the clothes on our back. Kind of a pain, but kind of exciting to "start over" again. Don't anyone have a garage sale without letting us know about it first!
So, as we prepare to say "gidday" to Australia, we prepare to bid "hello" again to our homeland. I know many things have changed while we were away, including all of us. We are all looking forward to rekindling our old friendships and sharing our adventures. And, let's face it, we're pretty darn stoked to get back-to-back summers for 2009!
See you all this summer!
Paula, Steve, Lucas, Sam, and Camerin
It's a whole different ball game when you lose your job in a foreign country. We have 28 days to leave Australia. Gee, don't let the door hit you on the way out, eh? We were all shocked and saddened at first. New friends, a new house, new car and what we thought was another year of adventures ahead of us. Not to be. Now that we have begun to make our plans to move back to Medford, the excitement has begun to build for each one of us. We all have our little things we are looking forward to upon our return. We will take up residence in our own house on Brookdale Avenue. Our renters there had one more year on their lease, but graciously agreed to move out so we could live in our own house. Yippee!
It has been an amazing 13 months (15 months for Lucas and Steve). We are so thankful for this life changing time in our lives. We do NOT relish packing and moving again, but moving overseas sparks a remarkable ability to get rid of everything that is non-essential. We will be arriving in Medford with little more than the clothes on our back. Kind of a pain, but kind of exciting to "start over" again. Don't anyone have a garage sale without letting us know about it first!
So, as we prepare to say "gidday" to Australia, we prepare to bid "hello" again to our homeland. I know many things have changed while we were away, including all of us. We are all looking forward to rekindling our old friendships and sharing our adventures. And, let's face it, we're pretty darn stoked to get back-to-back summers for 2009!
See you all this summer!
Paula, Steve, Lucas, Sam, and Camerin
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