Life in Perth so far...

Yeah I know I haven't done a blog update for ages, but life gets in the way as you know. We've been getting used to life down under and its not been a bed of roses by any means, but I think its getting better. We've been in our flat for 3-4 weeks now and have started getting a few pics up on the walls and its actually feeling like home a bit more now, as opposed to an Ikea showroom / warehouse. Work is better too and for those who don't know, was a real pain in the arse to start with and still is quite a bit, but the more I think about it, the real problem is that its nursing and thats the crux of the matter. We're both doing a job that we don't like anymore and that's obviously harder to do when you've moved to the other side of the world. It's definately time to start a new career, but what?? The nurses at work are mostly very nice and we've been invited out several times by some of them. Alot of the Dr's are dicks and that's the least harsh word I could think of. They're a very old school bunch and seem to think nurses a hinderance more than 'part of the team'. I was shouted at on almost my first day for daring to pass on a message, arsehole! You can't believe the rudeness of people, we've nick-named him 'Bad Santa' due to the beard. When you're scrubbing with this particular Dr, he doesn't even say hello to you. There's another one who Sam introduced herself to saying 'Hi, I'm Sam, I'm new here'. To which he replied 'Congratulations, Well done'. Tw*t! Sam later shut a door in his face. That's work then, oh yeah every single peice of equipment is different to what we're used to, making you feel like you've never nursed before, but it has improved a fair bit since we started there.
On a positive note, life otherwise in Perth is pretty nice. The weather is glorious about 98% of the time and I winge like a proper pom if the sun isn't out constantly. We've both joined a really nice gym which is located in Kings Park, a massively gorgeous park in the middle of Perth. It's my first experience in a gym and so far it's good, I've joined mainly to get into Tennis and Squash and have my first taste of Tennis booked up for tonight, it's called 'Rusty Raquets' I can hear Flan laughing now :) I seem to have gone a bit fitness mad, I think it's something about Australia that makes you have to get out there and exercise. I've even been wall climbing, there's a climbing place just down the end of our road, you would love it James.
We've been catching up with a few people we know from Brighton over here, Sarah Dawes (Baggy) and her hubby Mark and son Evan, have been living over here for about 5 years and life seems to have been treating them very well. Also on holiday over here were Cassie and Adam from the County, we went to the Northbridge festival on the Saturday they were here. Northbridge is the suberb where we live, so it was literally round the corner from our house. They'd set a stage up in the middle of the road and had various bands on, it was fairly lame as 'festivals' go, but headlining was none other than DJ Kentaro, mental mixing man from Japan, his set was bonkers, he was virtually scratching with his tongue, really, really wicked stuff. I've posted a little vid of the start of his set, theres quite a few vid's up on Youtube of his stuff, which you will also find frequently adorning Alex's blog :)
We've been going to the cinema a fair bit too and I don't know if it's been on in the UK yet or what, but '30 Days of Night' is the scariest film since 'The Descent'. Vampire action at its most terrifying ;)

DJ Kentaro - Northbridge, Perth.



30 Days of Night Trailer.



Here's some pics of our little flat :)