On the way to our new home we stopped on the way to buy some milk, tea, coffee and sugar so at least we could immediately have a hot drink and some cereal for the next morning. We drove up the drive that leads into a garage. There is a fence around the front garden and a veranda where the front door is. A front garden has roses and so many pretty one.. also there are roses in the drive. The house looked small… our perception of the size is that generally the house is one room deep and so we assumed the same before entering. The front door opens to a corridor with the sitting room opening to the left, though there is no door. On the right of the corridor there are 3 bedrooms. Ours is the first one with the view out into the garden through windows that are floor length. There is a shower and toilet at the end of the corridor.
The sitting room is fairly big with sofas, coffee table, TV, book shelves and side table with telephone. Here also the windows are forming the outside wall with a view into the garden. The kitchen is off from the sitting room and can be closed off with sliding doors with frosted glass. The kitchen is fairly big having the fridge-freezer to one side and cooker and sink on the other. There is a small breakfast bar with a microwave on it and there is a side room for larder and washing machine. From there one step down is the largest room running the whole breadth of the house. There is another small toilet off this room. There is a dining table, some of our landlord’s exercise machines and the other end is like office with cupboards and desk with computer equipment. The whole wall is glass with the view of the back garden. There is of course a wooden decking that leads to the garden with its washing line and fruit trees. It is so good to have trees of apple, blood plum, nectarine, limes, and banana. We have been eating the plums which are sweet. The next door garden has a pomegranate tree as well. This is a big garden. The drive leads to a garage and a room behind it which is in the garden.
Upon entering the house and having a quick look around it appeared dark as all curtains were drawn. Once I opened all curtains and saw the house in full light it struck me that this was a huge house. The wooden floors run through the rooms and make it also look big. I think I am going to like this new home. We made some tea and porridge then relaxed for a while. So as not to go to sleep we started the job of plugging into this country. I rang immigration and gave my new address, checked with ANMC about the registration fees. Paul looked up the medicare and tax file number sites about applications. I did my tax number application online and was told I would be sent one in a few days. Poor Paul was asked to go to a post office to show his id …. Also we had to go in person to apply for medicare whose office was in Doncaster shopping town. We had a short walk into the nearby Newman’s Shopping Centre. There is a pizza hut, a bottleshop, hairdressers, kebab shop, fish and chips shop, newsagents. Also there is a bus stop there. By the evening Paul had to stop for a nap while I just watched TV….. some freeview channels ensures fair amount of choice. By 10 pm I was ready to call it a day….
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