The question: “what is the best place to live in Melbourne with children” was one of the most important questions that we had when we decided to move to Australia. “Why did you move to Mount Waverley” is also the most commonly asked question that we get here. So here is our story. Continue reading “Where to live with children in Melbourne?”
Coming from the Netherlands, where a bike is an integral part of everyday life and where there are more bikes then residents, it is about time that we continue that lifestyle here in Australia. Step one is taken, we bought bicycles. Today we started exploring. Melbourne is a very bicycle friendly city, there are many bike paths, but there are definitely more challenges here…. Continue reading “Cycling the Dutch way in Melbourne”
After a week of all work and no play, combined with all rain and no sun (well, almost), it was time to get out a bit and breathe some fresh air. And since the Dandenong Ranges are so close, we decided to go there again, this time aiming to complete the 1000 Steps Kokoda Track Memorial Walk. Continue reading “1000 steps”
If you ask any local person what the weather is like in Melbourne today you will get the reply: “it’s freezing out there”. As you can see from the above picture it is an unpleasant forecast, yes that is true. And the wind does not help. Is it freezing? No it is not. Continue reading “Winter in Melbourne”
I should have known it. After writing a positive post this weekend about the school experience so far it was bound to happen. The off day. Continue reading “Off day at school”
As we got married ten years ago we where looking for a place to go out to dinner with the four of us. Unfortunately we do not have very adventuresome children when it comes to food. So spending a lot of money in a restaurant is not well spend on them. Since we have not lived here very long yet and where shocked of some of the prices that are charged here for dinner I did some Google searching first. Continue reading “Dining at a child friendly restaurant”
After buying a used fridge with a very strong Indian spice smell through gumtree and a visit to a diy (do it yourself) warehouse we drove to the Markham Reserve, just a five minute drive from our house. Continue reading “First visit to the Markham Reserve”
After getting the good news, we decided that it was time for some R&R downtown.
Yesterday we had a very nice dinner at ZaZa’s, which I prebooked through Groupon. Yes they have Groupon here as well! It was four km from our hotel. Since the walkways are very smooth here we decided to go by skate. Continue reading “Ashburton viewing”
Today it feels like we are going on a hunt. Hunting for houses. On Saturdays many properties have viewings, so we have a list of six places that we want to visit. Continue reading “Saturdays house hunting”
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