Spring Forward, Fall Back

Today Daylight Savings has ended in Sydney - and while our family and friends sprang forward just a few weeks ago to longer afternoons and more sunshine (or rain for those of you in Seattle) our days are going to start getting shorter. I am glad we got a few nice weeks of summer after we got to town, because otherwise we would have missed getting summer for another 6 months :-p I included some pictures Bill took this morning so you all can see our view and the great day that is just starting.

I don't mean to be a narcissist, but I have to pat myself on the back - 3 posts in 3 weeks, yeah me! Haha, I know what some of you are thinking, Stephanie, a narcissist? No way (nudge nudge wink wink) but truly - now I just need to get Bill set up to post. This one is on me, he has asked for the login and password, I just haven't gotten it sent over :-p

Last week was a bit of a busy one - Bill and I went down to Melbourne to visit Nicole, Steve and the girls then we stayed on because I had a work event in the CBD. Bill didn't stay the whole week as he had an interview scheduled for Wednesday, but there was time for a quick wine tasting trip to the Yarra Valley. The weather was beautiful and clearly there had been plenty of rain as everything was wonderfully green and lush (not us, the flora and fauna). We only made it to 2 tasting rooms (or cellar doors as they call them down here) but found some very good and pretty pricey bottles. For those of you who enjoy wine as much as we do - Google 'Yarra Yering'. It is a relatively new tasting room, but has been producing wine for a bit. Everything we tried there was amazing! They were also all $75 or more a bottle (we didn't buy anything....maybe next trip).

Bill took off to Sydney that night and I stayed on to man a booth at the Cisco Live event for the rest of the week. We had decent traffic throughout the 3 days I was there - but am not convinced that 100% of the attendees were our target market. That being said, it was good PR for my new job and I am sure the first of many events where we have a presence.

While I was talking it up, Bill came home only to find out his interview had to be postponed. This allowed him to focus on other things, but he was excited about the meeting and had done a lot of prep work in the days leading up. It has been rescheduled for tomorrow (Monday) afternoon though, so everyone send him good vibes.

We are off to wander around the neighborhood of Balmain. This is where everyone we have talked to recommends we move to. The proximity to downtown is great and the mix of cafes, restaurants, shopping, etc is supposed to be the best. It is also one of the most expensive places to live, but aren't they all :-p Wish us luck, more from the Barbee's down under this week!