I knew the time for this was getting close, but I honestly had no idea that today was the day… One year ago we landed in Sydney - moving here on a whim because we thought it might be nice this time of year.
How a year flies by. It really is kind of amazing.
There will be, of course, the inevitable question of how we like it here so far. The answer is quite simple really… We should have waited until a bit longer in our global travels to come here, perhaps lived in a few more places before living here. Life here is really agreeing with us and at the moment we can’t see going anywhere else.
The nice thing is that with a month off from work each year, more if I choose to, we can up and go anywhere we’d like to. There’s quite a bit of Australia to explore - let alone Southeast Asia and beyond.
And you’re probably wondering what exactly has happened to the site… If you’ll notice, all the stories from Australia are missing. That’s due to two people actually - my web host and myself. See, the problem started with my host who decided to shred not only my databases, but the backups as well. The reason it’s also my fault is that I can’t find any of my own database backups either. So, this evening I had to re-convert my old site back into this new format, and basically start over.
Fortunately, all the stories from Egypt are still around - I didn’t lose any of those (or at least none that I notice). Most of the ones regarding Australia were pretty much pointing to various photo outings anyways, things that are all up on An Orange Penguin… You can find all the photos here.
I do find it kind of funny that one year ago I put up our first post here from Australia and today I am basically doing the exact same thing again.
So, as much as I don’t like birthdays, I do have to admit there’s a candle on this cake…