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Created
Tue, 28/01/2020 - 09:35

In my continuing effort to make moving to Broken Hill quantifiable here are some extremely rough travelling numbers.

From To Plane Train Bus Car Bicycle Walk
Broken Hill Adelaide (500km) $200
2hrs
no train $20
7hrs
5hrs 1w 1m
Broken Hill Coffs Harbour (1,400km) $500
7hrs
$60
23hrs
$120 …
Created
Mon, 10/02/2020 - 17:30

Last year we booked tradies to begin the final stages of renovating our old wooden house. Nothing too major, a few repairs and a lick of paint. So, naïve… The scaffolders arrived on Monday as planned and wrapped our little house in iron bars. Our builders found major repairs in …

Created
Tue, 24/03/2020 - 09:11

My networth this month continues to be all over the shop. Money is flowing out as the house renovations are finalising and a trip to Darwin NT. Equities are of course crashing on the back of COVID-19. I’ll keep it short.

Net Earnings

  • $3073 (February)
  • $30,469.84 …
Created
Thu, 02/04/2020 - 09:00
Looking South from The Gallows Headland towards Sawtell
My current favourite local bit of coast. I’m going to miss the sea.

Monday morning at work I started running a slight temperature. My shoulders and neck ached. I work with immunocompromised patients so it was safest to go home. I am a nurse so in the interest of …

Created
Mon, 20/04/2020 - 04:11

The global COVID reset button has been activated to coincide with our move out west. My Mum and JB have not been able to fly back to the UK. So their holiday has turned into an extended stay with us. It has been great to have them both here. JB …

Created
Sun, 26/04/2020 - 05:09

Last Tuesday we emptied our little house into the back of a removal truck. After a quick tidy and a last tearful visit to family we set off on the trail to Broken Hill. Z&JB had to wait on some repairs to their car. They followed on at a …

Created
Mon, 18/05/2020 - 11:38

It all happened didn’t it? This could have been an absolute clusterfuck but luckily for us moving to a new home and job in the outback during a pandemic was okay. Thanks to the awesome team at LiteMoves the move was hassle free. Our house in Coffs is being …

Created
Mon, 22/06/2020 - 12:20

In a recent conversation with a non-Australian it struck me that people don’t know what a Ute is. It is a small utility truck. Basically a car with the back end replaced by a tray. They are incredibly useful and much loved in Outback Australia.

There is a house …