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Spent Christmas in Tasmania, delightful as always:

Straight down to the jetty that evening:


Eatable sized Aussie Salmon:


Some car spots from Tas:









Last fish of the holiday:

Not regretting that move Dave, are you

Ying and yang mate. Rough with the smooth.

It's all smooth you soft tart, what you moaning about?

Dat's da joke

Being half the world away from family and mates gets pretty rough at times.

Ah - sorry, my bad.

Whereabouts in Tasmania, out of interest? I have relatives in Penguin. We visited a few years back, only went as far as Stanley to the West and Cradle Mountain down a bit.

The other end. The inlaws are 20 mins outside of Hobart - spread through Kingston, Margate, Snug and Kettering.

Drove to Tas for Christmas.



Was delightful.





While I'm not on fire in Melbourne, it's still pretty shitty.

Yesterday on the way to work:




This morning:




Our work website has been smashed (https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/for-community/airwatch)
Max load ever was 97 users a minute, avalanche tested at 211 users a minute.
Yesterday, 4000 users a minute

Still enjoying it?

Broccers wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:05 am Still enjoying it?

In parts

unzippy wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:33 pm

Broccers wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:05 am Still enjoying it?

In parts

I've never been. Time zone is the issue these days.

What's the cost of living like.

Broccers wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 8:42 am

unzippy wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:33 pm

Broccers wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:05 am Still enjoying it?

In parts

I've never been. Time zone is the issue these days.

What's the cost of living like.

In Melb:
Booze is more expensive.
Broadband and mobile plans are more expensive.
Food shopping is similar.
Petrol is cheaper.
Eating out is cheaper.
I think renting is cheaper - we are paying the same as London but are 20 mins away from the center of town rather than 45 mins we were in London.

https://www.budgetdirect.com.au/interac ... vs-london/

unzippy wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 11:37 pm

Broccers wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 8:42 am

unzippy wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:33 pm

In parts

I've never been. Time zone is the issue these days.

What's the cost of living like.

In Melb:
Booze is more expensive.
Broadband and mobile plans are more expensive.
Food shopping is similar.
Petrol is cheaper.
Eating out is cheaper.
I think renting is cheaper - we are paying the same as London but are 20 mins away from the center of town rather than 45 mins we were in London.

https://www.budgetdirect.com.au/interac ... vs-london/

and from that link it looks like salaries are pretty much equivalent?

Mine isn't.
Currently looking after a Service Desk of 6.
London was half an IT dept of 3 teams of 10.

I'm on the same money in Aus, I think there's still a bit of mystique here that has evaporated in the UK.