1 Week & settling in.

End of 1st week: 5 July 2008
As we will need to buy beds, because we sold all but one (only because it was the same size as a std Aus queen size) we thought it best to shop in Rockingham. We’ve started watching TV in the evenings & keep a look out for specials. So, off to Bedshed, as they are having a massive sale at the moment. We ended up buying two beds, one was a mismatched demo base & mattress (who ever looks at the base/mattress anyway, it’s always covered with linen) & as promised to Savannah, we bought her a headboard slated base & a good mattress.

Then explored Rockingham a bit, before heading back to the cabin for a quiet afternoon.

Things are slowing down now as we start to settle in. All the main things are in place & we will do a little exploring as we go. Conrad starts work on the 14th & Savannah will start school on the 22nd. Hopefully our furniture will arrive the same week she starts school, as it’ll help make everything feel more normal as we get back into routine.

7 July 2008
Booked out of our temp. accommodation early today. We had promised Savannah to stop in at the Big W in the Belmont Forum as they are having a huge toy sale (just to look!). We also ended up buying a toaster & kettle from there as they were cheaper than everywhere else we’d looked. Had to squish them into the heavily loaded Camry (roughly 150kg’s luggage & some food items, EEK!) the car scrapped over every speed bump we crossed.

We headed down to Rrockingham, as we were moving in today. Met with the Agent at 11:00, signed the lease and chatted a lot to Paul & Karen, the owners of the branch we are dealing with. Tammy was even offered a job, but we’ll stick to our game plan for the time being.

Off to the house!! WOW it’s much bigger then we remembered! It’s actually HUGE. It’s a 4x2 (4 Bedrooms & 2 bathrooms for those in RSA), there is a large family/games room (11m x 10.5 m) open plan to the kitchen, & a separated laundry. The stove top is gas, water is heated by gas (Conrad battled a bit to get the gas geyser lit having never seen one like it before, maar a boer maak a plan, in between a bit of swearing), the remainder is all electric.

The company we are hiring our fridge, washing machine & microwave from, Mr Rental, delivered just after 12H00 even though we only called them at 8H00 this morning to make the arrangement. Then we popped out to the shops & got a few necessary items. Back to the house to unpack & take delivery of the beds.

Tammy made a call & had the gas at the house switched on, the water & electricity are left on. The water bill will come via the rental agent & the electricity is just a matter of transferring the account to our name.

It is so great to be almost totally unpacked (for now), we do however need tallboy’s (we know them as a chest of drawers). All the bedrooms have built in robes (hanging space only), the main room has a walk in robe (also hanging space, no shelves).
For those wondering about bringing beds & electric blankets with, do so as they are very pricey here, just make sure the beds are extra length & a queen size at least (this makes them equivalent to the normal length of beds here). We are considering asking someone to bring us some electric blankets over when they come, as we saw some on special at Big W for$180 today.

Now we can settle back into a daily routine & Conrad’s back to work next week.