Toowoomba or not Toowoomba?

After a fairly stressful year of working in Saudi Arabia, we returned to Australia for a bit of a holiday, and then studied for a few months at Edith Cowan Uni in Perth.

And finally it was time to GET BACK TO WORK!

When you are unemployed, do you

• look for a job near where you live or
• go live near where you might find a job - ?
  

Across the Deadly Desert to Toowoomba

We saw a job going in Toowoomba ... and everyone said Toowoomba is a nice place.

So we packed our two suitcases, and the few odds and ends we had bought, into the car, and drove East for four days, and then North for half a day.

It was a relatively easy trip, overcast most of the way, but with thick dust storms around Broken Hill.

Somewhere to live

We arrived on a Sunday, and booked into a caravan park for four nights to give ourselves time to find somewhere to live. We spent Monday visiting Real Estate agents, and on Tuesday managed to go to a "viewing" of a couple of houses that looked nice. We were sure the second one was what we wanted, and we impressed on the agent that we wanted to move in on Thursday ... she said she would see what she could do, but wasn't very hopeful. Within a couple of hours she rang us to say we had been successful!

So on Wednesday we went to Fantastic Furniture and ordered a bed, mattress, table, chairs, and sofa (all flat-pack) to be delivered on Thursday, and a few items from "Searcher's End" (a second hand shop), and a fridge, washing machine and microwave from Harvey Norman, also to be delivered on Thursday.

The LYH

Don't you love acronyms? (initials for everything!)

This is the lovely Little Yellow House we are renting!

It has polished wooden floorboards throughout, and a lovely big open-plan kitchen and living area.

Level 5 Water Restrictions

Toowoomba has a severe water shortage, with level 5 restrictions prohibiting use of hoses and even buckets.

Still green and pretty though!