Australia Days

Countdown

Final days here have featured a playdate frenzy. See Tim and EB, hangin' one last time. Not pictured: 7-hour videogame session.

Packing checklist

All the essentials:

• passports
• visas
• cash
• and, of course, 8 billion Simpsons episodes for the flight

I, for one, welcome our new Australian overlords.

18th floor

We finally found three rooms of one's own. It's a rental in a high rise overlooking the Yarra River, said to be the only river in the world that flows upside down with the mud on top. Tim is most enthused about the indoor pool and tennis court, as well as the lack of state schools in the immediate vicinity.

Six weeks from Monday

We'll be on the plane to Melbourne. But, as Rob said, there's not really anything we need to do before then, right?

Right.

Passports with visas

Somehow, only my visa allows for paid work ...