Finally got broadband at the new place so it's good times! And as promised, some photos of the new place and boat and a special little video treat. But first and foremost - go the Bokke!!! Been awesomeseeing our boys in top form and just hope we pull off the win this weekend! Every other rugby nation seems to be behind us too as they just don't want to see the poms win 2 times in a row! And would be hardly fair after they lost 36-0 in the opening match. But I have faith in bokke and I think we gonna prove the same point twice! People who know me a little better know that I run a bit of a book on the odd game and I started backing SA at10-1 before the tournament (but I've closed half of it out already to make it a "free" bet so hopefully that will pay a few weeks rent if it comes through!
For the quarter final against Fiji we had a few people around to watch the game and Steve (Maritzburg boy) was feeling a little dozey!! Check out this video I posted of him on youtube! He honestly did this for about 5 minutes!! Eyes closed the whole time and no idea we were all taking the piss and laughing at him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggXfdgCGUMU
A few people have asked me how the RWC fever is in Aus. Especially when Aus and NZ were still in. But in all honestly it is nothing like SA here!! I'd say less than a quarter of Aussies actually follow it! Most of them follow the domestic rugby league and Aussie rules games. And given that only about 1/3 of the people I know here are actual Aussies, there's surprisingly little rugby talk. Even when people ask you where you from, they don't ever seem to mention the cricket or rugby. Complete opposite to SA! Anyway, there's enough who are into it to have a bit of banter and rub in the quarter final losses so it's all good.
Other good news is that I got my business visa last week. Valid for 4 years but I can claim perm residency in 2. I can still go the route of skilled immigration but not sure I will now - very expensive and a pain in the ass! And the only downside of being on a business visa is that I can't buy property which isn't a bad thing cos prefer the house share idea while I'm still new. Also a lot cheaper to rent than buy right now (rents are close to half mortgages) so will stick it out until I'm ready to settle down permanently. My camera is still in for repairs and the photos I have of the new place are all at work so will upload them another time. Here's some others from my camera phone tho:
These are the wild birds here and swing by the verrandah for a bit of a feed in the morning:
These are the wild birds here and swing by the verrandah for a bit of a feed in the morning:
And the boat!!
And messing around on the new boat. The judges robbed me - I only got a 9.2 for this dive:
Then this is the view from the new Sunday morning breakfast spot. Little bit better than Tony's in Wimbledon.
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