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Last week, on St George’s Day, it was our 3rd wedding anniversary. We take turns each year is organising something to do for the event - for our 1st anniversary we went to a really nice Japanese restaurant in Melbourne during a brief trip to Australia, and last year we made a trip to Brussels in Belgium.  This year it was my turn again to organise something.

Finding a good curry in Australia is not an easy thing - good Indian restaurants are few and far between.  I think the only decent one I’ve had was 2 years ago in Glebe (Sydney). So the first thing we did over the weekend was try out the local Indian restaurant on Friday night.  It was ok - not bad, but not fantastic.  Good enough to consider going back, but probably not have their rather fatty chicken in a curry again.

Then on Saturday morning we headed out and drove for a couple of hours to Ballarat.  Known from the goldrush days, in Ballarat they have a mock goldrush township called Sovereign Hill.  I’d booked a package that included an overnight stay, day entry to Sovereign Hill (both days), and dinner followed by their ”Blood on the Southern Cross” sound & light show.  We had a good time there, and of course took a number of photos!

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A few weeks ago there was a public holiday (Labour Day) in the state of Victoria, so Dawn & I decided to go have a drive somewhere!

It was a hot day in Melbourne, and as we drove down the Mornington Peninsula this was obvious by how busy some of the beaches were. We really just drove down the Peninsula for the views, not to be beach bums!! Here are some photos from the day:

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As I mentioned in October, I’ve been going through the process of obtaining Permanent Residency in Australia. This included sending in quite a bit of evidence that Dawn & I are living as a married couple, and have been since October 2005 when I was granted Temporary Residency.  It also, rather irritatingly, included completing the 2 forms that I mentioned in my last entry - which immigration would have received on Friday last week.  Anyway the upshot of this is contained in a letter that I received today…

As of Friday 4th January, I am now a Permanent Resident of Australia!

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