Lucky number: 457

I've got quite a news (in MY world anyway) for you guys today:

I've got a new visa!

It's a "Temporary Business (Long Stay) - Standard Business Sponsorship (Subclass 457)" one.

So I can live and work in Australia from now on up to 4 years. Unfortunately, Australian government doesn't make it easy for us immigrants at all, so there are a few restrictions connected to this type of visa. The most important one is that the visa is tied to my new employer Bindi Inc., which simply means that as long as I work for them, I have the visa. Problem will arise when I start longing for a change (which can easily happen quite soon) but what a heck, such things always work out!

So if anyone happens to start thinking of moving to Australia one day, don't hesitate and contact me, I can give you some (wise) advice (for example: don't forget your international driver's license!).

As for my new job, it's not 100% clear yet what I'm going to do (and it will surely change with time too) but it will mostly be web design stuff. There are some ambitious business plans on the table, so I'm quite excited about it!

That'll be all for today, stay tuned for the next one!

The Silver Bullet

Hello hello, just when you all thought I'd definitively given up on writing my blog, here comes a new post! Don't be afraid though, it's just a short update on my Australian life.

As most of you know, I'm still in the middle of Australia, in Alice Springs (i'll write about how it happened and how come I'm still here in one of the next posts). One of the characteristics of Alice Springs is that it has the worst real estate market in the world. It's ironic - a place in the middle of the desert (lots of space, not many people) and there's not enough houses! Since april when I arrived, I've already moved 6 times!

But the last one was really worth it. I moved to the coolest house ever - a train carriage called Silver Bullet! How awesome is that! It's right at my workplace, so I don't have to get up early, in the middle of an industrial area, so it's deadly calm at night and most importantly, I don't have to share it with anyone! It's all mine! After all the time I spent CouchSurfing and house sharing, I really really enjoy having my own space (especially after I finally admitted that I'm really anal about kitchen). So I'm very happy beetle now. Basically the only thing I wish it had is rails, so I could start the engine and move to Darwin or to Adelaide whenever I get sick of Alice.

Apart from new house, I'm also finishing a fairly big website project and I'm hopefully near to the end of a process of obtaining a new visa (457 Employer Sponsored Visa), damn I hate bureaucracy! I've got many projects and missions planned and if I get the visa, I'll probably stick around for quite a while.

Enjoy the pics!

Kitchen

Kitchen

Living room

Bedroom

Backyard

Doorstep

Toilet and shower

Bindi car park