Swandives

Santa was very kind to me the Christmas. He bought me a PSP! Woohooin! So now I’m in the land of multimedia goodness.

I’m in sunny Perth at the moment and the weather is gorgeous. And very very hot. Perfect beach weather, although the beloved won’t go to the beach when it’s broiling so we go in the evening - I know there’s lots of grumbling about daylight saving but it really is fabulous! How can you complain about being able to go swimming at 7pm?

And the seafood! We’ve been gorging on prawns and crayfish and my new year’s resolution is a much-needed diet, but in the meantime I plan to enjoy myself!

We’re off fishing for two days from tomozza down south. I had no idea they had trout in WA, but they do. So I’m going to see if I can catch a couple.

And we’ve been hitting the post chrissy sales so I now have four more pairs of shoes than I flew over with! I kid you not.

We’ve been staying in Jollimont, minutes walk from Subiaco which I have decided is my favourite Perth suburb. It’s classy, not too snobby and a bit hip, and the houses are simply devine. All out of my price range, of course (isn’t everything!) but just really well designed. And huge too.

Speaking of houses, you hear a lot of talk about median house prices in Perth and how they’re second only to Sydney’s, but what they don’t tell you is that in many cases that median house price gets you a mini mansion. Like everything in WA, houses are, in general, BIG. I love the open spaces here - and the sky is so blue - the kind of blue I remember, but haven’t seen for a while, what with all the pollution and humidity. It’s good for my soul.

If I didn’t have a job that I loved in Sydney, I’d move here in a second. It’s not all beer and skittles - every place has its pros and cons - but it makes me happy.

Have a wonderful new year and bring on 2007!