May already

May already - I am now facing the terrifying prospect of returning to the UK in less than five months! Am I ready for it? No. Do I want to do it? No.

It would be much easier and more "comfortable" to stay here in Australia and only ever dream about riding all around Britain and Europe.

Am I going to do it? Yes - I think so.

Why only "I think so"?

If I can get a 457 Visa extension for a few months, and stay until - say - March 2007, that would give me two springs and summers in a row - heaven, especially as I had two WINTERS in a row when I first came over here to upside-down land.

Perfection would be for me to have my boss ask me to return to Sydney for four or five months of Northern hemisphere winter - November, December, January and February - when I could work all Christmas and New Year, to make all my colleagues happy they could have loads of time off, and let me store up some sunshine and warmth while at the same time earning some money. I wonder if he would do this? I suppose I shall have to ask him ...

Re my musings about connectivity on the road in an earlier post. BlackBerries are pretty common in Europe - I wondered why they were so UNcommon here. Reason - Telstra has the monopoly on them, they cost in the region of several THOUSANDS of dollars to purchase and to operate, and are only available to corporate customers. Have you ever heard anything so ridiculous in all your life?