Out of the house at last

Well we are finally out of the house and into an apartment in South Perth. It has been an extremely busy six weeks or so getting the house ready to rent and finalising all the details for the move over to Pohnpei. 14hrs of cleaning yesterday, fortunately Peter and Chris (Nic's parents) were brave enough to look after Jaxon and Indi for the day. The moving company under-estimated how much stuff we had in the house and had to call for an emergency back up removal van. All of our worldly good are now in storage.

Nic getting stuck into it.

I know it looks bad; but I only managed to get out fishing/diving once in the six weeks I was home before the move. Caught this three kilo cracka in 30m at Two Rocks. Christmas lunch.

Jaxon, Scott and 3kgs of Western Rock Lobster

Jaxon, Santa and Santa's hottie elf.

Removal Truck / Sea Container

The Sea Container

The garage chockers with stuff to go.

More toys than a toy store

The day has come and gone and a sea container has been filled with all the important things required while living on an island in the pacific. Fishing rods, dive gear, crab pots, nappies...... We filled the container with as many non-perishable items as we could. As well as clothes, toys, a few general house-hold items. Only 43 days to go.....

Getting the house ready to rent

So much to do to the house before we leave!!!!! All the little things that we have been happy to just 'put up with' now have to be fixed so we can maximise the rental return on our house while we are away. Of course Jaxon is a great 'help'. "This is fun Daddy, this is fun" he yelled as we swept the floor in the bar. Its a pity he wasn't able to help paint the ceiling or grout the tiles.........

The Beginning

When the opportunity came up to leave the tin can and live life in the Pacific we jumped at the chance. Believe me there is a mountain of paperwork to do just to get selected for a position. After we got over that hurdle the real pain began. The first mountain seems like a molehill right now as we battle through form after form as we prepare for every aspect up uprooting a family for 2-3 years and plonking them in the middle of nowhere. We hope that you will join us occassionally and follow our progress as we move over to Pohnpei and once we are there. We will attempt to keep this blog updated at least weekly to keep you all in the loop.