Snap and Scribble

It’s been ages since i posted a blog last, so i thought i’d do one quickly…

The first week or two i was here, the weather was really nice for the time of year, but it’s turned definitely much colder since then. It’s after 11am at the moment and there’s still frost on the roof i can see from the window, here at my mum’s place. I think it’s about 4 degrees out there, and cloudy. Yesterday was clear and beautiful and a bit warmer than it has been. … Read more »

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Well, i finally got my alcohol permit. Now i can buy a couple of cartons of light or mid-strength beer each fortnight – if i want to, which i don’t. I can’t drink those beers, because they make me sicker than the full-strength stuff does – and there’s not many of those i can drink, either. I don’t know what they put in that light beer, but i can only assume they put extra chemicals in to replace the flavour of the alcohol.

Anyway, it’s all fairly irrelevant anyway, as i gave notice at work today. My last day will be the 26th of October. I can’t say i’m too sorry really. … Read more »

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My garden’s starting to get quite good now. I eat out of it every day – mainly green leafy stuff, but some beans as well. Here’s some pics of some of the plants growing in it… … Read more »

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I got a letter from the tax office today – a notice of assessment. It said i owe them ten thousand dollars! :0

From the look of it, they taxed me on the money i earned working in Afghanistan…

That was a bit of a worry, as i thought i wouldn’t have to pay tax on that in Australia, as i’d been working over there for more than 90 days. … Read more »

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The three month point, in any job i’ve ever done, is always a critical period. It’s when i’ve had enough and start seriously thinking about leaving! Well, i will have been here three months in a week or so – and the three month itch has set in already.

It’s partly the job and partly the place. The job’s mostly fairly boring – and mostly way too stressful. Almost all – or maybe all – of the stress comes from having to manage Community Development Employment Program workers. The CDEP is an Aboriginal “work for the dole” scheme that’s been going since the Whitlam years in the 70s. It was phased out in all of the rest of Australia last year, i think, and it’s supposed to be ending in the Northern Territory by the end of this year (maybe – nobody seems to know). … Read more »

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