Home Sweet Home for a bit

We have settled into our little house in Bundy (as the locals call it) and it's very comfortable. The house is about 1mile from the hospital and 2 miles from the city central. We are on a corner with great windows and sunlight. There isn't much landscaping on the lot, as far as that goes, in the whole neighborhood is pretty bare, as you can see.

Front of 396 Bourbong St. Bundaberg

I spent the morning getting groceries and then unpacking (finally). I have been amazed at how

 expensive everything is, even though we traveled here a few years ago and I had sticker shock then, because we were in touristy and then BIG city Sydney, I thought it might be a little more affordable here. Wrong. So I decided to venture out to Aldi, a worldwide German grocery food chain which I know from Milwaukee as budget minded, especially for a big shop like this one was going to be. So I did the big shop as much as I could, they don't have beer or wine, sort of the necessities of life, but I knew where I could find those. $270 later and a trunk (boot) full of food I was headed to what will be our home for 3 months.

Doesn't look like much, does it?

I don't think I'll have to go out again for a while, and after eating out for the past week, I can honestly say I'm looking forward to cooking  a few meals. We have missed the veggies and salads, we ordered them whenever we could but it's not that easy to eat well when it's every meal.  I thought the house would definitely have a grill (barbie) but to my surprise it doesn't. When it's 90 degrees out (sorry Wisconsonites :( ) I am in a grilling state of mind and now I have to rethink everything!

Here are some snaps of the kitchen and dining room.

Master bedroom and bath

Laundry Room!!!!!!!

Second bath with soaker tub

My closet, no comments thank you.

So that's the house, very comfortable and clean, much nicer than I expected. The hospital system is putting us up for the 3 months we'll be in Bundaberg for the inconvenience of having to move twice. I guess we'll make the best of it and not gripe too much about how much everything is to buy, considering this is a freebie.

This was an informative post and not too entertaining, I'm sorry! Just like getting in today, it was getting the job done and moving on. 

I will tell you that I've connected by Facetime with 2 of my bestie's from Milwaukee and it's a piece of cake! Just look to see if I'm online and ring me up. I love the connection and catching up, I even shared Meg's fireplace and some Chardy with her. Delightful! John is working 7 days in a row and I might just loose my mind if I don't hear from some of you. I am missing you all dearly and thinking about the freezing weather back home. Stay warm and I will send out something more entertaining this weekend.