Arrived in Brisbane.
After several very, very busy weeks, we finally arrived in Brisbane late at night on 26th of February.
During the last weeks we have been saying goodbye to friends, family, colleagues, school and creche. It was not always easy and was a very emotional process. Additionally the father of Jan suddenly was taken into hospital very seriously. These experiences already learned us a lot and renewed our view on our living until now, which was very valuable.

Last Monday we took the plane to Brisbane and after two nights in a hotel, today we arranged a rental car and moved to a house on a camping site. We really need to get used to the time difference (jet lag) and the temperature of 27 degrees.

Just before travelling to Australia we have extended our driving license. Sure, the new one is small as a credit card and fits perfectly in your wallet. But since the descriptions are only in Dutch, the Australian Ministry of Transport cannot accept it anymore for getting an Australian license and for buying a car. It’s also insufficient for car rental and we even have the risk of getting a penalty when caught driving with this license so we will try to get an official NAATI recognized translation soon. With the previous version of our Dutch license we didn’t have these problems so we we were surprised, although we could have known this.
Anyhow we succeeded in arranging a rental car after some talking.
Anyhow we succeeded in arranging a rental car after some talking.
Secondly a living address (for a period not less than 6 months) is essential to get registered for Medicare (Australian health insurance), to buy a car, to register for a school and to get an Australian driving license, so that’s the next thing to do.
The children already enjoyed the kids corner at the Queensland Library by making creative art work and it is amazing how easy they understand and can communicate with the nannies there.Since we told Jorick earlier that he will become 4 years old in Australia, today he was surprised by discovering still to be 3 years old although we are in Australia now. Its just a matter of logic ;-)