Friday 20 July was a big day for us. We loaded up the Thrifty HiAce Van with mattresses, tables, chairs and other household effects, drove up to Sydney, hauled it all up three flights of stairs and spent our first night as the proud owners of our Coogee apartment. M & R provided great back up and reduced the number of stairs hauled in the process by at least 50%. Finally settled in by late afternoon we celebrated with a glass of fine red (notable for its soft tannins).
It was exciting to be able to walk up to Avoca St Randwick in the balmy, winter, early evening air and further celebrate our efforts with an Indonesian meal at our favourite "Jimbarin" restaurant. Our first night at the apartment was notable for the unaccustomed sound of traffic (for M&R in the front sunroom) and being woken just after 6.00am by the big jets coming into land at Sydney airport as the curfew finished!
Today we were able to add some refinements as our bed was delivered, and our (bargain) fridge which had to be manually lifted up the three flights of stairs by the burly Samoan/Maori delivery guys (trolleys no good twisting big tall objects around the landings on each flight).
We met our neighbours this morning, Andrea and Giordano (with an Italian accent). They are young and very sweet. They have lived in the apartment opposite us for over a year. They said it was a beautiful place to live. We think it will be too!
It was exciting to be able to walk up to Avoca St Randwick in the balmy, winter, early evening air and further celebrate our efforts with an Indonesian meal at our favourite "Jimbarin" restaurant. Our first night at the apartment was notable for the unaccustomed sound of traffic (for M&R in the front sunroom) and being woken just after 6.00am by the big jets coming into land at Sydney airport as the curfew finished!
Today we were able to add some refinements as our bed was delivered, and our (bargain) fridge which had to be manually lifted up the three flights of stairs by the burly Samoan/Maori delivery guys (trolleys no good twisting big tall objects around the landings on each flight).
We met our neighbours this morning, Andrea and Giordano (with an Italian accent). They are young and very sweet. They have lived in the apartment opposite us for over a year. They said it was a beautiful place to live. We think it will be too!
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