Would'nt it be nice!
May 9th 2004, 11:22 am
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Would'nt it be nice!
Hello all. I have the hangover from hell so please bear with me. The reason? Well yesterday at 9.22 am i got a call from George Lombard informing me that our application was successfull! Yeehaaa!!!!!!!!!!!
Most of the rest of yesterday was spent in a fairly drunken/emotional state which i think is understandable!
You can view our timeline at http://www.austimeline.com/austime/a...pp.jsp?id=1320
Our love affair with Australia began when myself and Mrs Elbow spent the year of our lives there in 2000-2001 on a working holiday visa. We lived in Sydney during the olympics, scuba dived in Byron Bay, watched the sunrise over Uluru, spent boxing day at "The G" watching cricket and generally had the times of our lives.
On new years day 2001 we sat beside a river in the snowy mountains and decided that this was the place we wanted to grow old and silly in together! We niavely thought that we would be back in 18 months. Tops!
It soon became clear that this aussie visa malarkey was a wee bit more complicated than we first thought. Oops! The only way we could the points we needed was for me to go back and work in the kitchens. I am a trained chef but had left a few years back as it was way too stressfull. Most head chefs make Alex Ferguson look like the Dalai Lama!
Anyway with a huge amont of fear i went back into my own personal dante's inferno three years ago. During my more depressing days the only things that kept me going were the love of my darling wife and the thought that one day, some day we would get the phone call.
Yesterday at 9.22 am.......................
To quote the great Brian Wilson "maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true". Well it has and i'm absolutely ecstatic! We even booked our flights yesterday, seven weeks from today were off! A fantastic day was made even better when Liverpool won 3-0. Oh happy day!
Most of the rest of yesterday was spent in a fairly drunken/emotional state which i think is understandable!
You can view our timeline at http://www.austimeline.com/austime/a...pp.jsp?id=1320
Our love affair with Australia began when myself and Mrs Elbow spent the year of our lives there in 2000-2001 on a working holiday visa. We lived in Sydney during the olympics, scuba dived in Byron Bay, watched the sunrise over Uluru, spent boxing day at "The G" watching cricket and generally had the times of our lives.
On new years day 2001 we sat beside a river in the snowy mountains and decided that this was the place we wanted to grow old and silly in together! We niavely thought that we would be back in 18 months. Tops!
It soon became clear that this aussie visa malarkey was a wee bit more complicated than we first thought. Oops! The only way we could the points we needed was for me to go back and work in the kitchens. I am a trained chef but had left a few years back as it was way too stressfull. Most head chefs make Alex Ferguson look like the Dalai Lama!
Anyway with a huge amont of fear i went back into my own personal dante's inferno three years ago. During my more depressing days the only things that kept me going were the love of my darling wife and the thought that one day, some day we would get the phone call.
Yesterday at 9.22 am.......................
To quote the great Brian Wilson "maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true". Well it has and i'm absolutely ecstatic! We even booked our flights yesterday, seven weeks from today were off! A fantastic day was made even better when Liverpool won 3-0. Oh happy day!
May 9th 2004, 11:35 am
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Congratulations !!!! the catering industry is horrible I know I worked in it for 3 yrs and swore I would never go back...
the catering industry is horrible I know I worked in it for 3 yrs and swore I would never go back...
May 9th 2004, 11:38 am
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Re: Would'nt it be nice!
well done
pretty quick in the end
Why did Gordon Ramsey spring to mind ................
pretty quick in the end
Why did Gordon Ramsey spring to mind ................
May 9th 2004, 11:39 am
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Brill news. Am delighted for ya cos you sound like you are about to have the time of your lives in Oz
Have to ask though..........did yer get more DIMIA points for being a naked chef?
Phoenixuk2oz
Have to ask though..........did yer get more DIMIA points for being a naked chef?
Phoenixuk2oz
May 9th 2004, 11:47 am
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Congratulations ! mr & mrs elbow !
I cant wait to be in your situation, we have got a long way to go yet !! just spend my whole life daydreaming at the moment !
Hey its sunday go and have a hair of the dog !! i t worked for me last weekend after my birhday celebrations !
enjoy
:PARTY:
Nicky
I cant wait to be in your situation, we have got a long way to go yet !! just spend my whole life daydreaming at the moment !
Hey its sunday go and have a hair of the dog !! i t worked for me last weekend after my birhday celebrations !
enjoy
:PARTY:
Nicky
May 9th 2004, 12:13 pm
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Well done & all the best ......plum
May 9th 2004, 12:24 pm
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Hi Elbow
Well done & congratulations on getting it at last - a great inspirational story - when are you thinking of going for good?
From a very sad Blues fan - your team played our very sad looking team off the park - I was there unfortunately!!!
All the best
pockygoes
Well done & congratulations on getting it at last - a great inspirational story - when are you thinking of going for good?
From a very sad Blues fan - your team played our very sad looking team off the park - I was there unfortunately!!!
All the best
pockygoes
May 9th 2004, 12:47 pm
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Congratulations!!!
May 9th 2004, 12:56 pm
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Originally posted by pockygoes
Hi Elbow
Well done & congratulations on getting it at last - a great inspirational story - when are you thinking of going for good?
From a very sad Blues fan - your team played our very sad looking team off the park - I was there unfortunately!!!
All the best
pockygoes
Hi Elbow
Well done & congratulations on getting it at last - a great inspirational story - when are you thinking of going for good?
From a very sad Blues fan - your team played our very sad looking team off the park - I was there unfortunately!!!
All the best
pockygoes
I guess we wanted to get across that although we struggled and made huge sacrifices we got through it. Certainly finding this website helped a lot.
May 9th 2004, 2:01 pm
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Re: Would'nt it be nice!
Originally posted by Phoenixuk2oz
Brill news. Am delighted for ya cos you sound like you are about to have the time of your lives in Oz
Have to ask though..........did yer get more DIMIA points for being a naked chef?
Phoenixuk2oz
Brill news. Am delighted for ya cos you sound like you are about to have the time of your lives in Oz
Have to ask though..........did yer get more DIMIA points for being a naked chef?
Phoenixuk2oz
May 9th 2004, 2:25 pm
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Re: Would'nt it be nice!
nice one! all the best
May 9th 2004, 6:58 pm
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Re: Would'nt it be nice!
Originally posted by moomin
nice one! all the best
nice one! all the best
May 9th 2004, 7:03 pm
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Re: Would'nt it be nice!
Originally posted by elbow
I should also add that our agent said we could be on TV if we could fly out to Sydney in three weeks! That would pushing things a little too quickly!
I should also add that our agent said we could be on TV if we could fly out to Sydney in three weeks! That would pushing things a little too quickly!
May 10th 2004, 5:22 pm
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Today's update. I finally handed in my notice at work.
May 10th 2004, 6:19 pm
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Re: Would'nt it be nice!
Originally posted by elbow
Hello all. I have the hangover from hell so please bear with me. The reason? Well yesterday at 9.22 am i got a call from George Lombard informing me that our application was successfull! Yeehaaa!!!!!!!!!!!
Most of the rest of yesterday was spent in a fairly drunken/emotional state which i think is understandable!
You can view our timeline at http://www.austimeline.com/austime/a...pp.jsp?id=1320
Our love affair with Australia began when myself and Mrs Elbow spent the year of our lives there in 2000-2001 on a working holiday visa. We lived in Sydney during the olympics, scuba dived in Byron Bay, watched the sunrise over Uluru, spent boxing day at "The G" watching cricket and generally had the times of our lives.
On new years day 2001 we sat beside a river in the snowy mountains and decided that this was the place we wanted to grow old and silly in together! We niavely thought that we would be back in 18 months. Tops!
It soon became clear that this aussie visa malarkey was a wee bit more complicated than we first thought. Oops! The only way we could the points we needed was for me to go back and work in the kitchens. I am a trained chef but had left a few years back as it was way too stressfull. Most head chefs make Alex Ferguson look like the Dalai Lama!
Anyway with a huge amont of fear i went back into my own personal dante's inferno three years ago. During my more depressing days the only things that kept me going were the love of my darling wife and the thought that one day, some day we would get the phone call.
Yesterday at 9.22 am.......................
To quote the great Brian Wilson "maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true". Well it has and i'm absolutely ecstatic! We even booked our flights yesterday, seven weeks from today were off! A fantastic day was made even better when Liverpool won 3-0. Oh happy day!
Hello all. I have the hangover from hell so please bear with me. The reason? Well yesterday at 9.22 am i got a call from George Lombard informing me that our application was successfull! Yeehaaa!!!!!!!!!!!
Most of the rest of yesterday was spent in a fairly drunken/emotional state which i think is understandable!
You can view our timeline at http://www.austimeline.com/austime/a...pp.jsp?id=1320
Our love affair with Australia began when myself and Mrs Elbow spent the year of our lives there in 2000-2001 on a working holiday visa. We lived in Sydney during the olympics, scuba dived in Byron Bay, watched the sunrise over Uluru, spent boxing day at "The G" watching cricket and generally had the times of our lives.
On new years day 2001 we sat beside a river in the snowy mountains and decided that this was the place we wanted to grow old and silly in together! We niavely thought that we would be back in 18 months. Tops!
It soon became clear that this aussie visa malarkey was a wee bit more complicated than we first thought. Oops! The only way we could the points we needed was for me to go back and work in the kitchens. I am a trained chef but had left a few years back as it was way too stressfull. Most head chefs make Alex Ferguson look like the Dalai Lama!
Anyway with a huge amont of fear i went back into my own personal dante's inferno three years ago. During my more depressing days the only things that kept me going were the love of my darling wife and the thought that one day, some day we would get the phone call.
Yesterday at 9.22 am.......................
To quote the great Brian Wilson "maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true". Well it has and i'm absolutely ecstatic! We even booked our flights yesterday, seven weeks from today were off! A fantastic day was made even better when Liverpool won 3-0. Oh happy day!