It's a beautiful day

I can't believe it has been a month since my last check-in. I'm sorry guys, sometimes my head just isn't in the right place.
So has anything happened in the last 30 days, well HELL YEAH.
I can probably fit things into 3 categories, one being my job search, private stuff (past/present/future) and U2/Jay-Z concert which is in category of its own :)

So let's get the job thing out of the way by saying, I've got it and it is pretty much everything I've hoped for. Permanent position as a Senior Network Engineer with CDM, a company based in Sydney but with its branches throughout Australia. Now most of you have had a job interview in some way, shape or form in your lives and I knew that things work a bit differently around here which is my queue to thank Rudi AGAIN for coaching me through my resume editing and giving me just the advices I needed to secure my position. It was a 3 part interview,starting with a recruitment agent,as most positions around here are advertised through recruitment agencies. Putting on a proper suit and presenting yourself in the best way possible gave me the opportunity to have the second interview with Technical Services Manager at CDM and after his OK, I had my last meeting with General Manager, all in all resulted in me securing the position with CDM and I couldn't be happier.
The location of our offices are on Adelaide street in CBD, which is literally a minute walk from the bus station, and as far as the rest is concerned,let me just say I'm happy....I'm extremely happy :)

Now one of the reasons for our Australia endeavour was in better social and private life,and since we are surrounded by water it would be a sin not to go to the beach as often as possible.
After our more then successful attempt with Surfers Paradise we've decided to go see Collangatta expecting nice worm sunny weather and boy were we wrong. We do have summer showers and storms back at home but none of them can be compared to a proper tropical storm :) Driving 30km/h on the highway is an experience by itself :) As our adventure turned sour we compensated by enjoying the sun and swimming at Brisbanes City beach at SouthBank, I won't bore you with the details as you are all probably sick and tired of shoveling snow and playing "Cathc the croatian PM" or "A si jedla Sir?" :)

And now for the U2 concert. Yeah I know that a lot of you have already seen it in Zagreb, but imagine seeing the same concert without the need to go to Croatia. Now that is priceless by itself. Being used to pushing and shoving for a good spot we've come to the concert an hour earlier,also knowing that Jay-Z will open the show and didn't want to miss a second of it. Turns out that people don't do that hear which gave us the opportunity to come all the way to the stage and enjoy the concert front row....and being in the middle of the stage we had ample opportunity to feel the vibe,scent, breath of U2 .....it was without a doubt the best musical experience of my life so far. Jay-Z is the undisputed heavyweight champion of Hip-Hop,and I don't think there are many artists as big as U2 and with such great stage presence and charisma.



I think I just HAVE to take a moment to speak about our flatmates. Now you may have or haven't heard of them but they are both famous and infamous at the same time. Mark and Sharnee, just their names are enough to make your heart skip a beat and have your body shiver in fear and amazement at the same time ....HAHAHA......I know they're reading this and just had to do this :)
Guys wit the words of Freddie Mercury at the Wembley concert 1980 - You're great, we love you!

I wish I could write some more but I can't neither muster the courage to tell you everything nor does my memory (I am 32 afterall) serve me as It used to :)

I will however put some pictures on tomorrow, and add the Slovenian version as well.

Let me just leave you with this thoughts:
Last week - U2 , Jay-Z , 2 x Beach
This Week - birthday party friday , tea party Saturday
Following weeks - Beach BBQ party at Sunshine Coast , Camping at Byron for New Years :)



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Saj ne morem verjeti da je minil že mesec od mojega zadnjega javljanja,za kar se vsem MOČNO opravičujem,moja glava pač ni vedno na svojem mestu :)
Torej da kar takoj odgovorim na vprašanje če se je kaj dogajalo v teh 30 dnevih...ABSOLUTNO JA!
Dogajanja lahko verjetno razdelim v 3 kategorije, prva vsekakor moje iskanje službe, privatne zadeve (pretekle/sedanje/prihodnje) in povsem ločeno koncert U2 in Jay-Z,ki je kategorija sama po sebi.

Pa da takoj pomirim vse zakrbljene in o prvi temi povem da službo imam in je pravzaprav točno to kar sem upal da bi morda v neki vzporedni realnosti lahko dobil. Senior Network Engineer pri podjetju CDM,s sedežem v Sydneju in poslovalnicami po celi Avstraliji. Večina vas je verjetno kdaj v življenju že bila na kakšnem zaposlitvenem interfjuju in čeprav sem vedel da so stvari v Avstraliji "malce" drugačne za kar se moram vsekakor zahvalit Rudiju....AGAIN...ker mi je z napotki o pisanju življenepisa in pravimi nasveti dal tisto potrebno samozavest,da sem uspel dobiti omenjeno zaposlitev. Sam intervju je bil razdeljen na 3 dele,začenši z zaposlitveno agencijo,saj gre večina zaposlitev v Avstraliji preko prvega sita zaposlitvenega agenta. Prava poslovna obleka in prava mera samozavesti sta mi omogočila drugi intervju z vodjem tehničnega področja pri CDM in po njegovem "potrdilu" sem imel intervju še z generalnim direktorjem, na koncu koncev sem dobil ponudbo za zaposlitev in ne bi moral biti bolj vesel.
Lokacija pisarn je na Adelaide street v samem centru mesta in dobesedno minuto ali dve od avtobusne postaje. Glede vsega ostalega povezanega s službo pa bom rekel samo,da stradala ne bova in sva oba IZJEMNO zadovoljna :)

Eden izmed razlogov za najino selitev na drug konec sveta je tudi več možnosti za kvalitetno preživljanje prostega časa in ker je že sam Brisbane praktično obkrožen z vodo bi bil greh da ne bi preživljala prostega časa na plaži kolikor je to le možno.
Po najinem več kot uspešnem obisku Surfers Paradise-a sva tokrat "podaljšala" najino vožnjo še za par kilometrov in odšla v Collangatta,v pričakovanju prijetnega toplega vremena in ne bi se morala bolj zmotiti :) Tudi v Sloveniji imamo poletne nevihte ampak PRAV NIČ naju ne bi moglo pripraviti na pravo tropsko nevihto,ko dežuje vzporedno s tlemi in se po avtocesti voziš 30 km na uro :). In ker se je najina dogodivščina skisala sva kompenzirala z obiskom mestne plaže na SouthBanku. Ne bom vas dolgočasil s podrobnostmi ker ste ob vsem kidanju snega in mrazu že malce naveličani najinih sončnih doživetij :)

No pa da se posvetim še U2 koncertu. Zavedam se da vas je veliko od vas to turnejo videlo že v Zagrebu, ampak predstavljajte si enak koncert brez potrebe da potujete na Hrvaško in podpirate njihovo ekonomijo s kunami :) Že samo to je neprecenljivo doživetje...hehe. In ker smo balkanci navajeni prerivanja in borbe za dobro mesto sva na koncert prišla dobro uro pred pričetkom,saj nenazadnje nisva želela zamuditi otvoritve koncerta s strani Jay-Z. Izkazalo se je da tu ljudje tega ne počnejo,kar nama je dalo priložnost da sva prišla vse do prve vrste pred odrom in uživala koncert iz FANTASTIČNE lokacije,kjer sva lahko v popolnosti začutila utrip,vonj,dihanje članov zasedbe U2...brez dileme najboljša glasbena izkušnja najinega življenja. JayZ je brez dileme neprekosljivi šampijon hip-hopa in po moji oceni trenutno ni glasbenikov ki bi imeli tako karizmo kot U2.



Z veseljem bi dodal še kakšno začinjeno podrobnost ampak enostavno moji možgani in spomin niso več rosno mladi :)

Pustil vas bom samo s temi besedami:

Prejšnji teden: U2 , Jay-Z , 2 x Plaža
Ta teden - rojstnodnevna zabava v mestu , sobotna zabava pri nas
Prihodnji tedni: Roštiljada na plaži , Kampiranje za novo leto V Byron Bay-u

Ja življenje NI slabo.

It's a long hard life

The life is just so darn hard in Australia. People are opening swimming season and are more or less enjoying the summer which is just around the corner. And who are we to judge them, ergo we did the same. Triple B: Beach, Beer and Barbecue :)
Hooked up with Tony and friends at Waxy's on Gold Coast and enjoyed a more then pleasant company with couple of beers.

Življenje v Avstraliji je res težko. Plavalna sezona se odpira in ljudje več ali manj uživajo poletje, ki že trka na vrata. In kdo smo mi, da bi jim sodili, saj tudi sami počnemo isto. Trojni P: Plaža, Pivo in Pikniki :) - prilagojen slovenski prevod ;). Preživela sva lep sončen sobotni dan na Gold Coastu in potem še prijeten večer s Tony-em in njegovimi prijatelji v Waxy baru,seveda ob obvezni prisotnosti piva:)

I won't bore you with details, so I'll just let the pictures do the talking.
Oh and one more kinnda important thing. I quit smoking...like I promised :)
Ne bom vas dolgočasila z detajli, naj slike povedo svoje. Aja, še nekaj zelo pomembnega vam moram zaupati - Jaša je nehal kaditi. Kot je obljubil. No pa da vidimo, kaj bo iz tega ratalo ;)

We're BACK

It has been almost a year since our last entry. A lot has happened in between but the most important thing is that we're back. And this time we're here to stay.

Skoraj eno leto je že minilo od najinega prvega obiska Avstralije in veliko se je zgodilo vmes, vendar zdaj sva spet tu. Tokrat za malo daljše obdobje :)

We've arrived to Brisbane in the wee hours of the morning on 3rd of Nov after a stressful journey that lead us from Ljubljana over Istanbul, Dubai, Singapore to Brisbane where we landed at 2 a.m, exhausted and blissfully happy. Immigration and customs procedures were just a formality and minutes after touchdown we were sitting in our taxi going towards our well deserved rest in Central Base Hostel.

V Avstralijo sva prispela 3. novembra v zgodnjih jutranjih urah po stresnem potovanju, ki naju je vodilo iz Ljubljane preko Instanbula, Dubaja, Singapurja do Brisbna. Ko sva ob 2h zjutraj pristala na letališču v Brisbanu, sva bila popolnoma uničena in hkrati vesela, da sva končno na cilju.

Being well organized we got up at 9 in the morning, making a bee line to our bank (ANZ) to provide them with proper ID to activate our previously opened Bank Account,and then it was straight to Europcar for our rental pickup. We knew that we were in need of a big car, for all the stuff we have to do in the first days and the plan was to do most of it with the rental (some furniture, phones, car shopping) and the car we got was a blast. Brand new Subaru Outback,space ship on wheels :)

Ker sva imela pred sabo naporen dan s kar nekaj pomembnimi opravki, sva kljub utrujenosti vstala že ob 9h zjutraj in se napotila do najine banke (ANZ), kjer sva se identificirala z najinima potnima listoma in tako aktivirala najin račun, ki sva ga predhodno odprla preko interneta že v Sloveniji. Naslednja postaja je bil Europcar, kjer sva pobrala najin popolnoma nov Subaru Outback - vesoljska ladja na kolesih :) . Velik avto sva namreč potrebovala za nakup najnujnejših stvari v prvih dneh (kot npr. ležišča ipd.).

Sending Mark an arrival SMS was just a formality and he greeted us with opened arms and mischievous green on his face :)
He showed us around the house,showed us the room and we were ready to start our lives.
Not to bore you with the details of our shopping spree let me just say we managed to get EVERYTHING done in the first couple of days and are now proud owners of a couple pieces of furniture (brought to you by IKEA) , new phone numbers (courtesy of Telstra) and a V6 4.0L Ford Falcon (thanks to Ted K of Benstead Car co. ).

Marku sva poslala SMS, da prihajava in pričakal naju je z odprtimi rokami, ter nama razkazal hišo in najino sobo. Da vas ne dolgočasim s podrobnosti najinih nakupov, naj vam povem le, da sva vse potrebno opravila v prvih parih dneh ter sva zdaj ponosna lastnika nekaj manjših kosov pohištva (IKEA), novih telefonskih številk (Telstra) in najinega novega avtomobilčka V6 4.0L Ford Falcon (zahvaljujoč Tedu K iz Benstead Car co.).

Now to put everybody's worries to the rest. We are fine, we are great to be honest. If the first few day are in any way indicators of things to come, only good things are waiting for us.

Da vas ne bi skrbelo, vsem sporočava, da sva dobro, celo odlično. Če so prvi dnevi v kakršnikoli meri pokazatelj prihodnosti, naju čakajo le lepe stvari ;) .

Oh, not to forget. We of course payed a visit to Rudi & Alenka,were we enjoyed their own Heineken like beer (micro brewery stuff) and had spent a pleasant evening with productive conversation, but I'll write more about that as the story unfolds ;)

Da ne pozabim. Obiskala sva tudi Rudija in Alenko in preživela prijeten večer v dobri družbi in ob njunem domače pivu, okus po Heinekenu).

I'd love to write more, but my stubby is not getting any colder and our deck is screaming for my company, in shorts and t-shirt of course :)

Rada bi napisala še kaj več, ampak moje pivo ne postaja nič hladnejše, terasa pa kriči po moji družbi, seveda v kratkih hlačah in kratki majici :)

Here's looking at you ;)

Note to Airport officials in New Zealand....it is not a good idea to let 13 planes land within 30 minutes as it produces unbelivable hold-ups at the customs.
We've landed at half past 2 p.m. but managed to get out of the airport at arround 4 p.m. and to top it all they took out jar of honey :( apperently it violates their biosecurity laws....
darn. Kristie and Bryden picked us up with their UTE, which had a boat attached to it and there were also Clay and Jack with them, their foxterrier dogs.
We were a funny bunch at the airport, 4 people in a UTE with 2 dogs looking through the window and a boat at the back.......and since it was beer'o'clock :)
we've stopped at he Red Fox, a local pub where we opened drinking season....and let me clarify at this moment, that their beer is GOOOOD and it flows perfectly.
Our first impressions of New Zealand was pretty much perfect, and Kristie's and Bryden's hospitality was as expected.....great. They took us to Bryden's place which is a big gorgeous
house in the country some 60 km from Auckland, and it is surronded by green pastures as far as your eyes can see. Now living in the country is a bit different in New Zealand
as it is in Slovenia, but the basics are pretty much the same.....Bryden and Kristie are horse people and they own 4 horses, which they use for events and/or hunting.
We were all on a same page pretty soon and decided holiday should be mostly relaxing and just having plain fun...and that's just what we did...siping one beer after another
(or cider or bubbly or whatever came into our hands). We've drenched our thirst with beer and our hunger with the best Fish'n'Chips in Kaiaua, sitting on the beach while eating them and enjozing
the beautiful views of NZ. Took a drive to a nearby hill to see the beautiful view of the valley. And that's pretty much what we did for the first two days.
And so came wednesday,the day we departed to our beach house to start our New Year's celebrations. Whiritoa was the destination....and even though Kristie told us our house is pretty
close to the beach it was not what we expected. Literally meters from the sandy beach, 4 bedroom house, big garden, BBQ area.....fully equiped and furnished with everything your heart might desire.
You might imagine the smiles on our faces. :) We were joined by Dave and Trina which gave our party a bit more substance :). Some things are a bit blury which is a sign of having a good time, which
is exactly what was and still is going on....

We spent four days in Whiritoa, relaxing, swimming, sunbathing on the porch of our big summer house, fishing, drinking, eating and just enyojing ourselves.
We were a bunch of 8 people since John and Vicky joined us for the New Years Eve and we had lots of fun together.
We cought some nice fishes, had some bubbles and stepped in the next decade with great fireworks (Jasa was responsible for it and it was really spectacular). In the Next few days
we cought more fishes, among which was a Snapper weighing 4 kg, Baraccuda which we threw back in the sea because it is not good for eating, long eel which was funny to catch.
During our boat riddingfishing expeditions we saw 2 sharks (one nearly 3 m long), and almost caugth a really big kingfish which sadly run away :) It was really nice spending time in
New Zeeland with Kristie and Bryden,
but the clock is ticking and our departure is geting close. Thanks Kristie and Bryden one more time, you guys are the best. For the others - see you on the other side of the world, back home in Slovenia.
Bye Bye.

P.S: pictures will be available upon our return :)
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Nasvet letaliskemu osebju v Novi Zelandiji.....pristanek 13 letal v razmaku 30 minut ni najboljsa ideja saj je gneca na carini in imigracijskem uradu nepregledna :)
Pristala sva ob pol 3, vendar sva iz letalisca uspela priti sele okoli 4 in povrhu vsega so nama se odvzeli kozarec medu,ker med krsi njihove bioloske predpise.
Kristie in Bryden sta naju pobrala v svojem UTE, na katerem je bil priklopljen coln hkrati pa sta bila v avtu se Clay in Jack njuna foxterierja. Definitivno smo bili najbolj smesna druscina na letaliscu :)
In ker je bila ze ura za pivo smo se ustavili v lokalnem pubu Red Fox kjer smo zaceli naso pivsko sezono....in naj kar takoj razjasnim, njihovo pivo je DOBRO in odlicno tece po grlu.
Najini prvi vtisi o Novi Zelandiji so bili tako absoutno popolni, in Kristie in Bryden sta bila,kot pricakovano, popolna gostitelja. Pripeljali smo se do Brzdenovega "domovanja",ki pa je v bistvu prelepa
hisa na podezelju,kake 60km od Aucklanda in jo obkrozajo zeleni pasniki do kamor ti seze pogled. Zivljenje na podezelju je se v Novi Zelandiji malce razlikuje od nasega, a osnove so enake...Bryden
in Kristie imata 4 konje,ki sluzijo lovu na zajce, skokom preko ovir in podobno....Kaj hitro smo se vst strinjali da dopust pomeni pocitek in uzivanje in poceli smo ravno to...srkali pivca (ali sampanjec,vino...
karkoli je pac prislo pod roke). Naso zejo in lakoto smo med drugim potesili tudi z najboljsimi Fish'n'Chips in Kaiaua in pojedli smo jih kot se spodobi na plazi ob krasnem razgledu na zaliv.
Med drugim smo si celo vzeli cas da smo sli na razgledno tocko na bliznji hrib,a to je bolj ali manj tudi vse kar smo poceli prve dva dni...in v tem smo uzivali.
In prisla je sreda, dan ko smo odpotovali v naso hisico na plazi,da zacnemo vec dnevno praznovanje novega leta. Whiritoa je bila nasa destinacija in ceprav sva bila "obvescena" da je hisa v blizini plaze
nisva pricakovala takega luksuza. Dobesedno nekaj metrov od pescene plaze, 4 spalnice, 2 nadstropji, ogromen vrt, prostor za rostilj, vse opremljno z vsem kar potrebujes za poletno uzivancijo.
Verjetno ni potrebno posebej opisovati izrazov na najinem obrazu :) kmalu sta se nam pridruzila se Dave in Trinna,kar je dalo nasemu praznovanju nekaj dodatne energije...od tu naprej so stvari
zacele postajati bolj motne,kar je definitivno znak dobre zabave.

V Whiritoi smo preziveli 4 dni , predvsem v sproscanju, plavanju,soncenju na terasi nase OGROMNE hise, ribarjenju in seveda pitju (pre)velikih kolicin alkohola :) :)
Na koncu se nas je nabralo 8,saj sta se nam na silvestrovo pridruzila se John in Vicky in skupaj smo na silvestrovo ujeli nekaj ribic za posladek in si ob prelomu desetletja privoscili se ognjemet.
V naslednjih dnevih se je na nasih trnkih nabralo se kar nekaj rib, med njimi 4kg tezak Snapper, Barakuda,ki smo jo vrgli nazaj,ker enostavno ni okusna in priblizno 3M dolgo jeguljo,ki je bila
sicer zabaven ulov a precej manj zabavna,ko smo jo zeleli spustiti....seveda ni razumela nasih "dobrih" namenov :). Med nasimi ribjimi ekspedicijami smo naleteli na 2 morska psa,eden od niju vlik priblizno 3 metre
in skorajda ujeli ogromno King Fish (King-Kralj) ki pa je bila zal premocna za nas...kakorkoli obracava te dneve je bila Nova Zelandija fantasticna, ogromne zasluge za to si lastita Kristie in Bryden,
popolna gostitelja. Vendar cas tece in cas najinega odhoda je pred vrati. Se enkrat hvala Kristie in Brydenu,da sta trpela dve slovenski pijavki :). Za vse ostale je to zadnji post potovanja -
vidimo se na drugem koncu sveta, doma v Sloveniji.
Bye Bye

P.S: slike bodo na voljo ob najini vrnitvi

Last day of Brisbane and Australia was a nice one. Typical Sunday you might say.
We took a river cruise since the weather was nice, saw the city from a different perspective and it is a nice city. Afterwards we spent the most part of the day in Southbank,
enjoying the sunday market with its lifestyle stands.....Brisbane doesn't really have a beach so they "solved" the problem by making an artificial beach in Southbank,
and it is basically a huge pool with sand beaches, BBQ areas, entertainment for the kids, and relaxation area for everybody. Tomorrow we're leaving Australia and heading towards
the edge of the world aka New Zealand. We do have to get up at 5 a.m. though, but i bet its gonna be worth it as we both can't wait to see Kristie and meet Bryden.


Zadnji dan Brisbane-a in Australije. In odlocila sva se da bo tudi za naju to samo tipicna nedelja. Glede na izboljsanje vremena sva se najprej odpravila na krizarjenje po reki,
ki gre skozi mesto in si ogledala mesto iz druge perspektive in izjemno nama je bilo vsec,kar sva videla. Preostanek dneva sva prezivela na podrocju Southbank in uzivala v
nedeljski trznici, na kateri prodajajo vse od spominkov,preko oblacil, masaz do posladkov vseh oblik in okusov. Brisbane kot mesto pravzaprav nima plaze in "problem" so resili tako,
da so postavili ogromen bazen v Southbanku,okoli katerega so naredili prelepo pesceno plazo, prostore za BBQ, posedanje, otroska igrisca,.....skratka vse kar potrebujes za prijetno
popoldne. Jutri zapuscava Avstralijo in se odpravljava proti koncu sveta - Novi Zelandiji. Ceprav morava vstati ob 5 zjutraj se oba izjemno veseliva snidenja s Kristie in Brydenom....