Moving....a new beginning

Hi, Well it's both exciting and scary, moving to a new place always is, least that's what I've discovered in the past.

I've lived in a few different places. My very earliest beginnings started in Germany, quickly followed by a number of years in the UK. Those early years were broken by sometime spent in Aden, which I remember quite vividly in parts. South Africa is where I spent my late teens and twenties before I and my family moved to the beautiful city of Perth in Western Australia.

Right now, well in around 10 days, I'm leaving my comfortable suburban life and heading to a sizeable outback, goldmining town some 600kms East. I'm going to live and teach in Kalgoorlie. http://www.kalbould.wa.gov.au/

Paddy Hannan, the man depicted in the statue, is credited with putting Kalgoorlie on the map by his discovery of gold in the region. In fact it's said that without this discovery of gold it is unlikely that Perth would have survived those difficult formative years.