Gav’s Blog - Gavin Hudson’s Blog

Hello All!

Sorry for the lack of updates, but the server has been up shit creek without a paddle.

should now be back to a state of normality.

OK, so what’s been happening with me, well I’ve been a bit busy to write many blog posts, but there will be plenty to catch up on over the next few weeks and months - should keep me out of mischief anyway! The cricket in Wellington was really great - I’ve got some fab footage of the Barmy Army in full swing (the official and the un-official) so I’ll blog about that. Also I’ll do a round up of my New Zealand travels and the Kiwi Experience bus, with a few hints and tips for anyone thinking of doing anything similar. As it happens my good friend Lucy has just headed over there today - have fun!  I’ve also been up to Auckland and the rather lovely Bay of Islands, and a bit of fishing - have a look at my Flickr photos as always.

As for me, I’m now in Sydney, and getting settled down - I need to find a flat to live in, which may well be easier said than done, but these things are sent to challenge us! I rather forgot to budget for a month in Sydney without any wages, so I’ll probably be living of noodles by month end! I’m really quite excited about starting my new job on Tuesday, I’m sure most of you know what this is, but there is the odd person that probably needs telling, so I won’t discuss it here just yet.

At the moment I feel a bit like that very first moment when I stepped off the edge of the bungee platform. I’m sure everything will be fine, everyone keeps telling me that it will all be fine, but it’s still scaring the crap out of me. At the moment I’ve got nothing to hang onto, and there’s no turning back. It is a scary thought, but here we are. There are some people that I really miss back home, but aside from that I really don’t know what else there is to miss about it. Ask me again in 6 months though.

I got the usual welcome to Australia- for some reason I get searched every time I enter any country.  A full on emptying of my case, a grilling Magnus Magnusson would’ve been proud of, all my credit cards and any flat surfaces swiped for traces of cocaine, and even all my photos on my camera looked at.  I’m not sure exactly what they were looking for - I was coming from New Zealand, a country with possibly the strictest customs regulations in the world, and had a perfectly valid visa etc.  There is a specific reason I was targeted, but she wouldn’t tell me what it was.  Any ideas?

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