The "S" in Savage Street

So I am not sure if I'll actually succeed to write and post pictures as I go...but I refuse to let this blogger technology get the best of me so here goes.  I thought I would write/post some pictures of our house and fill you in a little bit on where we live.

True to form, we have been in Australia for 7 months, and have already moved twice.  Our first house, on Princess Street was hardly the location for royal dwelling.  Maybe it was the city's idea to use such elegant names so you don't realize that you actually live in the hood.  It may look tidy, but was in a bit of a rough area.

They call this style of house a "Queenslander", and they are common in tropical northern Qld.  The houses are raised up on wooden stumps for ventilation (as well as under the house could be used for cooler storage), and to protect the house from flood waters, or termites/pests.  I found this a bit ironic when I was reading up on them...I think if you've got a termite problem, you're house being on wooden stilts miiiiight not save you.  Just a thought.

Living here was just a temporary "holding pen"until we could get to know the town and find something a little more suitable.  I use the term holding pen, as the street was randomly scattered with horse stalls-right in the middle of town.  Among other bizarre things going on, was our next door neighbors.  There was some weird crap going on over there.  By day, or by night, the serenity of Princess Street was disturbed with loud obscenities, tears, slamming doors, throwing garbage bins at the house etc.  It was pretty much like watching our very own Australian Jerry Springer Show.  After 3 months we were quite happy to move on to "greener pastures" (pardon the pun).

We decided to try our luck with a not so sweet street name, and moved on over to Savage Street.  The theory must be correct because other than the yelling Indian lady next door, it's a beautiful and quiet area.  Here are a few shots of our apartment.  Disclaimer: these were taken in early days of the move and I could NOT get every room pristine before the picture so take them as you seem them.  Plus, I suck at being a housekeeper.

Front Door

Living room-plenty of natural light :)

Spare Room, aka...the junk room.

I would love to be able to do something exciting with our bedroom, but we move too much...and are still renting so it will have to wait.

And last but not least, the newest addition to the Beasley family:

Laaaaaaaady in Red!

Alright, so there you have it.  We are hoping to find out soon if Chris will get into the firefighters over here, and then we will look at becoming homeowners-but for now we are happy where we're at.