The Pickled Possum and Southern Visitors

Oh hayyyy!

A while ago, our Aussie friends told us about a karaoke bar called The Pickled Possum. They said it was a little trashy, they served beer out of a cooler on top of the bar, and you couldn’t go there unless you’ve already had some drinks… sign me up! Plus, I never pass up a chance to perform some Ke$ha.

 

The Possum was exactly how they described it… but better. The stage was held up by milk crates and the entire place fit maybe 50 people. The song list appeared to have not been updated since 2001.. but THANK GOD “Tik Tok” was on there.

 

We had a great time!

 

In other news, we had some visitors in town! Well, they weren’t here to see us. But we saw them. And hung out. So yeah. John’s old boss at Dell Nashville’s friend (follow that?) was in Sydney for a conference. She works for the Tennessee Department of Tourism and was here trying to build a better relationship between Australia and Nashville.. cool right?? Anyway, it was so nice hearing some southern accents and getting to talk to people face-to-face about life in Australia!  We took them to some of our favourite (see that “u” in there? I didn’t even do that on purpose. Autocorrect. The Australian robots have taken over my computer!) places and tried out some new places as well.

 

 

Last weekend, we spent a nice winter’s day playing lawn bowl and lounging with some friends at Bondi Beach…

Check out this cemetery we passed in the area…stunning. 

 And last but not least.. I got a new job! I start in a couple of weeks. You have to give a 5-week notice here… not 2 weeks. What the what?? For the most laid back country on earth that seems like a bit much.