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Skill assessment successful!

Hi guys, today I finally received news from my skill assessment and – like I expected – it’s successful. I’m now officially recognized as a graphics designer in Australia, which is worth 50 points and it makes about 50% of my new visa, depending on the type of visa I will apply for.

My own apartment

Hi, this is the first post from my iPhone. I’m sitting in the kitchen of Central City Backpackers in Hobart and just finished with dinner. That’s right, I’m still staying at a hostel, unfortunately.
However I found a beautiful apartment in the CBD of Hobart, only two minutes walk from my office. Yesterday I signed the …

Finally: iPhone arrived

Yesterday I finally got my long-awaited iPhone. And it’s a contract phone, goodbye pre-paid! After providing a pile of ID’s and bankaccount statements they let me sign up for a 2-year contract. I didn’t need to pay any upfront cost and only pay around 40 Euro per month, which gives me 1 GB of data and more …

Hobart, I'm back!

Good news everyone! I got a new job in Hobart at an international company that sells tourism products in Australia and Canada. From this week on I am the new Senior Web Developer and responsible for about 15 existing websites, for design, further development, optimisation and the creation of new websites. It’s a full time job with …

Six months in Australia

Six months have passed since I left Germany, time for a small review of my time in Australia so far.
On 19 January I arrived in Melbourne together with eight friends from all over Germany. We had never met before but we all booked the same travel package and thus had the same flight and hostel. …

Gadget weeks

And now for something completely different: when I’m not in the forests I usually spend a lot of time with my MacBook. When people ask me what I’m actually doing I always say “computer work”. To prove that this is true and I’m not just wasting my time on facebook (like many others): check out …

Some news

I haven’t bought an iPhone yet, because the new 3G version is about to be released in the next couple of weeks, and it will also be officially introduced in Australia as well, so I won’t need to import it from the US anymore. As my plans are to stay in Australia, I’m currently thinking …