I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien...I'm an Englishman in Melbourne

Hello and welcome. I've just arrived from London with my wife to live in Melbourne, Australia. She's Australian, and so I am here on a spousal visa, which makes me a "legal alien" as Sting put it. My aim in this blog is to report on: what it's like living in a new country; what I do and don't miss about living in the UK; what I like and don't like about my new home, and what strikes me as odd or surprising. I may throw in some random thoughts as well from time to time. I hope that I will rarely if ever simply "whinge"... so let me know if I do!