Here's a picture of some Australian money with various sizes and colors for the bills that are more plastic than paper-like. A$5 is the smallest bill and the gold coin at the top is worth A$2, followed by 50, 20, 10, and 5 cent pieces. They no longer have 1 or 2 cent pieces. All charges are rounded to the nearest 5 cents. It still feels like play money to me. Danger, danger!
Having been in Chicago, I'd say Melbourne could easily compete for the "windy city" designation. Yikes!! The wind was outrageous today and actually caused a portion of a city roof to fall onto a cab and stop tram traffic for a while, as well as 600 calls reporting trees falling through roofs. Today the wind was warm, meaning it came from the outback; cold wind comes from Antarctica. It was a little rainy/drizzly today - first day I've seen that wasn't sunny and beautiful.
I actually got some work today - nothing too exciting but something to start. We had a nice sit-down lunch today followed by a group meeting in the main conference room with two full walls of windows overlooking the river and city. Tonight, Phill's friend Cassie came over and another friend of his is travelling through, so we have a full house! Just the way I like it. We're drinking champagne, eating fancy cake from Cassie's restaurant, and watching a Melbournian movie, The Castle (an 80's spoof).
