Yeah, it's silly. Also - Austudy (Ausstudy?) what the hell. 25? Why support students who are starting study at 25? Why not support the younger ones as well? I mean, even if a 25 year old student wasn't in the best financial situation ever at the time that they start study, surely they'd be better off to begin with than younger students? Because they would have been working up to that point? *confuseface*

Oh, that must have been terrible :(
Your house is wonderful though. I suppose it is a long way from most places though.

Actually, where do you take your rubbish out to? Does it get collected? Your road/driveway/thing seems somewhat rubbish-truck unfriendly!