And so

In a rather pleasing turn of events, after dialling the Natwest 24 hour customer help line it only took me 6 minutes and 32 seconds to get through to an actual person who promptly diagnosed my issue and redirected me to the fraud squad who, despite the fact I'd even gone to the lengths of having a banker label my account as "for use in Australia" had blocked my account on account of it being used in Australia. They unblocked it, for me though, without asking for the two very important passwords that I can never remember, which is nicer.

Went for a wander around Adelaide today, to the State library to get some reading done as I'm here until at least the 10th. (I've got a job interview on the 9th). It's pretty impressive, but for a good deal of time I was wandering around the collosal building looking at exhibits and reference books. I eventually settled on a Bill Bryson book that I read through in the space of a few hours and I'm not considering spending my free time in the library becoming an expert on Robert Reagan. Something they have a considerable amount of texts regarding.

Also, I've found a sushi vendor who sells lunchboxes with 8 huge pieces (four various filling california rolls and 4 different toppings on rice) for six bucks, which is a little under tree pounds.

Sure as heck beats the hot dogs I've been living off for the past few days.