Moved

Three guys and an undersized truck helped us move yesterday. The lead guy was from Australia, the others from France and Estonia here on working holiday visas. The working holiday visa system seems to be huge here, though I don't really have a good sense of the overall politics. I know from personal experience that the universities are making a lot of money from foreign students (both in Australia and in the US). I know there are a lot of companies downtown Sydney that cater to young people working and travelling (backpackers). I have no idea what percentage of these people end up becoming permanent residents or marrying a local; or whether, like in the US, almost all vegetable and fruit cultivation is handled by immigrant workers (in the US, a fair percentage of them being undocumented workers).