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Our House – Balham

Chris, Jo, Kristy, Zoe and Matt from New South Wales all live in this week's Our House in Balham.

Tamzyn Brookson by Tamzyn Brookson
22-11-2011 08:05
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CHRIS
Occupation:  Sales
Home town: Blaxland, NSW
Top quality you bring to the house:  Timely, well-worded, witty one-liners.
Weirdest housemate behaviour:  Jo’s obsession with house meetings.
Fave Aussie Saying: It’s better than two chefs in the kitchen.
Fave Aussie food/drink: Anything off the barbie.
Things I miss most about Australia: Sydney Swans games.
Things I love about London life:  The wide selection of beers.
Fave travel destination: Sarajevo,Bosnia
Weirdest travel experience:  Found wandering the streets ofMykonosin my underwear.

 

MATT
Occupation:  Primary teacher
Home town: Leeton, NSW
Top quality you bring to the house:  Doing the housework no one else wants to.
Weirdest housemate behaviour:  Chris’ obsession with the offy .
Fave Aussie Saying:  Catchya later.
Fave Aussie food:  Chicken parmi.
Things I miss most about Australia: TAB in pubs and KFC potato and gravy.
Things I love about London life: The fact there’s always something happening.
Fave travel destination: Venice
Weirdest travel experience:  Bumping into a mate from Leeton in Cinque Terre, Italy.

 

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JO
Occupation:  High school teacher
Home town: Blaxland, NSW
Top quality you bring to the house:  Culinary expertise and organisational skills.
Weirdest housemate behaviour:  Zoe’s fridge magnet collection that isn’t allowed to go on the fridge.
Fave Aussie Saying:  Heaps good.
Fave Aussie food:  Meat pie and sauce.
Things I miss most about Australia: Australian music.
Things I love about London life:  The pub scene and weekend getaways.
Fave travel destination: Croatia
Weirdest travel experience:  Losing a boot on a pub crawl inPrague.

 

KRISTY ‘BADGIRL’ EVANS
Occupation:  Writer
Home town: Albury, NSW
Top quality you bring to the house: A keen sense of smell.
Weirdest housemate behaviour:  The boy’s ability to drag a joke out way past its use-by date.
Fave Aussie Saying: Bloody oath!
Fave Aussie food: The good old Aussie barbie.
Things I miss most about Australia: Ripe avocadoes, Triple J, daylight.
Things I love about London life:  Sunday sessions & Primark.
Fave travel destination:  Anywhere butTirana,Albania.
Weirdest travel experience:  Waking up from the person on the top bunk wetting the bed; it dripped through on my bunk.

 

ZOE
Occupation:  Public servant
Home town: Bateau Bay,Central Coast, NSW
Top quality you bring to the house:  A positive outlook on life!
Weirdest housemate behaviour:  I second what Kristy said.
Fave Aussie Saying: No worries, mate.
Fave Aussie food:  Steak sanga with the lot.
Things I miss most about Australia: Kraft super-crunchy peanut butter and pineapple on pizza.
Things I love about London life:  It’s ‘Londoness’.
Fave travel destination: Turkey or Italy
Weirdest travel experience:  Having a slammer shot in Ios while being hit on the head with a fire extinguisher.

 


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