Countdown over.

Alright.
So the timer is up. 1 month and 3 clues later, nobody guessed what the announcement was.
Fair enough, but regardless of how many people attempted to figure it out, you're now going to hear for yourself from the source, what's going on.

A couple of you knew that I was going traveling next year. Where, you weren't sure, overseas somewhere, maybe to Central America, maybe Japan, Scotland, Canada, they were all viable options. The news to those of you that knew this is that, yes, I am going traveling, and yes, of those aforementioned locations, I'm going to Canada.

However, I'm not going there for a holiday. I'm also not going there to trek either, despite my hopes of doing some solo adventuring.
So what am I doing? And what am I talking about? Well it's quite easy.

As of January next year, I will be leaving Melbourne, and moving to Canada to live.

Now, I'm sure this raises a heap of questions. They'll all be answered in time, but let's just say here that this isn't a decision I've made lightly, and that this is something that I've been thinking about for a long time.
It's also by no means a reason to fret. I'm not going to sever contact with anyone or forget anyone. I'm determined to keep close contact with everyone back here, the same as always, just via differnt mediums. Many of you know that I'm a tech-whore.. Which is probably a good thing seeing as you can read e-mails any time of the day and reply at leisure, and with video chats becoming more widespread and easy to initiate, I'm sure there'll be no problem keeping touch with everyone.
The length of my stay there depends on a number of things. I could be there for a year, I could be there for three, it's the only facet of the plans I haven't fully worked out yet. But I thought I should spill the beans now before it gets any closer to the end of the year.

So, there you have it, an explanation of many things. Over the next few months I'll be focused on finishing my degree, and after that, I'm all free.
It's gonna be one hell of a summer!

edit: For an explanation of the clues, check out Rob's blog.

Jimzip :D