Melons, melons, melons…….. Ah yes, a day in the life of a Water Melon picker. Wake up 5am. Breakfast is a large strong coffee and cereal, combined with murmured ‘good mornings’ to fellow workers. You know its going to be a good day. But every joint in your body screams ‘NO’. 5:45am, dressed and ready to go with your lunch you’ve packed the night before and the customary five litres of chilled water to last you the day. It won’t stay cold for long in the heat, but for the first few hours it was worth the effort. 6am and the [View Full Entry]

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Bundaberg isn’t exactly thumping. But if your coming here its probably for work so that wont really matter. I took a walk around the town today, and it seems nice enough. There is everything on the high street that you would expect from a large farming town such as this. There is also a new shopping complex a short walk off the main drag, with a Coles, Woolworth’s (both are the equivalent of Tesco/ Sainsbury’s), Kmart etc. Unlike Brisbane there would appear to be little vanity here. As you walk around the place, ‘practicality’ is the word that springs to mind. [View Full Entry]

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Well...so...yeh... Rain!!! darn rain, ok, well it hasn't exactly been raining all of the days but it has rained rather a lot. However apart from talking about the weather all of the time, it is also quite hot, and when the sun is shining its rather pleasant. On the whole Brisbane is quite a nice city, its not full to the brim of endless things to do, but is on the right side of busy in my opinion. There is no beach here, but they have a man made swimming complex on the south-side of the river which makes for a [View Full Entry]

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It rained!!!!! 3 days of traveling, and it rained! I dont know why i even bother. Well what's new?? Ah well, bank account is sorted, as is mobile, as if Tax File number.....Sleep??? not quite. Met up with Ben from back at village east which was good fun. Very weird to meet up on the other side of the world. Safe to say his is the only mobile number i currently have!!!! The hostel, I'm Currently at is Base Backpackers Central. Its pretty big as hostels go, filled with people from all over. Cant really give my opinion on it yet [View Full Entry]

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Good-morning, good-evening and goodnight....... RIGHT!, so currently sitting in a large part of the Dubai international airport, the food lounge to be precise. But there is a significant lack of food around. However the actual building itself is rather impressive. Oil does buy some pretty cool things. including reclined tacky leather chairs for me to lie about in whilst i wait for my connection. Yeh, about that, got off the first stint of this trip, to find out that i am in-fact flying via Singapore, before getting off at Brisbane. Just checked online, and i dont even get off the plane, [View Full Entry]

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