As my time in Cairns comes to a close, I thought it time to update you one last time about the happenings here in Far North Queensland. My work in Port Douglas came to a rather abrupt end after about 3 and a half weeks. The school holidays came to an end and there was no longer such high demand for housekeeping staff, so that was that. Thankfully I had kept up my Baskin Robbins duties, and the week I finished in Port Douglas, on of the Baskins girls left, so I could increase my hours once again. I also resumed [View Full Entry]

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Hey hey! Still in Cairns, just incase you were wondering whether I'd dropped off the other side of the planet. Been working super hard lately, 18hours some days, but its allowing me to save some pennies and although I'm constantly tired, I'm actually still enjoying myself. About a month ago I lost my job at the hostel working for accommodation and panicked cos I couldnt afford to pay rent...so I went on a major job hunting mission and found myself a new job the same day! Amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it (and will take [View Full Entry]

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Well life aint bad when you can sunbathe everyday in the middle of winter. I've been in Cairns for over month now, enjoying the hot sunny weather and trying to get my head around the fact that we are just coming to the end of Winter, and the hot weather is yet to come. Its been a while since I've blogged and to be honest there isnt too much exciting news to report. I have been living a relatively quiet life, trying to save up some money, but failing rather miserably. I have been spending my time cleaning at the hostel [View Full Entry]

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Hello again! Well I did it! A total of 4000km on the Greyhound...I've lost count of the number of hours I've lost to the bus journey but it was a lot and I'm glad I finally made it! So I'm now in Cairns and have managed to get myself a job working for accomodation again, which is pretty sweet. Now I just need to find a job that will earn me some money then all will be good. I haven't decided how long I'm staying here yet, depanding on how the job hunt goes it could be anything from 2 weeks [View Full Entry]

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I learned to surf in Byron, partied in Surfer's Paradise and have now reached Brisbane. As I have progressed up the East Coast the weather has got progressively warmer and the water bluer. I'm now staying in Brisbane with Emma. She is here studying for a month staying at her superviser's house while he is away on holiday. (I'm not sure how he is supervising whilst on a different continent...but that's beside the point). He has been kind enough to let me stay at his house too, so I am once again enjoying home comforts...I feel I am cheating a little [View Full Entry]

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G'day! Well I saw the sights of Sydney, briefly visited Newcastle and the surounding Hunter Valley, and have now made my way up to Byron Bay to enjoy some hippie beach life. Sydney was crazy, very much a whistle stop tour. I saw the famous Harbour Bridge and Opera House, roamed around the rocks, walked from Bondi to Coogee beach, took a trip to the beautiful Blue Mountains, saw some wild Kangaroos, took the ferry out to Manly and saw bats at the Botanical gardens. While I was there I also caught up with some old friends. Laura Ball, a friend [View Full Entry]

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Well hello there! Its been a while...but I've been very busy enjoying myself in Melbourne. Going for runs along the beach, more bike rides by the sea, meeting the cast of Neighbours, going to Ramsay Street, mooching about in Museums and Art Galleries, cheering at an Aussie Rules game at the MCG...the list goes on... Today is a sad day, I leave for Sydney...and I love Melbourne so much I dont want to! It doesnt help that I have a 12 hour overnight Greyhound ride to look forward to before I get there too. Got a couple of people I'm meeting [View Full Entry]

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Well hello again! I'm still chilling in Melbourne, Nina has departed and gone to Adelaide for the weekend to see her cousin, leaving me all alone to fend for myself :'( Not all bad though - today I had a lovely little wander around St Kilda and treated myself to a massage :D Shortly after posting my last blog I stumbled upon a job for myself, setting out and clearing away breakfast each morning in the hostel where I am staying with the benefit of free breakfast and free accommodation, yay! The only challenge is getting up at half past 7 [View Full Entry]

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Hello! I made it to Melbourne! Wierd to think I'm on totally the opposite side of the globe. I now see what people mean about Melbourne being much like an English city. I feel very at home here and not very far away at all. I'm staying at a very happening hostel in St Kilda, with some great roommates and a bar just downstairs, where I have spent pretty much every evening so far. The only exception being Saturday night, when Nina and I went to her friend Jani's prison themed 25th birthday party. Prison themed because 25 years is a [View Full Entry]

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Only one day left in Hong Kong before I head to Australia - it seems to have flown by! I arrived on Saturday morning, after what I would call a night of short snoozes at opposed to any proper form of sleep. Planes really are not made for sleepng on. The trip on the train to where Kara lives was very straight forward...and also immaculately clean! Public transport here is spotless! Upon arrival in Mong Kok (the district where Kara lives) I was met with a shock - the heat (27degrees) and humidty were immense, I was surrounded by huge buildings [View Full Entry]

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