Blogs from Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 7

Meet Annie and Dave on Brunswick and ended up in Cape Cafe dancing to hip hop and early 90's music. Irene had a great chat with a Tazzie man about how she was a private investigator and was based in Oz as there was more work there but she was considering moving to Taz as they seem to cut up bodies a lot over there. This was based on Toby's story regarding the mad family (known all over Tazzie apparently), where the mother died and the father chopped her up as he didn't want the kids to see her dead. At one stage during the night, we turned around from where we were dancing only to see this 60 year old (or older) man, with his face pressed to the window staring in at us all.....literally ... read more

Arriving in Melbourne late in the night gave me a fresh perspective of this intriguing and cultured city. Even though I was stepping out of a ten dollar airport shuttle with a dirty backpack and a paper sack filled with the rest of my stuff, I felt as if I was stepping out of a limo into a vast romantic city, like that of Paris. It was a very special feeling though because I was reuniting with Rachel after our longest break so far, two weeks! Rachel and I decide to explore Melbourne like we would if it was our only destination in the world. We put our worries about money to the side and put on our walking shoes. We had a great time riding the tram everywhere and investigating this unfamiliar urban city. ... read more

G'day..... Well, we never actually thought we would make it to Australia. Back in November it seemed so far away and now this is the last leg of our trip. With the hard parts of Asia behind us we re-enter civilisation. We are understood, we can cook for ourselves in kitchens not situated in an alleyway and not inhabited by other animals (although there are more than a few dubious "younger" backpackers here). Even though eating out is fun, after 3 meals a day for 6 months that first bowl of home-made bacon amatriciana was almost as good as at home - almost! I am sure the novelty will wear off but its great at the moment. What has taken a little longer to wear off is the cynicism and mistrust we picked up in Asia, ... read more

O gosh today we went for an "interview" at a promo agency! O what a waste of time after treking all the way out of the city to go........... turns out they wanted us to try selling "sponser a child" for Oxfam and all based on commision wage!!!! Again we treked around agencies to hand out our cvs- on a bit of a downer today as consant knockdowns and really sort of want to work now as no fun having all this time off but no money to do anything!!!! But we must trundle on hey!!!!!!! We were ooff out tonight with Andy to a Student night- Cheap drinks! This bar was great- you played Paper, Scissor, Stone with the barman and if you win you dont pay for your round!!!!! I won all the time!!!!! ... read more

It was great to be sleeping in a bed!!!! Not a great sleep though..................... So today we had to get serious bout finding a job!!! Gosh I hate that thought! After applying for jobs online we went off into the city fully armed with CV's.......................... Tried down at the river, but they were all quite posh and we fancied something more relaxed................ Our last try was down a little street we had spotted on a walk back to Col's apartment (our future pad on 28th). its a cute little road with a few restaurants and cafes- we had our first offer of the day- to start the next day- a host...................... great I thought with my Bar and Grill experience!!!!!................. o gosh- a Oz host though meaning to stand on the street and try to entice ... read more