Hello, long time no speak! Weve been busy getting ourselves jobs and scrubbing the hostel! We are finally getting ourselves back on the money earning track. After much pavement stomping and much worrying that we were going to end up picking strawberries, we have both found ourselves jobs, aaron as kitchen hand in a new restaurant nearby and I got a job as bar staff in a posh restaurant called Bistro C. I had a trial last night, they must have 50 different w...

Finally made it out of Brisbane, phew, thought we were gonna be stuck there forever. We drove a couple of hours up the coast in our new home to Noosa Heads. No puffs of black smoke from the beast..yet. All spent up we are on a massive job hunt. Aarons got a trial in a posh restaurant tommorrow as a waiter and is currently looking on "ask Jeeves' to find out what 'Spatchcock' and 'merguez sausage' is...who knows. but hes trying to memorise the menu and is shining ...

We got it! The wheels are here, watch out children crossing the road cos Colin McCray and Frank Spencer are behind the wheel! After searching the depths of Brisbane for a quality van, we were still drawing a blank. A new plan came into action and we went to a company which specialises in selling vans to backpackers. For the priveledge we only payed a couple hundred dollars more, but get warranties, breakdown and all the trimmings! We got a white Toyota Hiace, 1...

Meant to say. We have got a mobile phone number now. Its an Australian one, so i wouldnt advise calling us, but sending a text should be the same price as home. Nothing rude please!!!! 0061 (0) 415410884

Still here. Feel like we are trapped in something crossed between "Club 18-30" and university! Keen to get out of Brisbane and the backpackers hostel asap, but we need those wheels! Seen a few rust buckets pumping out more smoke than smokey the bandit, and a few "potentials" but of course even those have their problems! Keen to get settled and get some jobs on the coast. Made a bit of cash selling cheap cigarettes from Bali, but i dont think the 50 pounds will ...