Hey everyone so I had a good week I've been working lots and making some good money I get paid today which is cool as I have only 10 dollars left and overdue rent to pay on the tent! Couple of nights ago I went for dinner with some guys from work at the restaurant I'm working in at the Sheraton it was amazing a great way to celebrate my birthday we took advantage of the all you can eat buffet I had fresh lobster oysters crab steak the whole works then all the des...

Which brings me to today I'm off again which is annoying I just want as many hours as possible I told them at work I want at least 60 hours a week or I'm gunna look for something else so they told me to chill out man it's all good you with have your hours dude! Cheers boss! Any way I'm just about to head into town to view a studio flat which we will take on the 23rd it's only supposed to be for one person but we can save a lot more by being two it works out at 80...

So I woke up to my first day off no plans for today I have about 100 bucks to my name so I can't spend anything and then on the way to cue for the shower I bumped into my Italian friend from the rainforest trip in noosa turns out his my next door neighbour in the next tent he said I'm just about to fishing if your very quick we might be able to squeeze you in the car so I ran back to my tent not really knowing what to grab and still half asleep put some clothes a...

First day of work was strange the Australians are too laid back and un organised to run a 5 star hotel it's so sunny when I went for my interviews I bought a pair of shoes a white shirt and trousers and people looked at me like I was from another planet one women who interviewed me said that's the first time she has seen someone where a white shirt in all her 3 years in Australia. So I finished my paper work in the hr office and made my way to do a tour of the re...

So I've been very busy and haven't had a chance to update this blog for about 2 weeks so I may miss out a few things but il try to remember ! We dropped the van off in cairns and were a bit nervous as we chipped the windscreen and they told us when we rented it that any damage to the windscreen would cost $500 from our deposit. The day before we took it to a garage and got it repaired and had a receipt luckily for us the guy who we gave the van back to had only w...