So, I have done 6 days in the hostel since last Wednesday and it's now Friday, but I havent been spending much money so am managing to save a bit! I went out last Thursday night in a place I have been to before called Dallas - thought I would make the most of the fact that I wasn't working on a Thursay night! (not that I will be again!) Went out with Ben and Nittin (my house mates) and Nittins brother who is over from Singapore until Xmas day, and met up with 2 I...

Hello everyone! Hope you all had a fabulous Xmas! I have been a fairly busy bee since last updating the sight, so this may be fairly longish - brace yourselves! I have now (somewhat triumphantly) quit my nasty waitressing job - yay! I realised that the people I was working for were completely unreasonable people, and if I actually told them in advance that I was planning to leave they probably wouldn't pay me what I was owed, so I realised the only way to do it w...

Hello everyone just a real quick one as I have a spare 10 mins on the internet! Am currently on a lunch break - not from a proper job, from babysitting for the 3 children again! They have been mostly good today but manic in places (i.e. hitting each other, mild tantrums etc.) but nothing Gracie can't deal with! Have just been playing in the hotel where their staying this morning and going to the park this afternoon. So much better than the waitressing, which I am...

I went to Brunswick street before when I was searching for more desirable hostels but found out after ages of looking there werent any! But that day I found a Latin American fiesta going on in one of the streets - was really good, a whole street was closed off and there were really good food and other stalls all along it, and people dancing and playing really good music, stayed there for quite a while! There is loads of cool stuff coming up especially in the kids...

Anyway, as I had said in a previous postcard, my first Melbourne hostel really wasn't good so I went to another one called 'Bev and Micks' which is basically a pub with a backpackers kitchen attached and some dorms and showers etc. upstairs! I was warned I shouldn't stay there if I didn't want a party hostel, but thought I would give it a go for a week as their weekly rate was $80 (about 30 quid!) - the cheapest in Melbourne, so I thought it would save me quite a...