Monday the 18th of June rolled around and I got up early in order to begin the job hunt in Brisbane. When I was 16, I got my first real job (discounting a month at McDonalds in hell), by simply walking to a store and asking if they had any jobs available. My financial situation meant it was time to consider retail and casual work in Brisbane, at least until I found something in my field of expertise. I headed down from my bedroom and remembered that before he ...

I have been in Australia over 6 months now, and not once in that 6 month period could I say I had ever been upset. There had definitely been ups and downs as there always is in life, but I had never been upset. The 16th of June changed that fact - it was time for Stu and Jess to head home, and for Scott and Lauren to continue their holiday up the Queensland coast in Airlie Beach. We all got up early, as all of us had to check out, and the guys had to catch the...

Waking up on the 15th I realised there was only 2 days left with Stu and Jess before they headed back home. We got up, checked out of the hostel and took some final photos of Axel before heading on the motorway back to brisbane. Leaving Surfers Paradise was actually really funny, as we rolled down the windows and had Paradise City blasting out the speakers. We certainly attracted attention! It took us about an hour to get back to Brisbane and the Brisbane Ci...

After our night out in Surfers Paradise, we were all feeling rather hung over on the 14th. Scott had re-booked his skydive for the day, and had to leave at 6:30am. I was bearly able to see straight when he left, and really regretted drinking the night previous as I wanted to see him do his skydive. It was not till 10:30 before myself, Lauren, Stu and Jess were able to go out and explore Surfers Paradise, though it was worth the effort. We wandered into the ce...

The 13th of June was the day we planned to leave Byron Bay and head to Surfers Paradise, back in Queensland. We got up early in order to make the most of the day. With the guys visiting Nimbin the day previous, they had yet to see the main attraction at Byron Bay, and I was definitely up for another visit in drier weather. Although not perfect, the weather had finally made a definite improvement, and so after checking out the hostel we began the walk up to the...