Saturday 29th August I had realtime, proper-job, salty tangy MARMITE with peanut butter on toast for my brekky this morning :D courtesy of the recent presence of Chloe and Andrea, and it was so damn GOOD! After spending the last month or so with a mental image of them gradually getting closer and closer, they finally arrived on Wednesday and came into Peterpans to surprise me at work, which was excellent! Unfotunately I had to work all day 10-6, then the eve 6-...

Sunday 16th August I have completely lost track of time since being in Airlie; it's strange because my time in Sydney went by so sloooowly, despite there being a million things to do there and I was so so busy most of the time. In Airlie, where my life consists of working, walking into town to go on the internet, sunbathing and lying in a hammock, the days are slipping by surprisingly fast, but without my having any track of them, so I can't figure out how long ...

Friday 7th Aug I am sad and pissed off today. I am pissed off because of work (and I'm sorry if everyone is getting bored of hearing me moan about it, but it is all I can think about at the moment!). After taking me on and giving me the impression that they would be able to give me nearly full-time hours, my shifts are getting less and less and I have now worked once in six days! Every day I turn my anger around and tell myself not to give up, that surely today ...

Wednesday 5th August My journal entries always become less interesting and less frequent as I stay longer in one place, because although I am doing things all the time, it is the same things over and over again. I can only write "I lay by the lagoon, I went on the internet and I sunbathed" so many times. What with my limited budget, there are not even any interesting nights out or meals out to write about. But now I feel like I have entered a new stag...

Weds 29th July Have been in Airlie Beach for nearly a week now and it has been a week of great up-and-downs! I worked Sat,Sun,Mon,Tues evenings, which was GREAT and went some way towards warding off my despair every time I think about my finances.. I have only worked the evenings so have had my daytimes free in which to lie in the sun, beside the lagoon, and try not to spend money! There is little to do in Airlie besides sunbathe and wander, which is fine, I lov...