We have a life! The best part of moving to surfers was the lifestyle, i was working less hours and getting paid less but i had 100x more fun! Every day off i had we went on an adventure. We went to theme parks, Movie World, Sea World, and a water slide park called Wet and Wild. We had a surfing lesson, you can't live in surfers paradise and not surf! It is a lot harder than it looks and i wasn't very good but i had a lot of fun! I'm pretty proud that by the end ...

The Cave We moved into the hostel which was in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast about an hour South of Brisbane. Surfers Paradise is a bit of a party town and a popular tourist destination, for foreigners and Aussies alike, thanks to its beachside location and nightlife. The surrounding areas are stunning and much less party orientated but the work was in Surfers so that's where we settled. The work at this hostel was much easier than in Sydney. We were sti...

Escape the Rat Race! After 3 months of working 15 hour days with 30 minutes of breaks and basically being treated pretty rottenly at work i'd had about enough of Sydney! It's a lovely city, don't get me wrong, but i think it's better for visiting than living in. It's such an intense place and everyone seems very up tight and wrapped up in their own lives and problems. My friend Amie had had an even worse time in Sydney having struggled to find a job and been fo...

Having not seen Kris for 8 months and him having completed a (thankfully succesfull) front line tour in Afghanistan i was pretty excited to see him to say the least! We rented a studio apartment for a month over Christmas, you don't even want to know what that costs in Sydney!! But it was perfect, i got to show him round Sydney and we went for a beautiful walk from Coogee beach to Bondi Beach which passed several more secluded and quiet beaches and bays. We also ...

Sydney After a pretty short flight from Christchrch i arrived in Sydney and found my way to the hostel where a girl i met on the kiwi bus worked. She had arranged for me to get work for accommodation, this basically means you do housekeeping for a set amount of hours a week in exchange for a bed. I figured as i was getting a little bit tight on money it would help me out while i looked for work. The first few days in Sydney were spent sorting myself out for a ...