So I applied to work at the crown in my first week in Melbourne when I applied for pretty much every job going in hospitality... But I got a call back from crown a week later for a phone interview, and had a face to face interview a week later.. After being successful with both interviews all that was left was for them to do an Australian police check, an international police check and a uk police check... Well that took another 6 weeks... Then a weeks training l...

So we had already lined up a job before we arrived in Melbourne. We'd met an ozzy while travelling in India who managed to get us a job laying carpets and putting up scaffolding frame work for exhibitions. Well the company is run by two sister.. Fran and Doll. Well they have to be without doubt the rudest and meanest two women I've ever met..! It was some pretty hard long work and working for them was terrible.. But when your trying to set yourself up and need mo...

So we were pretty lucky in securing a flat in the city CBD, just on the north of the city, $170 a week but I have to share a twin room with Jord and the flat with 4 others. The flats fairly small.. Big enough for us as we literally use it just as a place to sleep and do our cooking rather than living cause we're at work most of the time. However, two of our flat mates are less than desirable, two Turkish guys who are just filthy to live with. Leave all their wash...

First arriving at 3am into Melbourne airport, It was fair to say it was a little colder than what I was used to being in Asia for 9months.. Slightly acclimatised to warmer climates. However it was nice to be able to wear a pair of jeans and trainers and not be dripping in sweat! So the first things to sort out were bank accounts, tax numbers and accommodation.. Then the hunt for work started. Was a weird feeling to actually go round with cv's in the city and ask...

The Gili islands are made up of 3 small islands within swimming distance of each other, Gili T is the party island where we stayed and went out most nights, gili m is the couples retreat, and gili air is in between where we spent a couple of days chilling. The islands themselves are beautiful with sand around the whole island, one long continuous beach, it only takes about an hour to bike around the whole island. On gili T we did a couple of dives, on advice give...