When the kitchen staff had finished closing the kitchen, and me and Chats had finished closing on the floor, me, Masa, Shannon and Dane wrote messages on the coasters and tied them to the helium balloons for people to find and contact us when they do. Mine said something like "I wanted to buy an Avocado mega cut prime rib steak (Medium rare with fries and vegetables and a cheese sauce) from Cairns Hogs Breath café… I don't 'avocado" but I think this is best ...

Whilst cleaning, I overheard an argument between a couple… it sounded like the guy was probably regretting drinking so much the night before- she was shouting at him about how much of a monster he had been to her, then he sidled up to me and said "I don't suppose you have seen a rucksack around have you? I stupidly left it out when I was drunk last night". Me, Alice, Jake and Guy (night porter) had a little football game this afternoon; me and Jake against ...

I was doubting Dave's ability to correctly book rafting tickets this morning, when we overheard the shuttle bus driver on the phone saying that there were 3 people from Reef Backpackers, not 1… luckily everything was fine though (as it should be since they took the money out of my bank account for 3 people!). All the minibuses took us to the office, where we paid our extra $30 on board levy, and could rent secure footwear, should we need them. Then we piled o...

Alice did my cleaning for me today, very appreciated! My phone had reset the time on it for an hour behind the actual time, so I was lazing around in my bed thinking I had ages of time until I had to go to Hogs Breath, but then when I switched on my computer and saw the time was different, had to rush and get there in 20 minutes. I got $36 PPA today, and me and Alice got to have a free dessert each- I think this was because we were quite busy tonight (althoug...

Alice was going to get a free diving trip today, because she knows someone who works on the boat, but the guy she went with thought it left At 8.30, and so they missed it because it actually left at 8. After work, me and Alice went out to Heritage with Amanda from the hostel, and Daniel and Emily K from work (they're hooking up) and Daniel's friend from his hostel.