Motivated by the fact I knew McDonald's and similar companies would pay minimum wage or above, I spent the day applying for those, and got really, really into the idea of working at Macca's. When Alice got back from her first care shift (she had been looking after an old Greek woman who kept telling her she would have loved for her to be her daughter) we went to Coles to get some stuff, and then Jo (English girl from Reef, who flew in Wednesday night) came r...

My trial at Amici Bakery Cafe was only supposed to be 10-12, but the girl didn't tell me to go until 1, and so I was a bit annoyed that at first she didn't offer me anything for my work. I pretended I wanted to buy a chai latte so that they would offer me it for free, and then she came up and said I could choose something from the counter so I was a bit happier (although some of the delicious looking hot dishes would have been nicer). She said I learnt very qui...

After Skyping Lucy, I got a few more resumes printed out so that I could target Acland street and Fitzroy Street, which is where the guy behind the bar Alice and Amanda went to suggested to try, although after handing out about 4, I decided I should probably stop since I already had a talk with a girl from Dino's Deli, and three trials lined up, and if anywhere else offered me a trial it might look a bit bad making them wait until I have more free time. I went ...

I'm quite impressed with this hostel- for the price you get a really good breakfast including DIY pancakes, cornflakes, rice krispies, weetbix and both white and brown bread. I got up at 8 and enjoyed a peanut butter and chocolate pancake, and then went to get some black shoes and a top. I got sucked into the 2 pairs for $30 deal at Rubi (the shoe shop), because I thought if I needed some more trainer type black shoes I could always swap the other pair. I then ...

Checking out of our nice private room in our nicely located hostel was hard- the only fairly cheap hostel we could find was in the centre of Melbourne, surprisingly, but I guess it's easy enough to go to St. Kilda, or any other suburb we would want to go. Once we had found Melbourne International Backpackers, I went to Officeworks to print my resume, and just as I was about to head out to hand them out, Amanda (the Swedish girl from Reef) arrived at the host...