Currently trying to figure out how to sum up the last 3.5 months in one blog - today was my last shift at The Hotel Cecil in Casino. Not much has been happening except work and of course another random trip to Brisbane for a very quick and short 2 days. Probably the fastest 2 days out of my whole 5 months in Oz! Went to see Noah before he went back to Colorado for 3 weeks and catch up with my besty Kim. For once we actually stayed away from Down Under Bar and we...

So.... it's been a while since i last updated my blog. There's been tears, laughter and plenty vodka! Its amazing how much can happen in a month when you are a backpacker. Still living and working in Casino. As of late its had its major ups and downs... we have been super worried about losing our jobs as the hotel just isn't that busy anymore. When we started we were getting 50 hours a week, now we are down to 25. We have had several meetings - each of them maki...

Its not been all work recently... After Maclean i worked right up until the 5th of April, due to hours being cut in the run up to Beef Week Lesley and myself had 4 days off. This meant one thing - BRISBANE!!!!! Road trip baby! We booked a hire car then ended up cancelling it as Katie & Aoife were coming and got us a Land Rover free from Katies work. We drove and parked it at Lesleys friends outside Brisbane city centre and got a taxi in. We stayed in Base C...

Today is my 24th shift in a row at the Hotel Cecil in Casino, NSW. Its been the craziest 3 weeks as i started off with 50 hour weeks doing training. Hotel Cecil isn't actually a hotel; We have the main bar, gaming room, restaurant that opens for lunch and dinner, back bar which opens on Friday nights until 1am and other nights for functions and a bottle shop (a drive through bottle shop!). I live above the bar with Lesley. There was another backpacker living her...