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Well, after a flight, a train and a coach journey, I finally arrived in Nyngan! I stayed with Sarah +Dan for the night in Sydney which was nice to see them, and to check out their nice pad (not too jealous)! We had a typical Aussie BBQ and a good catch up!
When I got off the coach in Nyngan I realized my phone didn't work, but a girl drove by me and looked at me - that girl turned out to be one of the other backpackers…she said I stood out with a backpack in this small country town!
I've been here for 2 weeks now and it's going really well so far! There are 2 other Irish girls that I live and work with and we have our own cabin. It's 'cosy' with us sharing just 2 beds! But it's such a change being in a dorm room though; at least there are no mice here!
The caravan park is really pretty and peaceful, set on a river. The luxury cabins are lovely, really spacious (unlike ours). The weather has been beautiful since I've been here, raining only once in 2 weeks (complete contrast to Melbourne) and its blue skies and sunny everyday! It's not baking hot, as it's going into winter, but heaps better than where I've come from so I'm happy! The work is pretty OK too; we have to feed the pets ('Incy' the dwarf Shetland pony, the wide variety of birds, guinea pigs, camels, kangaroos, a donkey and some ducks), then clean out heaps of cabins.
The town itself is totally boring - I went down on Saturday afternoon and all the shops (well the library, post office and about 5 shops) were all closed! Apparently they all close Saturday afternoon! I couldn't even make up how boring this town is!
The 'highlight' of Nyngan so far has to be the Nyngan Horse Race last week on Anzac Day. We finished work early that day, got dressed up and went to the race course. There was a range of people there, from old men dressed in tweed, to young trendy people, like us! Haha I won 2/3 races so I was happy! I also bumped into a lad who I met in Melbourne who works on a nearby farm (only 40km away). He had come all the way here just for the races - haha! Afterwards, everyone went to the local pub, which the police closed at 9pm as they thought it was getting "too rowdy"! haha This place is hilarious! Oh yeah, and I got asked by a lad if I wanted to go pig shooting with him…….WTF???
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Jackyboy! Brilliant! Keep living the dream! And u love the word heaps hahaha
Charlotte haha Thanks Jack :) I didn't even notice I used that word, haha
Christina Does pig shooting have another meaning in Australia? Loving the blog! X
charlotte ha ha!! No I'm sure this lad meant literally shooting pigs! U should have seen my face! I was actually disgusted - ha ha
mum and dad Very good indeed charlotte but i really dont know why you didn't go pig shooting,would of been your dinner for a very long time. :)