So we decided to leave Manjimup as it was just too much excitement for us. ha. No job prospects for us and although it was nice and sunny during the day and Ryan was there and the Geordie Massive there wasnt really to much keeping us there. our Hostel owner Gary was also a massive p**** he promised us work which of course was massive bulls*** and there was also all these weird perverted rumours he filmed the girls in the showers and charged the men in the one pub in town $50 a go for a a viewing, obviously as I am not a local Manji man I was never offered a peep show in the pub so I have no idea how true these rumours were but he was definitely a weirdo. and made no attempt to get us work as promised so after hearing rumours he never chased people for rent and people doing runners. we decided we'd have a piece of that so we planned our illegal escape. I think being so bored in Manji we had serious cabin fever so we felt like we were in a gangsta movie. It was a very exciting operation called Operation doing a runner - ok so I made that bit up but you get the idea. Me and James got up and showered and while having breakfast we packed all of our food up. when I say all of our food I mean noodles, sultana bran, cheese and teabags, Its very glamourous being a backpacker... so we packed everything up. we have quite a lot of stuff despite being backpackers. Having a car creates so much more space for us to feel the need to get the most stuff ever. So we basically packed so we looked like we were going camping which was to be our cover story if we were caught by Gary. We had well thought this through!! Super smart. Janine finally got up lazy girl (jokes) and we were all sorted so we took our cider, food and small backpacks out first for the 'camping trip' we then checked we hadnt forgot anything and took our main backpacks last as obviously they would be the key giveaway we were offskis. So we got in the car and done one. We felt like we were in the movies.

We then decided to go to visit One Tree Bridge on our way to Margaret River. Despite what we said about moving to Carnavon we decided to head back to Margaret River first as it was alot closer and we did really wanna spend some time there. So we saw about a million Kangaroos which is so lush seeing them everywhere you drive in WA. its very exciting to see them hopping about like drunk gay old men they are def very camp with them hands!! We followed the signs to One Tree Bridge and could see no sign of any bridges so we drove up and down this road about 3 times until eventually the coppers turned up and us over. Our lives are actually hollywood movie blockbusters if you are interested Guy Pearce or any other Film Directors? So the Police were like 'Is this your car? and can I see your licence?' to Janine who was driving. As the police were pulling us over from nowhere I didnt actually have a seatbelt on as we were driving slowly down these roads due to Kangaroos so I was sitting upright for a better view of them so when the cops turned up I discreetly put my seatbelt on as its a $500 fine for no seatbelts here which is around 350 quid! but I couldnt fasten it and didnt want to drawn attention so just held it down then when Janine needed her bag for her licence it was next to me I could 'undo' my belt to assist her...phew. So we asked where One Tree Bridge was as that was our reason for driving up and down the road which is why we figured we'd been stopped as its quite unusual behaviour and no one is round there!! So they explained One Tree Bridge was an area not an actual bridge... Seriously no wonder we couldntbloody find it!! so annoying!! so off we went to the 'area' after the police let us continue with our journey. We also kept joking it was Gary who had sent them after us haha. We do have fun us 3 road tripping. The area turned out to be very beautiful to be honest, a nice lake and woodland area and then we did find the bridge that was a bit s*** but in general it was actually a lovely place you could camp there and they had woodburners set out for use and picnic tables and it was totally in the middle of nowhere so it was amazing.

So after our visit there we finally made it to Margaret River, checked into our new home the MR Backpackers which is basically luxury accommodation for backpackers definitely the nicest hostel I have ever seen, it has a lovely huge TV room and free WIFI which is unheard of in a hostel in this country! We checked into our 10 bed dorm which is probably going to be our home for the next 3 months. First night we all had top bunks - nightmare but the first morning people checked out so me and Janine nabbed some bottom bunks thank god. Bottom bunks are so much more convenient especially when for some reason most bunk beds here don't seem to have ladders. We spent our first few days just chilling and checking out Margaret River, and trying to register with agencies so we get our pruning work sorted out for our regional 88 days malarky. No one seems to be having any of that though and no registrations for us. We have now registered with one small company but are hoping we get employed by a company called vinepower who seem to be the best people to work for and we are guaranteed to get our regional work all done through them if they take us on so we are bugging them a lot and going in a lot. On our first day in the hostel we found Chris who is Danny from Hardware lanes brothers best mate, which was mad connection such a small world so we have another scouser on board which is always good. There's a good bunch of guys and here in the hostel so I think we have made the right choice so far coming here. It's definitely a million times nicer than Manji although no Geordie Massive here. One of the mornings I was sitting having breakfast alone as I always seem to get up way before everyone else and Ben the manager here came and said he'd just put a sign up looking for waitresses for the weekend so said I should call it to get me and Janine some work so off I went and rang Maria, she works in a nice restaurant in a Vineyard called Flutes and they were fully booked over the weekend as it was bank holiday (foundation day whatever that is?) so she said she needed people to help them out, I explained I hadn't done waitressing for like 11/12 years and missed out the sacking stories. But she said it was all fine and as long as I had black shoes, pants and top I would be good. So she came and met me at the hostel and confirmed with her boss so me and Janine got ourselves some waitressing work for 2 days, she got us some menus to look at so we could see the menus etc and I googled it and it was all advertised as fine dining oh dear. To prepare for the next day waitressing I had a nap and then got drunk on goon obviously. We played card games all night oops. It was a good night though and I wasn't too rough which was lucky. We did 4 hours as they are only open for lunch so we had a canny shift, Maria is lovely and I was working on her section with her and Janine was working the other half with a french girl and at the end of the shift we got a lovely selection of olives, bread and olive oil with balsamic vinegar and fresh bread and pumpkin hummous which is amazing. That is basically the food we have been craving as we cant afford to eat such luxury items normally so it worked out very well for us. The funniest part of waitressing was when a table asked if these cheese should have fur and green in it… it was Feta cheese not blue cheese haha so no. oh dear a full table full of mouldy off cheese bad times. I have no idea how that was allowed out of the kitchen as it was clearly offski. Oh well. All in a days work. The restaurant is in a lovely vineyard and was set above a lake so it was so beautiful. Apparently a lot of people get married in there which would be so beautiful as long as they don't order feta for anyone. The clientele were mainly posh folk and loadsa them had brought their beautiful model like children out for lunch to show off how well behaved they were. Seriously a lot of impeccable children passed through the doors that day I was mighty impressed. On the Sunday we ended up working 6 hours as it was way busier than the Saturday we had a good old feast at end of shift again which was lush and then we were giving a almost full bottle of wine - real wine from a vineyard. Not goon. Wine. OMG it was amazing. It was chardonnay which I hate but it was actually lovely as they do know how to make a good Chardonnay here don't ya know. They are very good at it. So me and Janine were over the moon. And in 10 hours we had made more than our weekly rent which is always good.

On the Monday I went job hunting in the morning and a bakery called Brumbys had just put up an advert so I went in with my CV and asked to speak to the manager and after chatting to her a fellow northerner for approximately 25 seconds I got the job which was nice. So we discussed wages and obviously I told her I would be there for 3 months etc and I could start any time so she put me in for 3 hours on the Wednesday to see if I like it. So i was over the moon I had a job again. So obviously on the Tuesday night Kate was coming down for a few days to see us so in true Tracy fashion I ended up getting drunk and going to bed at about 4am and getting up a few hours later for work a bit intoxicated but obviously I think it's better for them to know what they are getting with me from the start… but anyways obviously they loved me and I loved them as I was informed I got a free Loaf of fresh bread every day which is actually sold for $3.80 a loaf which is very expensive bread I would never in a million years be able to afford. And I got free lunch every day. Brumbys is like Greggs of the Australian nation so I was pretty excited to be working with sausage rolls and pasties! So I went back in the next day and they wanted me to officially confirm in writing I would be there for at least 3 months as everyone is leaving in 2 weeks as visas are running out and people are honeymooning for 6 weeks and people were going back to visit UK as most of the staff are british there so I was like well I don't wanna lie about it I can't confirm I will def be here for that length of time as my plans often change last minute and I don't know how long I will be in Margaret River for - Obviously I didn't let on I'm actually only here to do regional work anyway so they said they wouldn't be able to keep me as it would be a waste of money training me and if I ended up leaving in 2/3 weeks I would totally mess them up as they need fully trained staff for the period when everyone leaves which is fair enough, I felt bad lying in there as it's such a small shop and everyone was lovely and northern so I didn't think it was right doing it to them. I'm so nice or a total idiot!! The wages were really good there too and on Sundays it was $36.66 per hour which in english is like 23quid an hour! Imagine going into work in Greggs and doing a 8 hour shift and earning 184 quid? Madness! They love their Sunday rates in this country. So at the end of my shift I went home with my bread and my free wrap and I was unemployed again! Nevermind. After work we went to a few beaches which was beautiful totally some of the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen. Western Australia is truly gorgeous for coastlines. I love how amazing they are here. The sea was actually nice and warm too as we went to a lovely bay. It would be lush being here in the summer. Went were actually looking for whales but didn't see any. Apparently its whale season so I should be able to see some soon I hope!!

SO basically Ive been here for 2 weeks tomorrow and I've had 2 jobs so far, job interview today in woolworths and Ive been drunk a few times. we have a good pub here called the settlers that is the best local ever we can dance and drink champagne in there so I love it. We keep getting wrong for being naughty and loud at the hostel too oops. I've seen a lot of kangaroos, amazing stars outside the vineyard restaurant when we finished work one night in the dark. Been to some of the best beaches in the world. and we have discovered goono which is Uno the 90s card game mixed with goon. Very bad and good! And can't really remember the rest. Anyways I can't be bothered to write anymore so speak laters xxxxxxxxxx