Townsville...

Townsville...it is a quiet place compared to Sydney (obv) and believe it or not Cairns too. The fact that our hostel in Sydney was on top of a night club, and the one in Cairns just partied at night (I loved the both however), is a bit different from the Foreign Exchange "hostel" we are staying in now...very posh. Anyway, there does seem to be more jobs going here, even if the place is quieter...the town is anyway. However, even though I have lost count of the number of jobs I have applied for, going from manager training positions to night shift stockers, no one wants to seem to give me a job :(... I did have an interview on fri, and unless the dude calls me today, gotta give him a call tomorrow. Fingers crossed he says, "Yea, we can give you a few hours a week"...would be great, because not working is kind of depressing. I also need to save to do the Whitsundays and Fraser Island...Whitsundays being done in the next stop...Might also stop for a little while in Bowen and do some fruit picking. Cannot backpack Australia and say you didn't fruit pick...just for the experience :)... Not having a job however has allowed me to go and explore different areas, and thus, even when wearing spf30+, get my self a nice red tan...and in weird patterns in some places... :P

Anyway, this is just like a short update, not very exciting, so I will stick a few pics on the end :P

Magnetic Island from Townsville

Heroes walk, ANZAC Memorial Park, Townsville

Its been too long

Well, ok, so I has like been forever since I blogged so I thought I would do it now when I remember :P...

So, as you know, I am now in Australia. Currently living in Townsville after beginning in Sydney and going to Cairns then here. After our OzIntro week on Sydney, we (along with most of the others in the OzIntro group) headed up to Cairns to begin our travels back down to Sydney for Christmas. After a week of living in Cairns and finding it particularly hard to find a job here, we hopped on the Oz Experience bus and headed for Townsville, where I was told had more jobs. Before I even left Cairns, some guy had rang me looking to see when I got to Townsville and asked if I could ring him when I got there for a job 'interview'. So, that was today, and it was more of a 'Hi, nice to meet you' than an actual interview. However, since it is probably only going to be a casual job, I have applied for more, so fingers crossed...

Anyway, Cairns was quite a small and somewhat quiet town, but it kinda of grew on me. I don't really like the idea of becoming settled in a place and then having to move on again, and I think Townsville is going to take a bit more to get used to...but hey. I also still want to go back to Sydney...it was my fav place so far. I know it is a city, but still!...Um, Townsville is quieter than Cairns, but it is more spread out...I do like it though...the Foreign Exchange hostel is really nice. More like a hotel.

Next stop down the line will be Airlie, where I will be doing the Whitsundays...cannot wait for that, but till then...I don't know when I will blog again :P

I'm here....

So, to save confusion, I deleted my other blog...reckon I'll just do all of the blogging on this blog... :P

Ok, so I am now in Australia...and it is awesome!!! First week in Sydney with the OzIntro crew, and I would highly recommend!!! They are awesome. Day one we went to Sydney Harbour and done a bit of Jet Boating round it...day 2, after the stuff like banking and medicare, we went to the Sydney Aquarium...being a marine scientist, I could def work there! Day 3 was Taronga Zoo, day 4 was Bondi beach and a beautiful coastal walk from there to another beach and day 5 (today) was a trip to the Blue Mountains!!! Amazing! Wouldn't do it again in a hurry as there was around 2000 steps to climb up and down and my legs just wanted to stop, but it was worth it :D

Any way, thats just a quick update...more will follow later...

Packing - more than a days work!!

Being me, everything is left to the last minute. I leave for Australia in less than 48hrs, and I decided to start packing at 12 o'clock last night...mistake! 


A while back, I got a rucksack, thinking it would be handy as it would go on my back and be easier to carry. Done a trial run the day I got it too, and everything fitted with it only weighing 12kg - good stuff. NOPE. Got stuck in last night, and slowly but surely, stuffed it full, but ran out of room. Unpacked, took stuff out, repacked, but no dice! One more time just incase...NOPE! FML..Took everything out again, and looked at it all, realising, "Oh yes. I have been shopping since last time I done this, and now I have more stuff!" So, I had to hoke out my big bright pink suitcase, which weighs 4kg itself, and pack all into it. Doing this, I also realised how much shoes I have, and maybe that contributed to why the rucksack was a bad idea - can't roll shoes, and hey...thats the joys of being a woman!!! Shoes and clothes :)


Anyway, I think I now have everything in accept for my hair straighteners, which will be the last thing, and the suitcase weighs in at 20kg. I have also just been informed that my hand luggage can only weigh 6kg...come on, 6kg?! My friggin laptop itself weighs 5kg! *sigh*... why does Virgin Atlantic have to be different to any other airline I have ever flown with :(


So, this will prob be me for a while on this blog. I may be using a separate one for my 'Aussie adventure' which can be found here. Anyway, wish me luck because I am bricking it!!!