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It seems like yesterday when I boarded the plane to Australia, but it was over 3months ago.. I can't believe where the time has gone. I will give you a brief encounter of my time in Manly and then I'll move on to the adventure trips up and down the East Coast of Australia. (I really thought it was time to write a blog as I have left it for too long now and I want these memories to remain and to share them with you guys).
I arrived in Sydney on the 10th April and I was met at the airport by the driver ready to take me to my cousin Simons. He was an oldish chap who kept saying to me "don't worry darling you're in safe hands". All I kept thinking about was wolf creek, but I got to Sydney fine without taking a detour of the outback. I stayed with Simon before heading to the crazy hostel called The Bunkhouse! I met some amazing people there and it was hard to get away.. So I was there for two months. I ended up cleaning the hostel for free rent so that saved me some dollars! It was getting pretty cold down there, so on those wet cold days and evenings we'd watch movies.. the scarier the better - we even watched Jaws.. not the best movie to watch whilst being out here!
Getting a job in Manly proved to be a lot more difficult than I had first anticipated, it took a month of traipsing around the Corso and going into Sydney handing out Cv's for me to finally get a job in a small restaurant/café on the beach front in Manly and boy what a job! It was the worst job ever... i couldn't do anything right - i'd sweep the floor at night and my manager would grab the broom off me and say 'this is how you do it'. I mean as long as I got the bits up it didn't really matter which method i used did it? I had to ask every customer how there starter, main and dessert was.. if I didn't I would get a right telling off, everytime I went to state my opinion my boss would tell me to "shhhh". I just couldn't wait to get a way, but I found it highly amusing the way he talked down to me (or should that be up - with him being 5'4).
I made the most awesome friends in Manly and many I will meet again along the way down the East coast. Everyone is so friendly and laid back, I felt so at home. It really is like a vortex and I can see why people get trapped and don't go anywhere else. But I left the nest and booked myself a ticket to Cairns where my adventure really began. Staying in Caravella's on The Esplanade was fun, especially Gloria, she's a lady who has been working there since its opened, so about 30 years, everyone knows her.. she's hilarious! I never saw her without a 'fag' in her mouth.
I am now working my way down the coast, towards Sydney and then Melbourne and my plan is to cram in as many exciting and adventurous things as possible… so here goes…
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