There are a lot of French people staying at the hostel at the moment and I thought it was rather amusing that this morning I was woken up to the sound of an accordion being played whilst a French girl sang- very stereotypical. Tonight I was on pass- making sure the food looks OK, and the correct plates are sent to the right table, which is normally quite an easy job, but tonight was the first night where I had done it and it was busy- it's not so easy then!

There was a night on at the Green Ant Cantina - a Mexican restaurant behind Cairns Central- which me, Dan and Alice had been looking forward to for weeks now because it was playing Reggae, and Drum 'n' Bass, but by the time I got out from work (I closed) and had a few drinks, there wouldn't have been much point in going as it closed at 12, so Bella, Brenton, Dan and his mates (who were already out) tried to get into the new night at a club called Mad Cow but that...

Me and Dane had tried to play tennis in the courts of his brothers apartment complex (very nice, and apparently where some of the Taipans live), but it kept raining so we didn't really get much played, and my legs were still hurting. Sammi- one of the Sri Lankan kitchen staff- was supposed to be cooking a few of us a curry, but then at about 7 text to say Chats had cooked for him and Indi and so could it be tomorrow. On my way to work there's a sign outside a res...

Dave offered to take me, Alice, Bex, Amanda, Billy (new night porter), and the French receptionists (Gaelle and Vanessa) out for a meal to show his appreciation for the work we had done for him, which I thought was a very nice gesture, especially for stingy Dave. We had to keep it quiet from Guy though, as Dave knew he kept going out on nights when he was supposed to be night porter. Alice was working and Bex wanted to go see Barry to watch the State of Origin ga...

As well as getting a total of $20 in tips at lunch, I also made an extra $50 in between my lunchtime and evening shift by 'tutoring' Elliot, Allen's son. I say 'tutoring' because I don't think I was that much help since I was unsure of some of the answers myself- I don't envy Australian school children- the material is things I'd done at university! When I had finished work, I had a text from Alice saying that their team in the Woolshed Trivia quiz had come f...