Today I covered Bex's cleaning shift, as she is working at Toys 'R' Us today. The morning feels a lot cooler than the evening! After showering, I got the paid local bus into town and walked to the pier shopping centre, to hand in my CV to 'Tha Fish' restaurant, as I had seen an advert for wait staff on Gumtree. I also handed it in to various other places there, and along the way to the Rainbow Inn (where a food and beverage attendant job was advertised). Domino...

I spent the morning taking my online Responsible Service of Alcohol (pretty much essential for bar jobs) and Food Handling Retail and Hospitality courses. It's almost a scam to get money off you, because the website I got mine off gives you the money back if you fail (which is pretty much impossible given you get unlimited goes at the questions, and gives you the link to the notes before and after you answer the questions). The food one is more about cooking th...

It was a bit of a struggle, but me and Bex both managed to get up for our 6.30 am training session. The girl showing us seemed quite quiet and not really bothered about doing a good job. We have to clean the mirror, wipe the doors, clean sinks and toilets, sweep and mop the floor and clean the showers. It gets incredibly sweaty in the morning heat in a humid shower! Our free breakfast of toast and a choice of vegemite, jam and marmalade is served from 7-9, and ...

After having our veggie burgers we had brought for the BBQ yesterday, we hopped on a bus to go into the centre, so that we could move in to the hostel we are going to be working in. I was a bit worried that we would turn up too late and there wouldn't be any work available, but there was. Me and Bex are going to be toilet cleaners; she's on the morning shift and I'm on the evening shift, and Alice is going to do housekeeping. We got the free bus into town so th...

Bex and Katie picked us up from our hostel, and then we went to the alcohol shop and supermarket. Alice brought some banana bread and I brought some lamingtons- Australian cakes covered in chocolate and coconut. Millie (Katie's 5 year old daughter) showed us all the toys she wanted/ already had in the toy aisle. She made me play trashies with her- a game that seems to change rules every time you play it- and start setting up a crystal growing fish scene, but...