Last few weeks at the trans flew by...got to know and love everyone who worked there even though I really didn't want to because then moving on is harder. Big last week, lots of hours, bank holidays, football matches (as in australian football, afl...not real football!), bank holidays and biggest of the big state of origin where queensland battle it out against new south wales in the biggest rugby match of the year. All the furniture was taken out of the bar so ...

Ok so...been working really hard for the past few months at the trans...had a ball working there and really go to love the people. I have met locals and other workies but now I only have 1 shift left I cant wait to get out and travel the parts of Australia I came to travel (whitsundays and fraser etc!!) so we leave in our wicked camper on Monday after our trip tomorrow to...wait for it...AUSTRALIA ZOO!!...yes you heard right, stevie irwins very own zoo! So excit...

Hey everyone! Well, been working hard in the pub, not even had chance to temp much so still only worked at the GABA stadium once but that's all good because I really like working at the trans. Lots of hours, meet lots of people...all good. Got Monday and Tuesday day off last week (12th May) and so decided to go and visit Cory in Noosa since she's going home soon (Cory-the girl I shared a room with in Bondi). So got the train up, and a bus (took 3 and a half hou...

Just a quick one...we flew into Brisbane from Cairns on Tuesday, wandered around the city for a few days looking for places to work and at last I have a trial! hooray! Just wanted to tell the people who I've been stressing to...fingers crossed it goes alright! ...it went alright! woo...well I say it went alright, they put me on the bar upstairs at a function and I realised just how different aussie bars are. For a start there is pints, then schooners, middys, po...

Cairns has been our biggest none starter yet. I don't really want to write about Cairns because I'm sure it can be amazing, that just wasn't our experience of it. We arrived here and went to stay in gilligans backpackers which we thought was going to be like paradise. Only $22/night (a tenner), we got 2 clubs a bbq a swimming pool and another bbq, gym, volleyball net, games room, tv lounges and an en suite. In reality we found that every weirdo from the whole of ...