Hi! So the last few days have been quite eventful! I arrived here in Airlie Beach on Wednesday morning, and in the afternoon I went skydiving! It was absolutely awesome and when I get an internet connection I don't have to pay for I'll upload the video and photos! Thursday I went scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef. In the afternoon we went for a walk on Whitsunday Island - the views were amazing! Again, photos will follow. Today I went on a crocodile s...

Weird and Wonderful things to know before living in Australia! 1. Supermarkets don't sell alcohol 2. To buy alcohol, either go to a warehouse full of the stuff, or to a drive through (yes!)bottle shop 3. Woolworths sells food and only food 4. Lemonade is called lemonade, cloudy lemonade is called lemon squash or just lemon 5. Most people get up early, when the sun comes up, and are in bed before 9 or 10pm (it's all to do with the sunlight) 6. Different stat...

Hi! Sorry but I have had problems uploading my photos, so here they aren't! I'm currently working and living in a Greek al Fresco Restaurant and backpackers resort. The food is great, the heat is not! Anyway, I have decided that I'm coming home - the homesickness hit me about a week ago and I've spent the week being fine and happy one minute, then crying and wanting to go home the next, so I've decided that I'm going home, but not before I see a bit more of t...

Hi! Sorry it's taken so long but finding an internet connection is not as easy as I'd thought! I landed in Australia nearly 2 weeks ago and not much has happened. On my first day here I took a job on a farm in Stanthorpe doing apple threading - that is threading 130m of heavy duty netting onto steel wire to protect the apple trees forom theiving birds. I only did it for 1 day before leaving to visit my Auntie Jo here in Hervey Bay. I am currently looking for...