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Amelia Wilkinson
Amelia Wilkinson

Amelia Wilkinson

Travelling for the fun times and plot lines. Here till the money isnt. Baca lagi🇬🇧Brighton
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    The working life

    6 November 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

    It's been a few days since I updated and I have literally nothing to show for it.

    I'm really enjoying work which is good. It's easy, simple and everyone is nice and gets on well. The customers are exactly the same as the uk, so most are great, a few arent.

    I feel like I've had a few really busy days but all I've done is work. Which I've actually really liked. It's nice waking up knowing what im going to do, not having to plan anything just showing up and doing simple tasks.

    My room is good aswell. Its basic but has everything I need. I've been surprised by how quickly I've gotten used to it. Small town life is easy and this area is beautiful. I haven't seen much yet but I have days off Wednesday and Thursday so will do some exploring then. Or maybe just spend the entire time down the beach!

    For now, I'm really happy here. Everything g has fallen into place. It's easy, I love easy.    Baca lagi

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    ITS CHRISTMAS!!!

    3 November 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    Yes that is correct, we did put the Christmas decor up today. I was very proud of my tree, understated and pretty. It's also really bright so theres that.

    I spent the morning moving into my official room. It is a shared accom so there is two single beds. I surprisingly prefer the single bed, it feels more comfy. There is the same amount of storage but as it is half the price of the double and odds on I wont have to share, I'm happy. The guy who was here before was here for 6months and he never shared in that time. The demand is not high at all and, for me at least, I'd have to wait for another female to come through to share with. I dont think I'd care if it were a dude but we'd have to both sigh off on it and even then the likelihood of someone coming through is super low.

    Work was very slow today. I spent most of it decorating and cleaning. It's kinda funny because a couple of the girls have spent my last two shifts running around d stressed because theres so much to do. But if they stopped for a second they'd realise there really isnt and they are just trying to do everything at once. Perks of working in somewhere twice the size I guess, you learn how to prioritize better and keep things calm for the billionaire guests.

    Today definitely went a lot better than yesterday. Because I wasnt shadowing anyone, I had more freedom to do things my way and figure it all out on my own. Had a couple sticky situations with the till and not understand its layout, but I know now so it won't happen again. I am also getting better with the lingo which is good. I spent the evening dinner shift running the bistro alone with just one other girl. She's underage so I was alone on the bar and taking orders, all she did was run food and clean. So that was super nice, got to learn it all and speak with customer properly which I haven't done in forever.

    Customers still suck obviously. Had one guy inform me and the manager that the food we served them was no better than the 'dogs dinner'. Tbat dog must be living with mum, the ribs were unacceptable apparently. He had to excuse himself and left his wife to deal with it, because it was all too much for him. People are weird.

    Ended up finishing late because the manager instead of showing me how to close decided to go home. She sprouted some bs about full time/ casual pay and clocking out on time. She is also the person who chose not to come in yesterday leaving them short staffed with 3 newbies at dinner. So she is a delight, just going to try and stay on her good side and leave the others too the gossiping. I wont be there long enough to get involved.

    Then headed back home, had some pizza from work. Never going to turn down free food. And had some timtams for dessert. I know, I'm so healthy, but free food!

    I also found a song that encapsulates my NaNo so downloaded that and with listening to it on repeat. It's also a great song that I completely forgot about so yay.    Baca lagi

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    First day back in reality

    2 November 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌙 25 °C

    I started my first shift at work at 12 today. So woke up, did my NaNo and some stretches for a bit then headed off to work.

    As always, being the newbie sucks. I know what I'm doing, but not in this bar. I don't know where anything is, I dont know how to till works or the procedure with the tables. I hate being the newbie.

    But everyone was super nice and welcoming. I think I annoyed them a little but all newbies annoy people so hopefully it's all good. There is another newbie aswell, Sarah. She has clearly been doing this longer, and it was her second shift, so she was a bit intimidating but there we go.

    The job its self is pretty easy. There is no floor team just bar, so we do a bit of everything which is nice. There are three bars, bistro, gaming and sports. I will be stationed in bistro this week as that is my experience. It is essentially a restaurant with a bar in it, nothing special but it's the only place in an hours drive that's any good so it can get very busy. We had two functions on last night but as I'm new I didn't have to deal with them which is a plus. The gaming bar has all the machines and things in it, as well as the ticket lottery machine I think. As I have zero experience there, I tried to steer clear of it. The sports bar is essentially a pub. They have the same food as bistro, but have various games and races playing as well as a betting till. Again, zero experience so I only ran food for that section. Their events rooms are practically none existent, there is one. So that's a plus as the same team does that aswell.

    Overall it was a good shift. A little stressful for the others because it was busy and I couldn't do much except run food and clean, but ok. We also get a 30min break, and 50% off food from the kitchen which is lovely. We also get a discount card for Woolworths so will be getting that asap as it's the only food place locally and I'll take a 5% discount any day.

    I have been scheduled in 12-9 until sunday which will be interesting. Two months of not working then 5 back to back 9hr shifts. I will be dead by monday but it's so I can learn asap and stop being a pain to the others. And hopefully understand more of the slang. I few times I had to ask them to repeat because I had genuinely no clue what they had said. I also now have to learn the sizes of all the glasses and different uses. UK is simple, pint or half. Here, confusing. Bottle, pot, scooner, pint, jug. There is also little and talls for spirits and soft drinks. Why do they need so many!

    Walked back to my room and spotted the moon again. It's a really bad photo but it is now half full, and rotated clockwise so now sits half way between sideways and upside down.    Baca lagi

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    Wongaling Beach

    1 November 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌙 28 °C

    Had my first day at Wongaling Beach, was quiet fun.

    I had a lie in which was nice, first time not having roommates waking me up or someone next door. Then made some breakfast and headed down to my new job. Did not manage to meet my new boss but did meet some of the others. Got handed two massive piles of paper work.

    Spent the entire afternoon completing those, not fun. I also did some more of my RSG, read my ARC book and began NaNoWriMo again. It's insane how quickly November comes around.

    I then realised I had done nothing except sit on my but all day, so I did a sunset walk to the beach and back. It wasnt long as the sun was setting pretty quickly and I didn't want to be out in the dark somewhere I didn't know just yet.

    Then attempted to make myself an omlete for dinner. It did not succeed, but tasted pretty good in a pile anyways.    Baca lagi

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    Final day

    31 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    My final day of freedom is here. From now on i will be shackled back to reality by working.

    Woke up early because why not. Went for a spot of shopping with Lydia. Bought stuff I dont really need but will make my life in the devils armpit so much easier. And did my laundry.

    I ended up checking out at 8 because I was going shopping and didn't want to miss the checkout time. Unfortunately this meant I had to sit outside for the remainder of the day in 35° while I waited from my bus.

    Got on the bus after a little hassle. The driver was in a dreadful mood. We were supposed to leave at 3, and 3.05 he began loading us on. For some reason he sat in his bus for 15mins and didn't speak to any of us so that was strange. But eventually we set off. I had to call the people I am stying with as we were over a half hour late which was really annoying but they were super nice.

    Check in was a breeze, I cried a little as the weeks room payment left my bank account but it's so much less than hostel jumping would be.

    My room very simple, wardrobe and bed. The toilets and showers are right next door and the kitchen is a few steps away which is great. It is all basic but overall exactly as I was expecting. It's sad to see a little as this place is clearly big enough for at least a 100 people, there is maybe 20 of us, I've seen around 14 so far. But its surprisingly clean and the shock of seeing bugs will wear off eventually. Side effect of leaving in a forest next to the beach.

    Other than that, the wifi is shockingly bad. It works for messages but that's about it. I hadn't really thought about that, but I suppose that's what comes with being remote. Itll be easy enough for me to adapt, it's just a bit strange. I am very used to just scrolling through social media or watching something when I'm bored or have time to kill. There wont be any of that now.

    The town is nice, small but has all I might need. There is a cafe, a woolworths and a chemist. Not sure what else I will need. It's going to be a very different way of living to what I'm used to but I'm excited for that. A new challenge.    Baca lagi

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    Botanical Gardens

    30 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌙 27 °C

    Oh beans in toast, how I have missed you.

    Woke up at a lovely 7am, giving myself an hour to get ready and begin the walk to the girls hostel. Picked them up at their hostel and continued on our way to the botanical gardens. I very nice walk, however Google said it would take around an hour. It took us 2hrs. Granted we did stop a few times and it was hella hot so we were going very slow but we made it eventually.

    On the way we saw a cool fruit tree and after each of us asking our families, we eventually came up with it being a Jack Fruit. Thank you mum/google. I really like Jack fruit but I had no idea that is what it looked like. A mix between a melon and a porcupine. Wild.

    The gardens were very nice. They had a salt water lake and a fresh water lake which were both pretty. Then a nice walk through a 'jungle' boardwalk. It was a lot cooler in there which was good. Then some lawns and a gated garden. It wasnt like the botanical gardens in Melbourne or Adelaide as there wasnt many flowers and sculpted areas. It was more a collected of their plants stuck together with some paths going through. But we found a lawn with some shade to relax in.

    We all ended up falling asleep in the shade. Little dodgy with all our stuff but between the 2hrs of walking and the heat we were exhausted. Once we woke up we had our little picnic and the read for a bit before getting kicked out at 2pm. What gardens closes at 2pm on the weekends?

    Also, we saw some signs after walking through the places so that was mildly unnerving.

    Anyways, went back to the hostel. I grabbed some things I need for my new job/ things I am running low on and relaxed in the hammock again.

    At around 7, once the sun had set I met Rebecca for a bit if a walk and chat. She had done the great barrier reef all day and the company she did it with was the only carbon neutral, environment benefitting company that runs the tours. So I will be booking my trip with them for definite. It's a little bit more expensive but its worth it for something like that.

    I then made some dinner, tried to use up as much of my food as possible so I'm not lugging it about on the bus and relaxed again. They were playing Hocus Pocus in the pool area which I missed the first half off. So I chose the quiet dark air condition room. Definitely a smart choice.    Baca lagi

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    Pancakes, markets and movies

    29 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    Yet another baking hot day. The hottest it has been. It has felt like 37° fairly often, however today it was 37°, I do not want to know how hot it felt!

    Anyways, another great day.

    Woke up at 7,30 and hit Rusty's market with the girls. It was a mix of knickknacks and food. We bought some fruit and then headed back to my hostel for breakfast. We made a feast of pancakes and fruit. It took literal hours but was so much fun making and eating. An excellent post birthday breakky.

    Then we headed back to the Rustys market to have another look around. I found a cute skirt I liked but I feel like I will never actually end up wearing it and right now I need to be wearing everything I have in my bag.

    After a little more browsing we headed back to our individual hostels. Thanks to the heat and the amount of food we consumed we were all a little done for. I made some phone calls and confirmed some stuff before settling down to read. I nabbed one of the hammocks which are truly superior, and settled down to read. At that point I realised my RSG had been unlocked so instead I spent nearly 2 more hours on that. I now have to do some video recordings in the morning when it is quieter here and then I should be done on my RSG. RSA is still pending but I spoke to my new boss and I have 30 days after starting with them to have both courses complete so I have stopped stressing.

    After speaking to him I now also need to do some shopping tomorrow. They provide tops but not bottom so I need some black work trousers or skirt. I have both but I dont think either is work appropriate unfortunately.

    Anyways, I did that for a bit before heading down to the lagoon again. It was rather busy, it being a saturday and all, but we found some shade. Unfortunately it was so hot that after about 40mins I was out. It's like I could feel my skin burning. Thankfully I haven't but it was not much fun. I was also literally dripping. Like, proper drops running down my face. I am the height of attractive!

    Back at the hostel I finally did some of my reading in the fun hammock and relaxed. I was going to go to the shops to pick my stuff up but then Rebecca said she was going to watch the sun set. So yet again, I went down to the lagoon and we watched the sunset together. It was much better this time but the clouds still rolled in. It had been clear skies all day until that moment.

    Spotted for first time the moon. It is smiling. Its sideways. That just seems entirely incorrect for my brain but there we go, it's there. I'm kinda excited for a few days from now to when it is not longer smiling but frowning. I feel like it's going to be really funny.

    Because it is Halloween they were playing a movie in the green by the lagoon. So being the responsible 20+ year olds we are, we sat down and watched the second half of the new Addam's family movie. There were kids everywhere all dressed up. It was a true chill vibe. And the movie wasnt to bad either.

    We then popped into the night market again, had a little food and talked. We are all in very similar mindsets and stages despite being a few years apart, and the conversation turned very deep all of a sudden but it was nice. People always talk about the highs of travelling but the reality is never shown. It feel almost too personal to speak about with anyone who isnt in the same position.

    Rebecca is a true queen and offered me a pair of her black trousers. She is just about to do the East Coast so is never going to wear them in this heat and offered them to me. A true legend, I love her loads. So I am still going to do some browsing in the morning, see if I can find something I like. If not, I can use her trousers.

    Closing off the day with some studying for my RSG videos in the morning, and a spot of reading. Someone is asleep in my room so I am yet again in the comfy hammock.    Baca lagi

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    Big ass lake

    28 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    We did a bit of animal searching. Tried to find some tree kangaroos and platypus's but were entirely unsuccessful.

    Ended our trip with a visit to an exceedingly large lake. By this point, the sun had gone in and it was raining, everyone was tired and a bit damp. But this lake was exactly what we all needed. It was warmer in the water than it was out of it. And jumping in was so fun. I have a video of the three of us doing it together but I cannot upload it which is really annoying. The lake itself was gorgeous and we weren't here long but so much fun. It is a fresh water lake so we were all having to work so much harder to stay afloat it was kind of funny how bad we all were.

    The journey back was was over an hour but we were all so tired I think half the bus was asleep for most of it. I did not sleep and am glad for this as the scenery was worth staying awake for. I have officially fallen in love with the tropics around Cairns. The trees, the vibes, I'm really liking it here.

    Once back in the city, I grabbed my backpack and made the treck to my second hostel. Thankfully it was only a few blocks away but I was melting by the time I arrived. This hostel is much nicer than Gilligans, not surprising as it is a YHA and they are always nicer. But literally no one is speaking to each other. I entered my room and they are mostly guys who are clearly long timers, which is a stark contrast to my hostel room at Gilligans which was all girls and we all got on so well. But it's no biggie.

    I spent the evening Cairns' arts centre at a comedy show. It was a great evening. There were 5 local acts, I didn't get all the jokes as they references Aussie things that I dont know or understand being here only a few weeks. Then the final act was Luke Kidgell. He has become very popular on social media for his failures with audience members. He was amazing. I've been following him for a while so when I saw he was headlining in Cairns the one week I am here I knew I had to go. A very good decision.

    Then ended the evening with a video call home
    I have sort of treated today as my birthday. Odds on I will be working the 8th, so it made sense to do today as my celebration. I did the best tour with new friends, made more throughout the day and saw a show in the evening. A full packed and great 21st.    Baca lagi

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    Falls, birds and strangling trees

    28 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Our next stop on the tour was millaa millaa falls. The advert for herbal essences a few year ago, with the woman flipping her hair in the water, the waterfall. It is again insanely beautiful here. I feel like a lot of Cairns tropics is like that but definitely here. I also spotted some fish and a turtle in the water and then a very curious Turkey wandered by and attempted to get into someone's bag. It was not successful.

    After spending some time at the waterfall, we headed for lunch. A surprisingly good burger for a random town in the middle of nowhere. They also had a really cute hippie shop that sold literally everything.

    Then it was off to the strangling fig tree. This thing is wild, and aptly named. The seeds land on a tree and winds its roots down to the forest floor, then grows its branches and wraps around the tree. Its roots take all the water and nutrients from the ground, and its leaves overs the trees sunlight so the tree dies and rots away inside. Nature is genuinely crazy with some of its inventions. But the coolest part of this one is that the tree inside didn't rot away, it feel over. So this fig tree is now slowly wrapping itself around the tree next to the first one. It is the King of all the fig trees and the most insane thing. You can also see around the forest were other figtrees are beginning to grow. The tree sprouts figs every few years and birds then distribute the seeds across the forest. All of those trees are doomed!    Baca lagi

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    Josephine falls

    28 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

    Now this was super pretty.

    The water falls down in multiple little waterfalls and creates tiny fresh water pools in between. The entire area is gorgeous.

    We were there for around an hour and I could have easily stayed for multiple. There was a water slide formed from the rock and was so much fun. We were all sliding down it and I obviously had to get head first. Genuinely thought I might have broken something when I hit the rock on the side but all good. So much fun!

    I got to chatting with some of the other girls there aswell which was great nice. A few were from the states but were interning in Sydney so had come up for the weekend.

    We also jumped in off a large rock which was super fun as well.

    The entire stop was the best.    Baca lagi

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    Lake

    28 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C

    Woke up at 6am, again. I knew we had to wake up early so needless to say, barely slept a wink. We had to check out before we could go on our tour so Lydia and I had breakfast and moved headed back to the room. Inside, almost everyone was awake. It turns out 5/8 of us had tours or buses at 7/7,30. I felt super bad for the 3 that didn't as they must have been woken up but it made getting out so much easier.

    The bus picked us up a few streets away and then proceeded to drive around the entire city picking people up. There were 24 of us in total, and such a range. Most were back packers but there were a few families and a couple of older American ladies. It was a good group.

    The drive was quite long to our first stop but we saw a lot of the landscape. We drove past on of the hills that has this pyramid shape. Every year locals and tourists race up and back down the mountain, starting and finishing in the pub. The record is held by a German tourist who happened to be passing through on the day. He completed it in 1hr and 20mins. Insanely fast. And there is only one rule, if your going up you get out of the way of the ones coming down. When you are coming down you are going so fast stopping is not an option.

    Our first stop was Babinda boulders. According to Aboriginal legend it is where a woman drowned whilst waiting for her lover as they ran from her husband and his tribe. According to recently surveys, 20 people have died in the area since, 18 of which were young guys. It was insanely pretty with the sunlight breaking through the trees. You could swim there but we didn't. The tour guide gave us some tea and biscuits here as well which was surprisingly good.    Baca lagi

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    The sun rises and it sets

    27 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Yet another pre-dawn wake up. And yet another sun rise blacked by rain clouds.

    Me and two girls in my room decided to wake up tow watch the sun rise from the lagoon down by the beach. So instead was we went for a dawn swim in the rain. I am loving swimming in the rain.

    After spending as much time there as possible before the UV levels got too high, we went back to the hostel. Have breakfast and showered the salt water away. Then did a little shopping trip. I got a large 1litre bottle, so I am now a water bottle girl, living her best life. Also picked up another pair of shorts because everything is so sweaty, its grim.

    I then met a Daisy for lunch. She did all of the driving on our Great Ocean Road trip. It was nice to see her again and to catch up. It had only been 2 weeks since we last saw each other but it feels like months! Had an amazing egg and bacon roll, top tier.

    I then spent the rest of the afternoon with the girls in our air conditioned room doing admin stuff. I am now one step away from having my RSA, got lectured by a woman over my RSG and booked my bus and accommodation at Mission Beach. I have been doing a few interviews in Adelaide over the phone and in person since arriving in Cairns. Thanks to hours of headaches and applications, I am moving to Missiom Beach Resort on Monday to begin working as a bartender. I am very excited about this as it is perfect for my experience, and will count as my 88days so come February I should be able to apply for my second year visa!!! It has been a lot of work, but I'm so excited.

    After finishing all of that pains, the three of us headed back down to the beach to watch the sunset. We met a few others down there and went for food at the Night Market. I chose the smallest tub as I wasnt feeling great but the woman still filled it so much. I had to eat a load before I could take a photo scared it would all fall out!

    Unfortunately after eating I began to feel really ill. I think a combination of the heat, humidity, stress, and lack of sleep combined to make me feel like I was dying. Thankfully the girls were really nice and walked back with me. After an hour of lying horizontal and one of the other girls giving me an electrolyte tablet, I was feeling so much better.

    Finished off the evening chatting about travels and packing everything up. Got another early morning for a tour tomorrow.    Baca lagi

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    A day in the sun

    26 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    By God its hot here. 35° and humid. Remind me again why I chose to come up here? Ah well, had another good day today.

    Started off with a walk around the city at midday. It's a very nice area but it is just so darn hot. Ended up grabbing some food and heading back to the hostel.

    When I arrived two of the girls, one of which I had drinks with last night, were going out to the lagoon. I joined them and had a great couple hours at the lagoon, sun bathing and swimming.

    On the way we stopped of at an ice cream shop and I had the best icecream. It was toleberone on the bottom and dragon fruit on the top. Delicious. Well what didn't melt down my arm was!

    While we were at the lagoon it started raining. Everyone got up, grabbed there stuff and ran for shelter. We ran into the pool. There is something so cool about being in a pool in the rain.

    We then went back to the hostel to shower and have dinner before heading to the night market. The market was cute but small. From there we wandered about the city a bit. Saw some pelicans asleep which was super funny, they looked so weird. Then went back to the hostel and spent a couple hours on the balcony chatting to some of the other girls in my room. Despite it being a party hostel, we are all not partiers so its really nice to just get to know them and relax. We also bought 3 packs of timtams to share. The original dipped in peanut butter is the best thing ever. 11/10.    Baca lagi

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    Flying away

    25 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Yet another pre dawn wake up for me. That's 3 now since being away. Probably more in the last month than the last year!

    My uber driver cancelled on me 15mins before I was scheduled to be picked up. Thankfully after an extra $5 and some serious stressing on my part another guy accepted and got me there on time.

    Airports these days are so limited in human contact. I mt was 5am and I genuinely did not have enough brain function to figure it all out.

    So first off my boarding pass was on my phone so i had to download an app to access it. I now have all of my cards on my phone aswell which is unnerving. Then I had to check my own bag in. I went up to the machine, scanned my boarding pass and it printed off my checked luggage sticker. I attached it, placed my bag on the conveyor and sent it off myself. Now normally I could have done that with little effort. Not today. Today it was 5,30am, the sun was not up and I did not have enough brain cells to figure it all out.

    From there I joined the mammoth queue for security. Not bare in mind its 5,50 in the morning. No flights leave until 6,30am. And the queue had birthed a second queue. It was insane how many people were trying to check in so early. Anyways, that was an ordeal but me and the woman in front made sarcastic comments about everyone else together so that made it feel a little quicker.

    The flight itself was super simple and easy. I got on, had a little nap, watched some of my movie and eavesdropped on the argument happening next to me. I was vibing.

    Cairn's is just as hot as I was told. For some reason it still came as a shock. Had great fun trying to get out of the airport. There is no public transport from the airport to the city. Or anywhere else for that matter. So had the lovely ladies at the help desk tell me it would be $20 for a shuttle bus to the city. Not a vibe. But I made it.

    At this point I was quiet hungry as I had only had the muffin and coffee at the airport many hours before. I thought the coffee cup was cool tho so I took a little video.

    At the hostel I just relaxed by the pool. Did a bit of reading, finished my movie and attempted more of my RSA which is giving me a major headache but it must be done.

    In the evening me and two girls went for a drink at the hostel bar. Nice and loud, we could barely hear each other. But it was good to meet some more people.    Baca lagi

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    Final day

    24 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

    My final day in Adelaide has arrived.

    I met Tess in the city around 11 for a bit more sight seeing. We saw the other half of the art gallery, the only good part of the museum, the pretty part of the library, and did a bit of shopping.

    From there I came back to the house and took myself out for lunch. I went to a little cafe around the corner, it had only opened for the first time today and was very good. Service was a little slow as they are still figuring out how to do it. But the food. Those pancakes were divine. Choclate sauce, berries, icecream, perfect. Id been thinking this morning how much I'd like some pancakes, and then I saw them on the menu, it was fate. The coffee was pretty good too, little strong for my liking but good.

    Then I headed back to the house and packed up my stuff. And then repacked it as it didn't fit first time around. Still doesn't really fit now but I can make it work.

    I'm sad to be leaving Adelaide as I've really enjoyed it here. The city is exactly what I like, lots of green spaces and calm. But also the guys here have been so welcoming it's really felt like home in a way. I'm really looking forward to Cairns but I like Adelaide a lot.    Baca lagi

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    Art Gallery

    24 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    I went back to the art gallery today and loved the other half as well.

    I've always enjoyed art galleries and museums, but not as much as I liked this one. Having been around the entire building now I realise my favourite is landscape painting, particularly of forests. I dont know why but those painting really struck me. I also love interactive art but hate abstract. I really dont understand abstract. The aboriginal art featured was cool too. I'm sure I will end up seeing more in other parts of the country.Baca lagi

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    Raining again!

    23 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

    Had another rainy day here in Adelaide. Woke up to it and a damp dog.

    Ended up just sitting on the sofa job hunting and reading all morning. Listened to the rain outside and planned my next step.

    In the afternoon Lucy, Helen and I headed up into the hills to a market in Stirling. It was raining rather hard at this point but there were still lots of people out. The entire town centre seemed to have been taken over by this market, stalls along lots of roads and car parks. I really wish I needed something and could carry it, because I have been to a lot of markets in Adelaide and in each there has been something I have wanted to buy.

    After getting thoroughly rained on, we took shelter at the very popular and very nice Red Cacao. It is a cafe but sells primarily chocolate based things. Helen and I had a Dark hot chocolate and Lucy had a Vienna hot chocolate. It was very nice, and I am glad I chose the dark as it was very rich. I think the milk choclate would have been too sweet for me. They came on these cute little platters as well. We did a but of snooping at what other guests had ordered and there was a lot of choclate on some of them, like a heart attack on a plate. But they did look cool, artistically speaking. Eating them would have bee far too much.

    Next we drove to Hahndorf. As the name suggests the town was settled by Germans after the war and still has a lot of German influences. Many of the cafes included pretzels or schnitzel on their menus, I was very tempted to buy myself a pretzel as I haven't had one in ages, and they were just so good. But sadly I refrained.

    From there were drove the long way back down through the hills, the scenery is stunning in rain or shine. And came back to the house. We had the sunday family meal again, pizza this time, and relaxed for the evening.    Baca lagi

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    Markets

    22 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Today is just one of those days that I just could really be bothered to move.

    Woke and took the doggo out with Lucy, we met Tom and Aggy out aswell at the dog park. Lots of watching other dogs and making sure lenny didn't barrel headfirst into the pond.

    Then Lucy and I popped to the market so she could buy some coffee. Before going back to he house.

    I then decided that I would go back to the market on my own and do a bit of that part of the city. Its closed Sunday, Monday so today was my last opportunity. And my gosh, it was busy. The food stalls were already half empty when I arrived at 12,30! I wandered around and had a look at all of the different stores before stopping at a panini shop Tess had said I go it. The most expensive panini of my life, €15 but worth it. I got prosciutto, mozzarella and tomatoes cause they were all the same price so I went with the most expensive sounding one because value for money!

    Anyways, the panini was great and then I just sort of lost all my energy. It's like I ate, and my body then decided it wanted to nap. Unfortunately, my cough is just as bad today as yesterday and people were beginning to give me funny looks for coughing. I mean it's not covid, its allergies, but they are still very touchy over here about it all. So I just decided to head back to the house.

    I stopped off at this insane stall full of amazing cakes. Staring at them all, I think I figured out the worst part about solo travelling. Alone I could choose one. With someone else we could have bought 4 and shared, but no. I'm alone. So I did the gracious thing and bought myself 2, I had to make up for the sadness I was feeling with more cake. It was very disappointing, I could have easily bought more. And they were definitely worth it. The baklava was divine and the lemon tart perfect. 100% worth it, very sad I cannot go back for more.

    Then I just hopped on the bus back to the house. It was still within the cheaper fare timings so that definitely made up for the extra cake. It also started to drizzle which made me damp, but it's so warm I was dry in seconds.

    Back at the house I watched the School for Good and Evil. The book is better, but then they always are. Responded to emails, did some budgeting and relaxed. I fly to Cairns on Tuesday so am beginning my plans for my next city.    Baca lagi

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    Light, camera, action

    21 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌙 16 °C

    Today was all about art.

    Started off strong with a trip to MOD (museum of discovery). They had a piece on Australian ancestry focusing on the aboriginal heritage. One of the rooms was filled with a light display, I'm not sure how it linked but was very pretty. Then another room had a bunch of poems from aboriginal writers. The poems were all on ancestry and nature and were very good.

    Next I moved onto the state library. Along with the rooms full of books, one was holding a display of the photography finalists. All of the pictures had been taken by years 7-9, and encapsulated their thought on Adelaide. Some of them were surprisingly good for the age of the artists. Each picture had a little description of how it linked to the brief. Some had clearly been written by mum and dad, but it was a very sweet little exhibition.

    Finally I moved onto the art gallery. Now I'm not a huge fan off art, I dont usually get it. But this one I really liked. I unfortunately wasnt able to complete the entire exhibition as it was closing time so I will head back another day and finish it. Definitely something worth doing.

    Then Lucy and I went to the Oz Asia festival. Full of songs, Asian food stalls, and light displays it was very pretty. The laturns began in the main area and stretched along the bridge to the opposite bank where the light show was. Lots of different animals and figurines light up against the black background of the city.

    I have unfortunately spent much of the day coughing. The Adelaide climate seems to be disagreeing with me. Dry air, high pollen levels and lots of cars do not make a fun mix. Hopefully come Sunday when it rains, I will be able to breathe a little easier.

    However the best part of the day is everything I did was free. Cannot knock a full day of free stuff.    Baca lagi

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    Flowers and shopping

    20 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    I was very proud of myself today, managed to drag my butt out of bed and across down for the 10,30 tour of the gardens. I did require a coffee upon arrival, but I made it.

    I realised walking with a guide showed me a lot of the gardens I hadn't seen yesterday. She pointed out little flowers hidden in sections I didn't know were there, and had all sorts of facts about the plants.

    I now know to identify whether a Wisteria plant originates from China or Japan, the direction of the twisting. And the difference between a Geranium and a Pellegonian, the positioning of the petals. I intend to out useless knowledge both mum and grandad one day.

    It was also hilarious walking around with the group. If you plotted our ages on a graph, I would have been removed as an extreme outlier. I do not think any of the others was under 55. But that's the nature of things.

    From there I visited the wine museum. It is a part of the gardens and you can actually buy the wine made there some years. It was an interesting little exhibition on wine making in Australia. Apparently within days of arriving one of the first settlers planted a handful of grape vines outside his tent. Wine was more important than anything else. You could also do wine tasting there, if you had a few hundred $$ sitting around. The centre had an event on today and I had great fun people watching aswell.

    After yet more time spent sitting in the sunshine, I decided to move on for a spot of shopping. Unfortunately, I could not stop myself in a few shops. I now have a cute black skirt I have to fit into my backpack, a puzzle book for when I am bored, cough medicine so I stop sounding like I am choking to death and some chocolate cause it was on offer.

    Rundle street is a very tempting area. I avoided the main shops you see everywhere and down some of the little roads are some very nice looking cafes, shops and restaurants. I'm going to try and avoid that area tomorrow as I know I will just end up spending more money. And I mean look at the books, how can you not when they look so pretty.

    A little after 5 I made my way back to the house and went on a rather long walk with the little terror.    Baca lagi

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    Botanic garden

    19 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Not another one! Yes, another one.

    Spent the morning with Tess. We went for breakfast at the market and had a little walk around before she dropped me at the botanical gardens.

    I spent the next four hours walking around. Though not huge, this garden has many different sections and parts to it. I found myself lost at times, completely zoning out of reality, which is probably why it took me so long too look around.

    There is a guided tour that runs at 10,30 every day. I will attempt to get there for that tour tomorrow so I can see it in the morning light and from anothers eyes.

    In the evening I had a lovely meal with Lucy and Clara. The food wasnt quite as good as I had expected from the reviews, but it was still very nice. And the company made up for it.    Baca lagi

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    Beach walking

    18 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Spent most of the day down the beach. It was a little cold when I started off so grabbed a coffee, 2/10 would recommend. Not good coffee.

    Then began my walk down the coast. I walked from Henley beach down to Glenelg. All in all room me around 2hrs. Walking in direct sunlight, 0/10 would recommend. But it was very pretty all in all.

    Saw a strange looking bird half way down, realised it was a penguin. The poor guy looked quite confused so I left him and the locals too it.

    Didn't really do anything except the beach today. A quiet day.    Baca lagi

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    A day with Clara

    17 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Had a very busy day again today. Spent most of it with Clara, which was lovely.

    I had to pick up a bunch of staff this morning that I have managed to loose or break already. It is impressive how the little things just disappear. My headphones, no clue where they went!

    Anyways, Clara picked me up at 12 and we headed out into the hills. Our first stop was Norton Summit. The view from up here was amazing. You could see across the city to the sea, and the sun was shining so bright it was insanely clear. We had intended to have lunch here but unfortunately they were closed on mondays, so instead we headed further into the hills.

    Out spot for lunch was lovely. Nestled away in lobethal, this little bunch spot was amazing. The food was so much better than I had expected for a little cafe in sort of the middle of nowhere. I had strawberries and avo and rye bread, and Clara had halloumi and broccoli. Both dishes were really colourful and super tasty.

    After our next stop was Gorge road. This road runs alongside the river as it makes it's way through the hills. One moment we were meters from it, the next we were high up above it looking down. Between the bright sun and rains the last few weeks, the scenery was gorgeous. All green and luscious, we could have been hours from nowhere not a few minutes from the city.

    From Gorge road, we made the climb up corkscrew road. At the top of this insanely twisting road, is a little old Anglican church with the most amazing view of the valley below and hills beyond. All of these spots Clara took me too were ones that John had mentioned and taken her too in the past. It was nice to learn a little more about him through the places he liked.

    Slowly we made our way back through the hills and descended into the city. Once there we grabbed a coffee and Clara took me on a little driving tour of the city. Now I have been through a few times, I am beginning to plot a map in my head of the city and placement of things. We made a little stop at Clara's brothers house to visit her mother. A lovely woman, and a lovely house.

    After Clara dropped me back at Helen's and I lie down after a very busy day!    Baca lagi

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  • Amelia WilkinsonThis side of thingsPengembara

    Sunny days

    16 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌙 14 °C

    Another busy day today.

    We went down to Tessas market stall. It was a very cute little market. Tucked inside a cow shed used for farmers markets half the time, the space was filled with little independent businesses and 'vintage' shops. Not sure how much was actually vintage, but there was definitely a lot of clothes for sale.

    Outside was a load of food trucks, not one fish and chips in sight, I'm definitely not in Kansas any more! I ended up having a very nice bagel from one of the stalls. But there was everything from pizza, lemonade, pancakes, curry, samosas. They had everything.

    I also spent about 4hrs doing my RSA today. Now I can working in any bar, in any role, in all of Australia. Well not Victoria or NSW, but neither of those is very high on my list to work at. It honestly took forever, but got there in the end. I now just need to completely my RSG. It's the same thing but for gambling. Thanks to my dyslexia, it too was taking me forever and I kept getting confused as loads of the questions and answers were written as double negatives. I ended up getting frozen out, as I got too many wrong. Have to call them tomorrow to do some over the phone training before I can continue it. But once done, I'll be much more employable and for the same states. Both last 3 years, so i wont need to worry again. Unless I want to work in Vic or NSW, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

    Finished of the day with a lovely family dinner. Got to finally meet all 5 cousins and their wives/baby. I got handed the baby at one point but was quickly releaved of him, when it became clear I had no clue what I was doing. I have never felt so terrified, was so sure I would hurt him unintentionally. The meal however was lovely and it was great to meet them all.    Baca lagi

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  • Amelia WilkinsonThis side of thingsPengembara

    Adelaide

    15 Oktober 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌙 10 °C

    Wow had a busy day today.

    Started off strong with a midday walk around adelaide. The city is constructed with the CBD surrounded by green space and then the suburbs. Lucy and I spent like and hour an half walking the dog around. She showed me all the sights and we took in the sunshine. That dog is insane. 4 years old and full of energy. He refused to just walk forward, was weaving back and forth like he was avoiding something in the center of the path.

    Then came back to Helen's and went out to help Tessa set up her market stall. Lots of clothes later, and we went out for drinks. Ended not actually going for drinks as Tessas friends weren't in the mood. So instead just hung around one of her mates places. She's only a few years older than me so it was nice for a bit.

    After a bit we headed out for some food. Met Lucy and her friend. I had a very good red pesto pasta in this packed little restaurant over a bar. Perk of being friends with the workers, you can walking in and they find a table for you despite being fully booked.

    Ended the night at a music gig at The Lab. Very expensive looking place but great music. The first band wasnt so great, the lead was very annoying. But the second band was great. Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird. Great name for a band. They had a guy on the saxophone, and the lead singer had a deep voice that was really good. I've downloaded some of their music to listen to.

    The Lab was a really cool place. All the walls had light displays showing. Patterns constantly moving and the songs changed. There arent many places in Brighton where you can go for music that isnt a club. Some pubs host bands, but not like this. So it was cool to do something a little different. And definitely up my street with the vibes and mood. The photo is not mine as it was packed, but showed the space.

    By this point I am beyond exhausted. We had a drink afterwards before Lucy dropped me back at Helen's.    Baca lagi

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