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    • Day 38

      Wongaling Beach

      November 1, 2022 in 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.
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    • Day 59

      Damp mornings

      November 22, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

      Woke up. Realised my uniform hadn't dried thanks to the storm. Cried. Took my uniform off the line and did the only think a dumbass like myself could think of at 5,30am when she had work in an hour. Placed my shirt in the microwave and prayed it evaporated off the water. It did not. Cried again. Ate my overnight oats. Put on damp uniform that I was still ringing water from and went to work. 2 and a half hours later I was almost dry.

      Breakfast was super dead until 8 backpackers showed up at exactly 10am. Breakfast finishes at 10am. So of course we let them have a half hour eating before we chucked them out. Made my life more annoying but that's backpackers for you (and I am allowed to day that as I am one) (technically!!).

      I did have a lovely conversation with two gentlemen who came in for breakky. Realised half way through the conversation they were the owners of ALH (the people than own the resort) and were the people we were stressing over the last few days. Sounds like their inspection went well and apparently if I want I am in the ALH system so I can now work in any of there 350 companies across Australia. So I somehow managed to land a job at the Australian equivalent of the Hilton enterprise by accident. Hilton for international, ALH for Australia. Bomb.

      They also said I make a very good coffee and to seriously keep it in mind when I'm travelling around, so that's good. One of the two then spoke to Steve (the big boss of this resort and the guy who hired me) and I am 99.9% sure I came up in the conversation because they kept glancing at me. Unfortunately they were outside so it was impossible for me to eavesdrop. After Steve did ask me a bunch of questions and stuck around watching me for a bit so that was unnerving. The two guys were very nice though so that's good.

      Once I finished work I went and did a food shop. I went with a list (I know, I'm impressed too) and stuck to that list (even more impressed). I got to the till and nearly cried. Like I've got a good week and a bit of food here and if you minus the $30 sim it's not that bad but it hurt handing over that much money. I also paid my rent yesterday so am very glad my pay is coming in tomorrow.

      I am sick of not receiving my messages because optus is really bad out here. So bought a new sim for telstra which is supposed to be better for rural. Most of the guys at work have it so fingers crossed my phone starts connecting because otherwise no one can message or call me and that is a problem.

      Then chilled in my nice air con room and figured out how I am going to store my stuff in only half a room.
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    • Day 50

      Sunday fundays

      November 13, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 23 °C

      So I didn't realise it at first, but I am clearly addicted to pretty views and food. All I have to offer most days is the great food I am eating and at the moment because it is so clear, the sky.

      I tried to wake up early so I actually did something with my morning, but after still being awake at 3am, I was bloody knackered when my alarm went off at 10.

      Feeling like death, I rolled out of bed and realised the reason why I might be feeling so bad was it was 33° in my room. I am struggling to sleep with the aircon on as it is so loud. I've always got my eye mask and ear plugs in anyway, but it's still there. It also makes the wall vibrate slightly which is super annoying. As a result, I have taken to turning it off at night. This is great for falling asleep until I wake up sweating.

      Anyways, decided to finally check out the onsite pool. Felt a thousand times better after a little swim. I'm not a huge swimmer so it didn't last long but I cooled down which is all I cared about.

      I then needed food so went to the kitchen where I had a lovely conversation with a couple in their 50's. They'd moved from Birmingham 20years ago and had settled in Cairns a few years later. So talking to them was really nice. I like meeting people from different places in the world but it's also nice to talk to a brit every now and then, reminds me off home. They were super nice and had cooked a bunch of food on one of the bbq's and had made too much so guess who got some proper British sausages to add to her own food. Ended up having fried bread, sausages, mushrooms, and eggs. Plus their sausages and bacon, I was living the proper English breakky life. And as mum knows well, it is my favourite of all the breakfasts!

      After speaking with them for a while, I went back and bashed out a good 2,000 words which was top tier. The aircon had also cooled my room so I was actually kinda cold once I finished.

      Then cause it was a sunday, my wifi was not working well at all. The more people that are using it the worse it is, i was getting lockdown flashbacks when mum and H were working so neither dad or I could be online. Was very annoying. So instead I played some spider, officially my favourite card game to play solo. I am surprisingly good at it. I also found a puzzle in the common area, so my steal that tomorrow and make it, cause I'm a weirdo!

      And then it was time to go to work. Work was not fun. I had one family of three in after 5,30pm. I was there on my own until 9,45 when I left 15mins early. It was so dead it is unbelievable. But it was dead in all sections, so we were all bored. It is much better then it's like this cause the supervisors cant go around and tell us to find something to do, because they too, cannot find anything to do.

      We did end my cleaning out the beer drains! I know exciting right. That was truly revolting. The cleaner is usually diluted but they hadn't been done in forever so were almost completely blocked, so we didn't dilute it. It looked like we were pouring blood down the drains. No word of a lie, it was creepy. But one pour and you could see the grime dissolving down the drain, dangerous stuff. We had to clean out hands thoroughly after as it dissolves skin very easily as well. But that was probably the highlight of my shift. Not great.

      I clocked off and was invited for a drink by one of my friends, but then I realised who they were drinking with and choose not too. It is surprising how many of my colleagues have asked me if I smoke weed as though everyone does it. Unfortunately, a large amount of people do. Just to clarify, I dont and dont want to. But that wont stop them asking. So I decided to skip the inevitable and head back.

      Because it was a sunday, everyone was in bed preparing to sleep as most start of at 7am tomorrow morning. This means the wifi was working again properly. It also means that I got sucked into social media which I haven't checked all weekend, and its midnight and I'm still awake. But such is life. I have a day off tomorrow and so can relax then!
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    • Day 47

      Lazy days

      November 10, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      I have genuinely no clue what I did all day today.

      I know I put all my washing on so now everything I own I clean. I know I watched some TV and walked along the beach at sunset. But that's all I got.

      A very productive day off, me thinks
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    • Day 52

      North Mission

      November 15, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      Made the treck up to North Mission Beach today. It took less time but was more of a boring walk that to south mission. I'm not sure why, maybe I was just tired and wasnt really feeling it.

      You can just about see in one of the photos the skyjumpers that land on North Mission. That was pretty cool to see and I'll try and book it for sometime soon as it's the main thing to do up here.

      I also saw these colours patterns on the sand. Have no clue what made them and dont really wanna know.

      Thne headed back, had some popcorn while watching TV I downloaded and sat by the pool to write some more and cool off. I did not snd up writing much which was a pain but I'll try again tomorrow.

      Finished off the day with some chili beans! Top tier. Cannt go wrong. Tasted great. Trusted mums recipe and boom. Not as good as hers but that's cause I cant cook! Batch made a load so that's food sorted for the rest of the week.

      I turned in early as i was exhausted from not sleeping and had my alarm set for 5,30am tomorrow.
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    • Day 130

      Paluma park and Mission beach

      April 25, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 26 °C

      This is our last few nights of Van Life and it ended in beauty: two days of full on clouds and rain! It doesn't seem to be an issue for the Australians though, even under the rain they go and swim in the little creeks and swimming pools, whereas we turn up in our Rian coats feeling only a little out of place.

      We headed up to Paluma National park to check out Crystal Creek, a very nice series of waterfalls with crystal clear water with swimming holes the whole way down. There were flood warnings on the road the entire drive and the currents were meant to be strong so we didn't jump in, although the locals didn't seem to mind.

      Our second stop was mission beach, a cute little town by the beach that has well maintained boarded walls and nice coffee shops. The walk along the beach was interesting as we walked in a dense rainforest, but can hear and smell the beach that is just a meter away!
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    • Day 73

      Mission Beach

      November 15, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

      Auf der Reise nach Norden zählt dieser Strand zu den Must See‘s!
      Und das zurecht. Ein traumhafter, von Palmen gesäumter Strand. Wir verbrachten den Nachmittag hier und zogen dann weiter zu unserem Campingplatz. Schon morgen durchqueren wir Cairns, wo wir in wenigen Tagen „Torsten“ schweren Herzens abgeben werden. 🥲Read more

    • Day 362

      Skydive Mission Beach

      May 2, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      For my birthday in March, Laura was giving me a special present: a skydive in Australia.
      Normally I am a bit scared of heights, but I’m also fascinated of skydiving. At the beginning I wasn’t really sure if I am happy about her present.
      We chose Mission Beach as our location due to the fact that you are landing directly on the beach.
      The entire crew was incredible and created a fantastic atmosphere, which helped me a lot to be a bit more relaxed.
      The second we jumped out of the plane I lost all my fears and tensions. There are no words to describe that feeling of free falling. We were falling about 60 sec until the parachute was opened. The view across the ocean and Mission beach made this experience even more perfect and the landing on the sand was just smooth.

      An experience I’ll never forget.
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    • Day 6

      Mission Beach

      April 7, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

      Journée sous le signe de la détente. 

      On fait un peu de route le matin pour se retrouver à mission beach le midi. On a jamais vu une plage aussi paradisiaque, c'était grand, peu fréquenté, eau chaude, une légère brise, pas de sable qui nous fouette le visage (prend ça dans les dents la Bretagne), à l'ombre de la dense forêt de palmiers attenante,... On en a fait des plages depuis plus d'un an, mais là, on est au top ! 

      On tombe même sur des formes "artistiques" dans le sable, créées par des crustacés quand ils creusent, il y avait un petit aspect hypnotisant à regarder ces formes. 

      Après avoir profité d'un picnic, d'une longue sieste et d'un bon passage dans l'eau transparene, on se motive enfin à décoller et aller faire la petite marche de 4km non loin (c'est pour ça qu'on venait au début). Chemin super sympa le long et sur la plage. On voit plein plein plein de petits crabes (c'était cool, mais parfois, ça ressemblait un peu trop à des araignées !) + Un petite balançoire improbable accrochée à un arbre mort planté dans le sable... Flo n'a pas pu s'empêcher d'essayer ^^
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    • Day 70

      Mission Beach

      February 9, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

      Am Samstag sind wir beim Mission Beach angekommen. Das ist eine ganz kleine Stadt an der Ostküste, ist aber durch ihren mega schönen Strand bekannt. 🏝 Und nein es ist nicht nur ein „normaler“ Strand, wie ihr es jetzt von uns gewohnt seid, sondern das Besondere sind die vielen schönen aber auch schiefen Palmen.😂😍😍 🌴
      Ja klar und dabei lassen wir uns doch die Chance, auf ein schönes Fotoshooting, nicht entgehen. 😂 📸 naja mehr oder weniger erfolgreich, aber der Wille zählt. 😂🤷🏽‍♀️
      Dort haben wir dann den Morgen verbracht und sind am Strand entlang gelaufen. 🌊
      Dabei sind wir immer wieder auf gestrandete Riesenquallen gestoßen. 😂 😱
      Beim Zurücklaufen sind wir dann Yasmin und Linda zufällig über den Weg gelaufen. Jaja so klein ist Australien .😂😂 🌏
      Gegen Mittag sind wir dann nach Cape Tribulation gefahren und haben dort im ältesten Regenwald der Welt übernachtet. 🎋🌱
      Aber mehr dazu gibts beim nächsten Post. 😘
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