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    • Day 43

      The working life

      November 6, 2022 in 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.
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    • Day 46

      Days off

      November 9, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 24 °C

      Tried to wake up early, failed. Work up at 7,30 instead. I had a lovely oaty breakfast before hitting the beach.

      This beach is just insane. It is about 9km long so theres no breaks, no rocks, just pure sand right round the headlands on either side. I tired my best to walk some of it, figured after 20mins I must be at least near south mission. Nope, still in Wongaling. It's crazy because its tiny in population but the town extends down one road along the coast so its really long.

      Did a spot of sunbathing before going for a dip. The water was warm and the floor was sandy, it felt all wrong. But was really nice. I didn't go too far as it was high tide so the beach is very flat meaning that to go deep I would have had to go a good hundred meters from shore. Which on my own was not something I was willing to do.

      I then headed back and did some more admin stuff, but I did it beside the pool, so it wasn't too bad. Then just headed back into my aircon room to escape the sun and relaxed.

      At 6 I met Kahan at the resort, we had a schooner (what a stupid size) and got the courtesy bus into north mission. We met James there and I had a surprisingly good night with them. They are chill, older as well so no teenage boy adolescent BS which I was thankful for. They did talk about video games a lot so I got bored a made friends with a local instead. Genuinely no clue what his name was but he'd done some travelling and had some good stories and tips for asia. The more I speak to people over here, the more I want to visit asia. Because it's so much closer here than it is to UK, a lot more people have travelled their. Most of them are extravellers, so have so many stories to tell.

      Gracie then picked us back up in the courtesy bus, which was great. Headed back to the resort and had a few more there. I didn't because I know my limit, Kahan is only just 18 so he did not. He definitely has a headache this morning. Spent some time hanging out there in the gaming room. As employees we arent allowed to gamble on premises at any times so I mostly just tried to figure out how on earth it all worked. Spoiler alert I did not succeed.

      As someone who had never even bought a lottery ticket, all of this stuff is very foreign to me. I think the closest I have even been to gambling is one time we were at an event that overlooked a dog racing ring or something. Mum gave me 20p to bet, if I won I got 40p of I lost, I got nothing. I remember deciding not to gamble because I was happy with my 20p. But I have been placed in gaming and sports this weekend so they are going to throw me in the deep end and let's hope is swim. I fully intend to not do anything without someone present for a while on the first shift. If they win and I give them the wrong money, I am so screwed. But we'll see what happens. One perk is if I mess it up, they'll never make me do nights in gaming!

      Anyways, had a very nice night. Everyone at work is welcoming, just next time I'll try and drag a girl along too so I'm not listening to video games all night. At least I now know the differences between playstation and xbox, and why now is the time to buy an xbox not playstation. As I said before, full of useless knowledge.
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    • Day 65

      I clearly hate myself

      November 28, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

      So I may or may not have just cried over my own story.

      I've mentioned it a few times, particularly recently as it is NaNoWriMo. But I write, very badly and with little success. As mum knows well from the amount of times I have spoken about something religiously for like a week and then never mentioned it again. I have never once finished a story, always abandoning them cause I got bored, they were taking too long or i ended up writing the entire thing in my head and never on paper.

      Today I finished my story. And I cried. Not because I finished it, no relief would have been a better reason for such ugly crying. No instead I cried over the end. I was writing it, crying.

      So now I have a complete story with an ending I hate and love. I change a bunch of things half way through it, so it needs serious editing but the plot is down. Except the ending. I have that but I hate it.

      I am a lover of romance and fantasy, and I dislike sad endings. So what did I do? I wrote a sad ending.

      I have no clue what I am going to do tomorrow. I will probably end up writing a different, happy ending. As I have a plan for a happy ending I just chose not to write that.

      So other than that, my days been great.

      This last week has been difficult, lots of ups and downs. But I feel a little better today. Hopefully tomorrow I will feel better again still. My cold was worse this morning but is ok now sl that's nice. And it was overcast and drizzly all day so it was only about 27° out which makes such a difference when it's been 30°+ all week.

      Who knows what will happen tomorow, I don't have a plan for it. But I feel as though I will be woken up at some point tonight. My roommate was supposed to arrive at 2pm today, which was 7hrs ago. I have no clue what happened so that isnt helping my anxiety over a stranger moving in all that much. But meh. Today has been an emotional roller coaster.
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    • Day 103

      New year

      January 5, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 28 °C

      Well it's been an eventful few days.

      Ended up getting sick my final day in Adelaide. Was very concerned I would end up not making my flight but I braced myself and did not have fun, but made it. The flight ended up being 1.5hrs delayed, so o did the only thing that can be done when waiting for something. I took a nap in the sun. Felt a thousand time better after. And before anyone worries about my safely/ stuff while asleep. I was in the corner, next to the gate desk under CCTV with staff right next to me.

      Arrived back in Mission Beach, realised how much I want to not be here anymore. So very glad to be switching it up soon.

      Work is not something I am going to discuss. I have had enough. That is all that is needed to be said.

      I am slowly counting down the days before I leave and will be spending my free time planning my next steps and figuring everything out.

      I ended up rewriting the second half of my story. I dont know if I like it. But I dont hate it. I dont really like the original way but this isnt right either. So that's annoying cause now I'm not sure what to do about it. There was also a massive bug. Ergh!

      Somehow I was watching tv yesterday and fell asleep, at 5pm. Ended up waking up again at like 9pm and being super confused. Had the intention to get some sort of food, feel asleep again. My alarm for 5,30am woke me up the second time. I slept for 12hrs, completely unintentionally. That is how hard my weekend has been!

      Today I took down the final Christmas decorations from work. Yes 5 days after new year, that's just how it be. And found this tinsel. I put this up two months ago outside. It was red all over when I put it up, the bits in the sunlight turned gold. A clear example of why you should not put anything outside here. It's crazy how strong the sun is.

      Beyond that, not much is happening. I'm just ticking down the days. I realised that the only part of Mission that I am going to miss (other than the people), is the cafe. So that's interesting, really shows my priorities!
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    • Day 54

      Breakfast vibes

      November 17, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      Now, I've realised I am a morning person. I prefer to wake up early and get out and about before the day really begins. I was placed on breakfast which means I started at 6,30am, I was looking forward to it. It was not interesting.

      At the Hilton if we had anything less than 80people in for breakfast, it was dull. I had 12 on Wednesday and 15 on Thursday. I was bored to say the least.

      Once done with breakfast at 12, I also get to help with lunch until 3pm. Cause why not. It was not fun either. 2 very easy shifts in the end so cant complain too much. The sunrise is also very pretty outside my room.

      On Thursday I also managed to make an ok looking coffee. It is the best pattern I have managed so far! I'm on breakfast again next week so I'm gonna keep trying and teach myself how to barista.
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    • Day 60

      Writing mania

      November 23, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

      I had to Google how to spell nephew. I tried everything. I thought maybe it was a 'ue' not an 'ew', I couldn't figure out if it was 'ph' or 'f'. And one point I thought maybe there was a silent 'a'. Why is english so HARD!!!

      Today was a day for relaxing. After coming back from the sunrise at the beach I waited for someone from the RSA to call me so I could finally finish that thing. After the most awkward conversation of my life, I passed. I now have both my RSA and my RSG! Bomb, it only took me a month!!

      From there I went for a little swim because it wasnt yet that hot out. Had a chat with the cleaner at the site. She is honestly one of the nicest people I've ever met.

      Then went to the coffee shop and wrote. Two hours later, I had nearly 3,000 words and a sore neck. Took a break to eat something because I'd been awake for 6hours and it was time for lunch! Yes, I ate lunch at 10,30. Wild. And went right back to writing. A further 2,000 words and I had a headache.

      Got kicked out of the cafe at 1pm as they closed which was annoying cause then I went back to my room and suffered. Whatever illness the others have, I think I got aswell. So felt like death for ages, tried not to fall asleep because doing that would mean I didnt sleep tonight. So continued to suffer alone.

      Made some food for dinner. Basically just cooked a bunch of veg and stuck it all together in a pan. Not very inventive but I think itll make a good pasta sauce as well as soup which I had it as tonight because I could not be bothered. I also used two pans, a small achievement but I'm proud of myself.
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    • Day 58

      I feel like death

      November 21, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

      Was completely exhausted when I arrived at work yesterday. The colleague who threw a hissy fit chose not to come in again so that was fun. Ended up not finding anyone free on an hours notice. I offered, but instead got asked to cover breakfast monday Tuesday. So instead of getting 2 days off now, I get them Wednesday thursday.

      It's been a very long week so kinda wish it was over but there we go.

      Breakfast was super easy, only have 6 people in all 3 hrs so that was kinda dull but all good. We had a huge inspection planned for today, so was just cleaning everything. It's funny how much stuff comes apart when you are bored and like to break things.

      It was a very nice and easy shift thankfully as I am running on about 5 hours. I love doing clopens!

      When I got back I found out I am getting a roommate. Cant say I'm thrilled. I'm liking my free space but there we go. I don't know anything about her expect that she'll be working in the prawn farm. As long as she doesn't make everything smell like fish, we should be good. I'm also kinda annoyed about it as I was going to move in with a friend from work who wanted to move. But instead of calling last week, they forgot. If they had then we'd together instead of me having a complete stranger moving in but guess we'll see what happens.

      I am now just tired and trying to decided if I actually need to go shopping or if I can last another day. I do need to go, I just need to force myself. I want to sleep!

      Also my cards finally arrived, so thank you for those!
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    • Day 108

      Count down

      January 10, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

      Another few days have passed and I am on the count down outta here. Very excited to move out of Queensland and visit somewhere new.

      I've spent the last few days planning some more. Got a tour booked for tasmania. 6 days of hiking and seeing the natural beauty. Looking forward to that.

      Got the great barrier reef booked in and currently trying to figure out if I can do skydiving before my flight next week. They pick you up at 7,30 am and my flights at 6pm. So I think it should be ok. Will call them tomorrow to find out when they usually get back to the city. It may be over cautious but I'm not missing my flight outta here, not for anything.

      Also begun applying for jobs. There seems to be a lot advertised in Hobart so that's a vibe. Thanks to the Australian government being so obscure and the fun new agreement with the UK that may mean I dont have to do the 88days, I'm kinda confused. According to one website I have only completely 35 of my days. According I another I have completely 51. So cant say I'm impressed. But I'll work for a bit in Tassie then work again in a few months. No way I could mentally go that long just travelling. I know me, I'd get burnt out and restless. So not too stressed.

      Got three shifts left at work. They are all weekday closes, never done those so cant say I'm thrilled but it's easy money. Also got Friday off this week so going to go down and have a drink with the locals I've been serving which is nice.

      Not much else is happening. Cleared out the fridges at work. It would be much easier if people just took the empty boxes out once they were done. Had one of my colleagues draw all over my arm, ended up convincing a bunch of drunk locals I had it tattooed. Their reactions were fabulous. Saw a pretty moon and sat in the cafe
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    • Day 62

      Auf einer Mission in Mission Beach

      June 24, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      Der Nächste Stopp hiess Mission Beach. Dieser Ort ist bekannt für seine schönen Strände und den nahegelegenen Regenwald, der tatsächlich bis heute noch bis zur Küste reicht. Mit einer Fahrtzeit von nur knapp 2h also der ideale erste Stopp. Durch unsere Strapazen beim Abholen des Campervans kamen wir leider erst nach Sonnenuntergang dort an, fühlten uns auf dem dortigen Campingplatz jedoch sofort wohl. Besonders war, dass Matthias auf der Fahrt einen riesigen Vogel mit schwarzem Körper und blauem Kopf sehen konnte. Was genau das für ein Vogel war, konnten wir uns aber nicht erklären. Wir (und der Leser) sollten uns bis Townsville gedulden um mehr zu erfahren.

      Schnell stellten wir jedoch fest, dass unser kleiner Campervan doch eher rudimentär ausgestattet war. Der Kühlschrank wurde leider mit Autobatteriestrom betrieben, sodass wir - ohne Solaranlage - gezwungen waren jede Nacht am Strom angesteckt zu sein. Es gab nur 3 kleine Schränke, die mit Besteck und Putzsachen gefüllt waren. An der Decke hingen zwar ein paar Beutel für das Essen und sonstige Utensilien, jedoch wirklich viel Platz war nicht vorhanden. Immerhin gab es Campingstühle und einen Tisch, sodass wir uns aussen etwas ausbreiten konnten. Eine Toilette gab es nicht, dafür aber zumindest ein kleines Spülbecken. Das Bett war aber überraschend bequem und wir waren über die doppelte Anzahl Decken und Kissen sehr erfreut (Anscheinend sollen 4 Leute darin Platz gehabt haben, was wir uns aber sehr schwierig vorgestellt hatten). Alles in allem war unser Campervan mit ca. 800 CHF für 2 Wochen zwar spottbillig, wurde aber auch von den ausgewachsenen Wohnwägen und Wohnmobilen in den Schatten gestellt. Wir machten jedoch das Beste daraus, grillten in der Campingplatzküche und freuten uns auf unsere Mission am nächsten Tag.

      Unsere Mission hiess Dunk Island. Wir kamen zwar durch suboptimales Zeitmanagement nur mit Rennen auf unser Boot, konnten dafür aber noch frühstücken und unsere Brote noch am Hafen schmieren und mitnehmen. Denn Dunk Island hatte ausser einem Campingplatz und einem vor 3 Tagen eröffneten Cafe keine Infrastruktur zu bieten. Es gab dort zwar einmal ein Luxusresort auf der Insel, es wurde jedoch im Jahr 2011 durch den Zyklon Yasi komplett zerstört.

      Mit 4L Wasser und unseren Broten im Gepäck machten wir uns auf den 3.5h Rundweg um die Insel. Es handelte sich dabei um einen Pfad durch den Regenwald, der zu einem wunderschönen Aussichtspunkt neben einer ehemaligen Radarstation aus dem zweiten Weltkrieg führte. Wir trafen da auch vier nette Frauen, die in der Nähe von Cairns Lehrerinnen waren und mit denen wir uns fröhlich unterhielten. Dabei assen wir bereits unseren Proviant und wanderten dann gemütlich abwärts bei hoher Luftfeuchtigkeit durch den Dschungel bis zur Coconut Bay. Dort waren wir ganz alleine und genossen es sehr. Matthias ging natürlich sofort schnorcheln und Sharleen nutzte die Zeit badend. Ein alter Baum diente uns als Kleiderständer. Dies wollten wir ab jetzt immer so machen um möglichst wenig Sand an den Sachen zu haben.
      Nach der Abkühlung liefen wir weiter. Zu unserer linken sahen wir weiterhin das Meer und rechts den dichten Dschungel. Der Weg war sehr gut gemacht und man konnte sich nicht verirren. So kamen wir plötzlich auf einer grossen Wiese mit einzelnen hohen Bäumen aus dem Dschungel raus und waren total überrascht vom Wechsel der Landschaft. Nach ca. 100 Metern kam das letzte Stück, welches am Strand entlang führte bis zum winzigen Hafen, wo wir morgens angekommen waren. Das Strandstück war gesäumt von Palmen und kleinen Bächen, die ins Meer mündeten. Einzelne Mangrovenbäume verzierten den Weg zusätzlich.
      Happy aber müde setzten wir uns noch an den Hafen bevor uns die Fähre wieder entspannt zurück brachte nach Mission Beach.

      Wir hatten nichts mehr vor, ausser leckere Pasta mit Pesto zu kochen und danach zu schlafen. Am nächsten Tag sollte es nämlich bereits weitergehen nach Townsville.
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    • Day 49

      Weekends

      November 12, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 23 °C

      So it turns out working behind a bar is the same in whatever country you are in.

      I have been stationed in the public/sports bar the last two days and believe me when I say it is the easiest thing. Everyone is ordering schooners for the most part, or cocktails. So get easy pouring beer and fun cocktails to make.

      It was super busy on Friday. I arrived and didn't stop for about 3hrs, then it went dead for the next two, but at 9pm it seriously picked up. Everywhere else locally (I say locally, within a 30min drive), closes around 9pm/10pm. But not us, we close at 4am. So anyone out for the night calls it then or comes to us for the remainder. Great as it kept us busy and the time went fast. Not great as I was supposed to finish at 12 and didn't clock out till 1.

      Today however was dead all day. Well it was sort of busy between 3pm and 5pm, but then it went dead. At 6pm they asked me to work Bistro, so I was cleaning tables and running food for 3hrs until I was finally allowed on break. My supervisor had the never to ask me why I wasnt on break, while I was doing two things and there was a queue at the bar. Genuinely don't understand some people.

      Later on when Bistro closed, I went back to Sports and was reay bored again. A few people came in later and I had them make me look like and idiot infront of the same supervisor as earlier. After I had to explain that I did know why I was doing, I was trying to test them as they came in drunk and I wasn't sure if I should serve them. Apparently the supervisor wouldn't have served them except for the fact that one of the group worked with us. I still think they shouldn't have been served, but it's not my call so there we go.

      I finally was allowed to begin closing at 11,30 and was out by 11,45 which is lovely. I felt bad for my colleague as he was covering a shift and a large group arrived just as I was leaving. He is in for a long night, a shift I hope I never have to do.

      I realised I had some eggs left so made myself a nice breakky this morning and dinner was what I got from the function. The food from that was inedible so I made food when I got back. It is astounding how often the function food is beyond vile. But it is free so it's not too bad. I also tried to capture the sky again. The moon lights the edges of the clouds beautifully but I am unable to capture the full effect with my phone camera.
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