Chapter 4, 5, 6, 7 - My late journal updates

Sunday 7th June

Well we where supposed to do some drinking games today but we decided not to as most of us where tired and hungover (not me as its the 'Southener' in me apparently). So that night i stayed up till 0200hrs with Caroline watching a few films, so nothing interesting.

Mon 8th June

After having a little lay in me, Brogan, Caroline, Craig, Duncan and Kelly decided to go the beach as it was a well hot day and the skies were well clear and blue. The waves were huge again today, but by far the biggest i have ever seen!! The waves were twice the size of me and sometimes bigger, so as i do i went down to swim and do some body surfing, was well fun but there were so many rip curls under the water after a wave i was spun about loads so was quite dangerous. When i got out and back to the others on the beach they all decided to bury me .... they dug a massive hole and i was kneeling in it, so when it was time to get out of it i couldnt for ages!! Later on this evening we all chipped in 5 bucks each and had a barbie on the beach as it was a nice evening and me and Brog were leaving tomorrow. Had some goon, a few beers and loads of laughs! I was supposed to have a soba night tonight as i had to get up at like 0500hrs for the taxi to take us to the airport but i kinda got smashed (no surprise i know) and i was hugging everyone goodbye ... never thought so many goodbyes would be said in such short time! So after a very crazy and fun night i called it a night at 0300hrs.

Tuesday 9th June

0505hrs ..... FUCK!!! I woke up and ran outside ... i couldn't see the taxi nor could i see Brogan ... i grabbed my backpack and ran downstairs .... still drunk .... there i saw Brogan who was shitting it as she thought we both missed it as she woke up late too! Then in a couple of mins the taxi arrived .... but i couldnt find my wallet on me!! TYPICAL!! So i ran back to surfside hostel and was hunting down for it everywhere! Couldnt find it so i thought i would get on the taxi otherwise we would both miss the flight, i was shitting it as it had my last bit of money and all my cards and I.D. While i was in the taxi freaking out i clicked that i could have packed it in my bag while drunk that night so i looked ..... and i did!! When me and Brogan arrived at the airport we were waiting for her brother Jordan, Liesya, Fi, Daryl and Craig ... Brogan was cracking up as i was still drunk, but worrying as the others hadnt arrived yet .... 20mins have gone by and still no sign of the others, we have to check-in, in 20mins!! 5 mins went by and they walked through the door, so Brogan and the others grabbed there stuff to line up whil me and Jordan went for a slash, when we came back out to join them in the que they were already at Check-in! So Jordan went to go meet them but some angry Aussie guy wouldn't let him through as we were kinda pushing in, but we all had to check-in together and we didnt have the time ..... so the hero of this story was a drunken guy called Rob and he pushed his way through, and the Aussie shouted something but the hero made his way foward just in time to make the flight, in doing so he saved the world ... anyways .... Once we all got our backpacks put on the flight, we went for something to eat, well i had to have loads of water as i was being very loud in the airport and had to soba up. Finally got on the plan and i passed out on Brogans lap and didn't wake up till the end .... whoops! Nearing to the decent we all woke up, apart from Fi as shes scared of flying and was shitting it the whole way. I opened up the blinds on the plane window and the view was amazing! This is what i imagined of Australia! It was very sunny and even though we were so far up we could see the clear oceans and the rivers connecting to it. The lush green mountains were my favourite by far though! When we got off the plane we felt the 30 degrees hit us straight in the face, it was so HOT .... like me. We then rang the hostel for we were staying at for our free airport pick up, we were staying at Calypso. It took them 1 1/2 hrs to come pick us up which we were not happy about, but the woman driver was fit so i couldnt be angry, haha. So we arrived at Calypso, we checked in and got our rooms. Me, Daryl, Craig and Jordan were in one room while Fi Fi, Liesya and Broang were in another. Calypso was awsome, it was like a tropical resort! So we chilled out here for a couple of hours then made our way to Cairns central to meet the others who arrived here last week out of our Oz Intro week (Lindsay, Keenan, Tom, Chris, Natalie, her fella Mike and Howard). We all wanted to go to the beach as it looked great from the plane ..... but we were not allowed as it is ful of salt water crocodiles! So we went to a man made lagoon which was amazing! So we all spent the day sun bathing and swimming. We then went back to Calypso to get ready as tonight at Gilligans it was 5 drinks for 10 bucks!! Gilligans is a great nightclub and also a party central hostel were for thos who want sleep .... dont go here!! lol. The rooms had en - suites and the beds were King sized single beds which were like double beds almost, but we couldnt stay here until thursday so we were going to book another night at Calypso .... anyways back to the night out ... We all got our 5 drinks cards and walked through the door straight away we saw the bucking bronco and straight away everyone looked at me, it looked well hard as it was all over the place and you can only hold on with one hand .... so i done it of course! Later on after a few pints (yes i know they have pints in this bar!) and a few sambucca's they made the bucking bronco even harder! There was a $150 bar tab to who ever can beat the 34secs record .... everyone in my group was cheering me on to do it but i was shitting it, so i went to the bar for a shot and then went to sign up, as soon as i went up saying i want to do this the guy was constantly saying "are you sure" as soon as i said yes enough times i signed on the line and noticed that as soon as someone got on it they were thrown straight over the barrier .... FUCK! So my name was called and my group couldnt believe i was actually doing it! I lasted 10 seconds of agonising pain on my boys (my family jewels) and i was thrown straight over the front were it then bucked straight into my chest which winded the crap out of me and it also tore a tendant in my arm! Everyone who was staying at Calypso that night left early, so i stayed on with the guys from Gilligans in our group and made my way back later on ... the walk was supposed to be 10mins but as i do i got lost and it took me an hour. When i got back to calypso i realised i left my key in my room so i had to climb over this massive gate drunk .... which i fell off and winded myself again, then got to my room, Craig let me in and i crashed out!

Wednesday 10th June

Woke up feeling battered and bruised all over, but i was not feeling as rough as the others, so we had a full english breaky .... at last my first one here in Aus!! Then went for a little swim in the pool at Calypso and then to the lagoon for a sun bath and more swimming. We then had a little wander round Cairns that day, at about 1730hrs fruit bats fly around in the hundreds at certain points in the city.Later that night at gilligans they were doing an al you can drink for 10 bucks for one hour but everyone was feeling too rough to do it :(. So we had a poker tournament instead with a $10 buy in, i was winning at first but i got drunk, made stupid bets and lost. So i decided to beat everyone at pool and then call it a night.

Thursday 11th June

Woke up in the late morning, had something to eat and then went down to the lagoon for some more sun bathing and swimming, clear blue skies at 35 degrees!!! Still not tanning though and everyone else is! After a lazy day we went and booked into Gilligans were we are sharing a room with an Irish guy called Connor! Who i did not understand as his accent was so strong!Later on that evening .... yes you guessed it, we went out drinking as it was ladies night at the girls all got free champagne for an hour and guys do too if they dressed up as women but none of the girls would lend me and Daryl there clothes as they were afraid we would stretch them!! So that night me and my liver enjoyed some alcohol ... some dancing .... o and i told Brogna i drunkenly loved her ........... which everyone found funny, but i dont remember it at all, lol. So everyone dissapeared and me and Brogan went to go get something to eat and were then heading back to the hostel to chill out, as soon as we got back i noticed there was a girl in connors bed ..... yes he got lucky! haha. They didnt stop though when me and Brogan came in the room, nor did they stop when the rest came in! Me and Jordan were in stitches, then she took her bra off and was baring all! In my drunken laughing state i wanted to go up there and high five him, but no one would let me and then i passed out within 5mins anyways.

Friday 12th June

I've been payed from home!! YAY! Everyone went sunbathing but i couldnt be bothered, so me and Liesya went around the town for a wander and i made my own milkshake .... strawberry and Mango! Was lush, definatly my highlight of the day!! We were then deciding to get campervans and drive down the east coast, i was going to drive too! But that pan went out the window pretty quick. Later that night i decided to have a quite one in with Brogan, Jordan and Liesya. I fell asleep pretty early and then got rudely awoken by Darly and Fi having ago at me saying they thought i was a party animal and then jumped in my bed singing and telling me they loved me.

Saturday 13th June

Woke up early as people me and Brogan met from surfside were arriving in Cairns today (Leigh, Caroline, Mikey, Mark, Kate, Sarah, Megan, Jo, Faye, Heather, Bonnie, Amba, Michelle, Ashley and a couple of guys who i can never remember the names of). Both groups didnt merge as well though so me and Brogan were socialising between the both. We all went out that night as it was 2 - 4 - 1 drinks for a couple of hours! So there was a huge group of people who i knew! Plus i met some very nice Aboriginie people and as Connor became part of our group he came out with us, was a good laugh and had plenty of dances with girls ;). So we made our way back home and as Caroline is a piss head like the rest of us she stayed in our room...

Sunday 14th June

Didnt get up till about 1200hrs. Caroline and Liesya were the only ones in the room so just chilled out in the hostel for a bit and then Brogan came back and dropped a bomb shell on me ... As there is no work here in Cairns here and her brother Jordan have decided to move to Brisbain ... well it was Jordans rash thinking but Brogan went with it, they've decided to leave on Tuesday. So me and Brog spent the day together chilling out and chatting by the pool at Gilligans. While chatting to Brogan and Caroline i decided to do my 3months Agriculture work to be able to work in Australia for a second year, so i was looking around Cairns for any farms but this year has been a really bad harvest apparently and there has been more back packers here this year. After spending a long time looking around i found a place 4 hours north of Brisbane (Brisbane is over 3000 miles south of Cairns). So let alone have Lindsay, Keenan, Tom and Chris left to do the east coast Brog and Jord were leaving too.

Monday 15th June

Got up early today as i wanted to find a job in Cairns as i liked this place as it was a pure party place 24/7. So i spent the day walking around town all day looking for work. I only found numbers mining jobs in darwin, which is further east of Cairns. It is in the state called the "northern Territory", that is were most of the Aboriginies and Crocs live, even though there are tons here in Cairns too, you have to be carefull though as alot of them hate the backpackers. The other group who arrived on Saturday were renting out a boat today to go down the river to see the views and hopefully some crocs, so i was straight in there for that plan! I also got to drive the boat which was awsome and i was the one who was also driving it back to harbor ... yes i was driving and i almost crashed it in the wall but only because the reverse didn't work! Everyone had to jump to the front of the boat to push it away from the wall while i had some Aussie wanker shouting at me to put it in reverse .... so i was getting stressed and was shouting back saying its broke, when we finally docked he blamed us for breaking it! He didnt show us how to put it in reverse, so we thought he knew already that it was broke and tryed ripping us off, wasn't going to happen at all! So we got our $100 and made are way back to the hostel.Later on that night we all got ready to go out as it was Brogans and Jordans last night here, they all went to the steakhouse for some steak, i didnt go as i really did need to save my money (i know, i turned down steak!!) Cost them like $50 each tho! So me and Caroline chilled in my room, drinking goon to make it a cheaper night and then we went to meet them at a very posh bar called "the pier", it had fountains in the middle of the tabel and had little streams running everywhere around the place, and you had to cross over the bridges to get to the bar .... i would get soaked if i came here drunk. So Brogan went a bit later on and it was yet again anthor good bye, but it was wierd as for the last 3 weeks me and brogan have spent like every day with each other, but in 3months time were doing the east coast :D. So the rest went out to go clubbing but me and Caroline were a little behind as the damn girl was wearing heels!! We both thought they were all going to Gilligans but as soon as we got there, they were at another bar called the heritage. So me and Caroline decided to stay at Gilligans were we drank loads of Jagerbombs (a shot of jager in a glass of red bull, for thos who didn't know .... mum), me and caroline went back to our room very drunk and then fell asleep.

Tuesday 16th June

Woke up and both Brogan and Jordan have gone :(. But instead woke up at like 9 to see Daryl drinking goon! I couldnt even smell the stuff after last night, so he was drunk by about 1000hrs! I then went into town looking for more jobs as things were getting drastic now .... still no damn luck!! We then had to leave our hostel for that day ... and our irish friend Connor to head to a diffrent hostel called Kaoala's which was like a mix between, Calypso and Gilligans. Most of us had a nap during the day and some people decided to go out but i stayed in and had a long convo with Brogan, here and Jordan have already got jobs!!

Wednesday 17th June

Woke up early again to do some more job hunting .... you guessed it, no luck again!! So now i am sharing a room with Daryl, FI FI, Craig and Liesya ... i've checked my balance and i have $80 left!! Fuck, not even enough for a bus down to Brisbain!! So Daryl and Fi said they would stay with me and we will camp our way down, but i told them not to, and to get down there now as i would meet them down there. Craig and Daryl went out to drink that night while i stayed in with Liesya and Fi, we decided to call each others mates from back home and pretend we were a random person they met in a club last week and slept with, Shaun was the only one who answered and his gf Lucy was next to him while Liesya was pretending to be this girl so i was cracking up even more. After learning alot more about each other, Craig came back and then him and Liesya went out to get food, when they arrived both of them said they were catching a plane to Brisbain on Friday! I also decided to stay in as my liver was really hurting by now ... im going to get a ton of "told ya so's" now, haha.

Thursday 18th June

Woke up in the early afternoon and Liesya and Craig have booked there flights for tomorrow and Fi Fi and Darly booked theres for tuesday next week, so after paying people back for shopping and paying my deposit for kaoala's i had $20 left over, so i decided to look for a sleeping bag and a machette and hitch hike my way down the coast, were i would hunt for my food and have a dingo as my best friend ... yes i had it all planned out.That night i decided to go to the Casino and win some money .... i won $80 so i decided to put $20 down on blackjack ... well i thought it was blackjack ... min of $30 so i went for it ... dealt 5 cards ... WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!! As i looked so confused as to what was going on, the guy looked at me and asked me if i knew how to play the game ... nope not a clue!! So he taught me ... it was some shitty version of poker which made me just lose $30!! I then got angry and put $20 in on roulette, i remember Craig telling me to cover 0 and my mate Shaun back home always says it so i was shitting a brick ..... so i turned around and Fi was looking all i heard her say was "O-NO" (Which is the most annoying phrase ever!!) ... it landed on 0, fucker!! So i got annoyed and bet my last 30 bucks and lost it .... so now i am actually skint with not even a cent to my name!!. So i went back to the hostel and stuck to my water diet while Fi and Darryl were out clubbing as usual, they were texting me constantly trying to get me out but i wasnt going to budge as i needed a solution ... going back to England was definatly not one of them!! Later that night i got a phone call ... it was Caroline, she wanted to pay for my flight as we were suppsed to be sticking together! I wouldnt accept, i couldnt as it wasnt fair, but she wasnt giving up so i went down there and we were chatting about it for ages and i really didn't want to but when irish people get angry they are scary!! haha

Friday 19th June

Craig and Liesya have left and i am still broke ... so went looking for a solution and you wouldnt believe it .... i found nothing. Went to go see the other lot who arrived last week and there all leaving on Wednesday to go south to look for some work. Caroline was asleep as she met up with some irish brids travelling Australia so they were drinking till like 0700hrs (i know i missed out on some more girls!!) Later on that day i met up with Fi and Daryl and we saw Connor from gilligans, he was supposed to be leaving for work today as he was driving 24hrs south, but his friends went to Cape Tribulation (a jungle area north of Cairns were you can have a jungle tour, sleep out in huts on the beach, horse riding, snorkelling etc.) and they had the car keys and he had no where to stay, so we had two free beds in our room so we snuck him in which was great as he cracks me up!! Especially when hes been drinking and when he falls asleep he sleep talks in Irish! !?!

Sat 20th June

Me and Daryl woke up and went to gilligans to check the post as he has been waiting for his Aussie bank card for quite a while and hes been using his english card. Daryl was only going to be spending 2months here in Aus but i pursuaded him to get a working visa so he can stay here for a year and work as we both know its just going to be me and him travelling together until we meet up with Brogan. I went over to see the other OzIntro lot as they were leaving gilligans and going to stay at a place called global backpackers ... the rooms were like prison cells, they were horrible! But i wasnt staying there so i wasnt bothered, haha.Later on that night me, Daryl, Fi-Fi and Caroline brougth some goon and brought it back to the hostel and i taught them a drinkign game called "pyramid" (Yes Harry i know ya taught me that back home!! lol), so after getting hammered Fi and Daryl went out clubbing and me and Caroline stayed in chatting and she rang home and i spoke to some of her mates who said i sounded hot .... if i sound it wait till they see me ... enough of being serious ... haha. So it clocked on to about 0130hrs. Fi and Daryl came back slaughtered and Fi passed out in the toilet so i had to pick her up and put her to bed. As it was late Caroline decided to stay at ours, then connor came back as he was leaving at 0700hrs that morning to do his 24hr drive south!

Sun 21st June

0700hrs we all got up to say goodbye to Connor. We all then went back to sleep and got up at about 1300hrs. Daryl and Fi went to the lagoon while me and Caroline just chilled out back at the hostel and i made us some lunch ... soup of a can baby! See im becoming quite the gourmet chef since i've been here! The rest of the day was just a chilling out one with me screaming at Mario on the DS for being a stupid twat for dying like and idiot. Then Caroline went home and me, Daryl and Fi just chilled and had an early night.

Monday 22nd June

Woke up at 0800hrs to go meet Caroline as we needed to go to her bank and sort some other stuff out, once all of this was sorted we went to book our flights to Brisbane!! O and i found out then that Caroline hates flying!! So once we got it all booked we then went to grab her 5 bags (yes i know tell me about it) from the other hostel and we brougth it to Kaolas were me, Daryl and Fi where are staying. That night, the same as every night for the past week we went to grab our free meals, little tiny bowls of normally beef stew and then i always went next door to blag some free spaghetti. After that we went and got some goon and had a few drinks ... me and Daryl got a bit drunk ... Fi and Caroline went to bed early as we had flights in the morning and had to get up at 0330hrs ... boring i know!! Then Daryl went to sleep! So i hear Howard (dude in my OzIntro week whos staying in Cairns), so he was down stairs with some irish birds so i was checking that out straight away!! But as soon as i got down there i had a a very drunk bird trying to kiss me constantly and she had a cold sore so i didnt want any disease's and the her big ginger friend was stroking my leg and she scared me!! Then the other one was fit as but she was plastered so i just drank quite a bit of there drink and decided to head back upstairs to sleep, was like 0200hrs when i got back up there.

Tuesday 23rd June

0300hrs, Fi and Caroline woke up and tryed to wake up me and Daryl, they tryed waking us up gently but as soon as we didnt get up for like the second time we had two very angry birds yelling at us, so me and Daryl got up half dead and couldnt be bothered with the damn flight. We then got in the taxi at 0400hrs and arrived at the airport pretty quick. We were told the night before that if we were drunk we wernt allowed on the flight, but i've done this before when i left London and Sydney .... so going through security and i was the last one through so everyone went and sat down ... then a woman called me over and was holding up a piece of paper with soem writing on it ... i couldnt eve read the writing while she was chatting something to me, i thought i was busted .. then a big guy came and stood next to me and i thought i was in trouble now ... then she said she was just going to do a random search for any explosives on me!! So i was relieved and laughing as out of like the 100 people who went through i must have seemed like the most suspicious person and most likely one carrying explosives!! haha Our flight was delayed by an hour due to strong weather conditions and as fi and Caroline are shit scared of flying this didnt help there nerves. As soon as it was time to board the plane Caroline started to shake like crazy, but as the gentleman i am i was reassuring her that it would be alright (not that if the plane did start to plummet to the ground i could do anything about it) but it didnt make a diffrence as she was still shaking. Me and Caroline were sat at the back of the plane while Daryl and Fi were at the front. Take-off, Caroline was shittign it so much she was squeezing my hand so hard that she was going to break my fingers!! The turbulance had to be the worst part for her but the most adrenaline rushing fun for me!! Then i fell asleep and she was awake the whole way .. whooooops!! When we landed we walked straight straight down the steps onto the tarmac, when i looked at the plane it was tiny!! No wonder we felt so much turbulance! We then met up with Fi and Daryl then caught the train to find the others. We met up with Liesya and Jordan as soon as we got off the train and they took us back to a hostel called tin billys, were Fi, Daryl and Caroline checked in to stay the night into the same room as the others ... yes i know i didnt check in as i had no money and wanted to stay for free ... it worked too! haha. During the day the group of us (Brogan, Jordan, Caroline, Liesya, Craig, Daryl, Fi and me) walked around Bisbane centre ... its like a damn mini sydney, but i was only staying here for one night.Later on Jordan and Brogan were supposed to be flying to Sydney as jordan wimped out of his job and spur of the moment booked a flight. Brogan booked one too but i knew she really didnt want to go, then an hour later she had a phone call from this woman offering her a job back up in Cairns which paid well and gave her free accomadation, so she took it and flew up to Cairns. We all then went to sleep pretty early that night as we had to get up well early!!

Wednesday 24th June

Got up at 0800hrs to leave before the cleaners found me in the room without paying! Plus me and Caroline were catching a train 4 1/2 hrs north of Brisbane to do some farm work so we can get our second year working visa here (which you need to be able to get sponsored here and live here) I have a few ideas on what i may want to do after my backpacking year but its still to early to say anything and to think about it. Me and Caroline then left Fi, Daryl, Craig and Liesya at the train station and headed off to Bundberg where we will be staying for 3months (o yeh i forgot to say you need to do 3months agriculture or construction work for your second year visa). While on the train i realised that i really dont want to fly around Australia anymore as the journey was amazing saw so many lakes, Swamps, rivers, mountains, massive hole sin the ground etc. Once we arrived in Bundaberg we were surrounded in churches, i started to freak out as i was imagining a horror movie were if you were not from around ehr then they would sacrifice you ... then i saw a cinema and forgot about that as all what came across my mind was TRANSFORMERS 2!! So as the kid i am i sprinted over the road ... almost getting hit by a car ... I have wanted to see it for ages as everyone back home has seen it and it only came out yesterday in Australia, so i went in to the cinema practically jumping like a kid!! So i went in there VERY VERY VERY excited and asked what times the showings were ................ The women asked "Transformers 2??" .... I was like "Yeh ones with Robots and all that amazing cool stuff .... she went to the board and said it wont be here for another 2weeks ... shitty little outback, hillbilly, incest town (yes it is all that) I HATE THIS PLACE !! Why would this happen to me!! Anyways made our way to the hostel we were staying at, saw it from a distance on the corner looked pretty good, so went in and got ourselfs booked in. A canadian guy called Phil who was really nice was telling us about the farmers here and how they will treat you like shit and just shout at you and insult you loads so you just have to bite your toungue, went up to our room and tryed opening the door but it wouldnt open, thought we had the wrong damn door at first! But after trying for about 5mins a Sweedish girl came along saying that its a really annoying door to open and when she couldnt open it a Norweigen girl came along and she opened it for us, they were our roomies, sharing a 4bed room with 3 girls!! AWSOME!! So with the last $200 left i had i spent 180$ on a hostel for a week (costy i know) so put the last $20 towards food. Started to like Bundaberg alot now as its a much quieter place and its more laid back than the cities. We have to get up by 0400hrs every morning to be put on the 'stand by list', which means if anyone has called in sick then the first person who got up and was waiting first in the room gets the job for the day and if there good enough then the farmer will ask them if they want a full time job, but we were warned about the Koreans (this hostel is full of them) apparently there really sneaky and say they were here before you even if your first!! So its a real cut throat place, so we decided to have something to eat (noodles ... AGAIN) and get an early night.

Thursday 25th June

Got up at about 0230hrs and went down stairs to have a look who was down there and there was 6people already there, Caroline had no clothes she didnt want to get ruined so she stayed in bed and i went back up as i thought there was no chance of getting work. The room was bladdy freezing, i dont know why they put the Air Conditioning on ... AT NIGHT! When its already cold enough at night! IDIOTS! So went back to sleep and got back up at 0830hrs so Caroline can get a tracksuit to work in the fields with ... O DEAR LORD! I forgot how annoying shopping with a girl is .... 3 hours later she actually picked something and spent over $100!! Because the stuff which was cheap she wouldnt be caught dead in ... even though we are working on a farm and going to get extremly dirty! So after that was about 1300hrs and we took a little walk round town to see what its all about ... people shout random crap at you and most of the people look like there on crack! So at about 1500hrs we went to WoolWorths and got some grub. When we got back to the hostel we chilled out for a bit. My Dad rang me to see how i was doing which was pretty cool, also bearing in mind that this is the most my Dad has had in contact with me for years, since i move to Australia hes actually worrying i think but so is everyone else back home as im bombarded with txts reguarly from people even over here in Australia, im not that accident prone am i??!! So after having a convo on the phone with my old man i decided to go make Caroline and me some grub ... here goes a first meal i try and cook really ... Pasta, tuna and sweetcorn .... I actually eat anything but i would never ever eat that pasta again, stupid cheapy 50cents pasta!! IT WAS NOT MY COOKING ... honest!! lol. So at about 2000hrs we decided to call it a night as we were getting up at 0200hrs for standby.2100hrs, its so damn cold and early i cant sleep.2200hrs, still cannot sleep.2300hrs, stilllllllllllllllll cannot sleep, doing some Suduko puzzles now.

Friday 26th June

0030hrs, last time i remember looking at the time before i fell asleep.0200hrs my alarm goes off so me and Caroline get up and go downstairs for 'Stand By', two people down here before us so we stand a good chance of getting a job, but they slept here over night the damn cheats! So 0400hrs rolled by and the bus driver came in with the list and shouted whos first ... Straight away i saw a Korean get up so i ran to the front and told Caroline to say here name after the first two, so she did, then he asked whos next and the Korean put his hand up so i pushed him and shouted me (I need a job more than him, its survival of the fittest here or in my case the bravest). No luck for the 0400hrs as everyones down here and ready so we sat down and watched T.V till 0600hrs, still no luck everyones here and acounted for. 0700hrs - 5 hours later with like one hours sleep, just about to give up as im knackered! Driver came in and asked the first 4 on the list if they wanted to pick Capsicums (red and green peppers) so that was Me, Caroline, Neena and some guy called Ollie who we met here. So off we go to pick some "Capsicums".THE MOST HARDEST WORK I HAVE DONE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!! It was soooooo hot, and it was very very fast paced but i was keeping up at the front, the buckets we had to fill were like half the size of a wheelie bin back home and we got payed $1 for every full bucket ... pathetic i know!! So after working my ass of the farmer loved me so much and offered me and Caroline a full time job, the farmers name was Joe and he was Mari, he was a legend, well nice, but alwasy kept on shouting "pick the good ones" and smoking weed in his truck, haha. So we finished at about 1230hrs and i picked 100 buckets so i was well chuffed, but filthy, thirsty, needing a smoke and STARVING (I have one huge appetite here in Aus!). So waiting for the bus back to the hostel as we are like 40mins away i turn on my phone and i get bombarded by txts from people saying Michael Jacksons dead, random as, i personally thought he would live for ever, o and a drunken txt of James i did not understand at all! So got back to the hostel and had a wash as i was well dirty from basically commando crawling on the floor picking damn capsicums! I then made us some bacon sarnies, which are my specialty so they were well nice! We just chilled out most of the day and when it came to the evening we watched a film called 'Into The Wild' .... MUM AND NAN PLEASE DO NOT WATCH THIS FILM AS IT WILL FREAK YOU OUT! Its a film about a dude who goes 'backpacking' around America to do his 'Big Alaskan adventure' based on a true story and really good. So now were on the list its time to get to bed as were up at 0400hrs!

Saturday 27th June

0400hrs and were up and ready for work, well me anyways, for some reason i had loads of energy! Looked at the list and our names were on the stand by list still! WHAT IS GOING ON! So we waited till about 0900hrs and the others came back and said there was no work as it was raining, Rob said Joe wanted us back so we chilled out. Didnt bother going back to bed as i was awake now so we decided to stay up and watch Superbad, seen that film like 3 times since i have been to Australia and still love it! So after that we made some lunch and Rob plus the other 30+ people in the hostel asked if we wanted to go to the park and chip in $2 for some goon, so off we went! Was well good and had a right laugh and everyone was merry from all the goon. A couple of guys then tryed climbing up this tree which had no branches, so as the competitive person that i am i was going to beat them all no matter what, so i won and slid down the tree .... im now covered in damn splinters, there in me everywhere!! So we left the park at about 1700hrs and headed back to the hostel pretty tipsyyyyy! So we were going to a place called the federal which is an Off licence (a drive through one too, i know how cool drive your car through and get some bevvys) and at the back they had a garden where you can drink all your alcohol brought and it was only for backpackers, also had a club inside too, after a couple of hours the place was packed full of backpackers was pretty awsome.

Sunday 28th June

0200hrs i decided to call it a night wasted as i have work in 2hrs!! Walking back drunk some kids decided to shout at me and shit so i just carried on walking, apparently they do it to backpackers and then beat the shit oout of em and rob them so i was moving on pretty quick.1030hrs .......... FUCK!! Supposed to be up for work at 0400hrs!! Freaking out now, soooooo fired!! If fired your then kicked out of the hostel with no refund! Couple of hours later i went downstairs and saw Neena and the others come in and they said Joe was fine with it and understood and said he wanted us back which was awsome! So i went upstairs and told Caroline were being kicked out of the hostel, her face dropped and she started to freaaaaakkkk out!! I couldnt stop laughing so she realised i was only messing. So for the rest of the day i tryed getting the damn splinters of me!! Went and made some food and then went to bed.


So far i've had some real crazy adventures in these past 4 weeks, i am currently at an internet cafe just typing up the other weeks, will hopefully be done in the next couple of days, i assure you it gets very interesting and much more ... well ... dangerous i suppose but there was a phrase i saw which really opened my eyes on one day that i really wanted to go home as i had no hope or faith left here, the phrase was "One day your life will flash before your eyes ... So make sure its worth watching", so i took that as i sign, it was a sign that made me come here, its also something i know i have to do. I am not giving up until 2010, everything i have done in my life i have given up on, never had the will power to see anything through, but this is something im not giving up on so easy, even as hard as it gets and as down as i get, sulking gets you no where out here, theres no family or friends to turn too ... you really are alone out here, but this is my choice and i do not regret a single moment, i miss so many people back home. Its diffrent not seeing faces which i have grown accustomed to over the years, but i wont give to much away as the next chapters will explain....

I am Rob Jeffrey and .... THIS IS AUSTRALIA !!