I'm exhausted. it's 930pm and its all I can do not to fall asleep.
Yesterday I got up and went for coffee.. then I intended to walk to the opera house but after 2 hours of walking ended up back where I started... whoops
Eventually I did make to to the opera house.. took some pictures, walked around inside, used there bathroom...
Then I walked to the Botanical Gardens which are right next door. It started raining again so I went to the cafe...
I hung around in the park a bit and then walked to Darling Harbour.
around 7pm my feet were exhausted and I decided it was time for a drink... every pub was playing the royal wedding so I just parked myself down and watched.
by 1130 or midnight I was actually feelings really down and alone because I hadn't met anyone here yet.. so I wandered back the hostel for bed.. but when I got back there was a party going on in the little common room which is the only way through from the outside world to my room.
I got sucked in and didnt end up going to bed until 5am!!
I woke up at 10am this morning and when to starbucks for breakfast.. I basically repeated yesterday.. Only I went to a different point in the harbour to get better pictures of the opera house.
Walking around all day yesterday and today has killed my feet... I almost started crying at 5pm... I just wanted to get back here so I could sit down and after walked for ages I realised I was going the wrong way.
I gave up and went to a chinese restaurant for dinner. The I went and saw Thor because the idea of sitting for 2 hours felt like heaven.
Now im back at the hostel, and in one direction there is my room... where someone is already sleeping so I cannot stay there unless I plan on sleeping, but its only 950pm.. or if I try to leave there's the drunk irish people... Im not really up for that again.... sighh... backpacking! LOL
Tomorrow if I can get out of my bed I might go to Bondi Beach.. it's actually supposed to be sunny for the first time since I got here!!
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Sydney
I arrived in Sydney this morning!
It was a long long night.. I had to clear out my apartment and throw away a lot of stuff in order to repack my backpack.
I woke up at 430am to shower and do a few final things but I still barely made my 715am flight.
It was pouring rain when I got to the airport. Not a good first impression.
After checking into my hostel I took a 1 hour nap and then headed out to explore... at first I was on a quest to find coffee but eventually in became aimless walking and exploration.
I wandered through a cute neighbourhood called Glebe for awhile and ended up at a fish market randomly... which is where I finally got my coffee haha
after the fish market I found the harbour and decided to walk along the coast until I found the Sydney Opera house. I walked for hours and hours and never found it (after look at google maps it turns out I was way way on the wrong side of the city)
Just as my feet were threatening to fall off I found darling harbour. Which is uber touristy and very much like clifton hill in that way.
The whole day it rained on and off but as I got to Darling Harbour it started pouring again, and with my feet in so much pain I decided to see an IMAX movie.
They have a huge imax screen here. I saw the Hubble telescope movie in 3D which was really cool. I <3 space. ... pretty much want to be an astronaut now.
When I got out of the theatre it was 5pm and still raining. I was starving so I decided to find food.
I was a little embaressed while checking out the restaurants. since it was only 5pm they were all completely empty and I was eating alone. Thankfully when I chose one it started raining really really hard and people flooded in for drinks and shelter.
I ate and then walked back here to the hostel.. The hostel I'm stay at is huge.. sooo many rooms and the common space isnt that big. I dont know how im going to meet people.
its 7pm now. I think im going to go out and find a pub or bar in this area called paddys markets.. I havent found it yet.. just saw it on google maps and thought it looked alright.
Tomorrow Im going to go to the right side of the city to see the opera house..
Hopefully the rain gives me a break!
<3 xx bye
T
It was a long long night.. I had to clear out my apartment and throw away a lot of stuff in order to repack my backpack.
I woke up at 430am to shower and do a few final things but I still barely made my 715am flight.
It was pouring rain when I got to the airport. Not a good first impression.
After checking into my hostel I took a 1 hour nap and then headed out to explore... at first I was on a quest to find coffee but eventually in became aimless walking and exploration.
I wandered through a cute neighbourhood called Glebe for awhile and ended up at a fish market randomly... which is where I finally got my coffee haha
after the fish market I found the harbour and decided to walk along the coast until I found the Sydney Opera house. I walked for hours and hours and never found it (after look at google maps it turns out I was way way on the wrong side of the city)
Just as my feet were threatening to fall off I found darling harbour. Which is uber touristy and very much like clifton hill in that way.
The whole day it rained on and off but as I got to Darling Harbour it started pouring again, and with my feet in so much pain I decided to see an IMAX movie.
They have a huge imax screen here. I saw the Hubble telescope movie in 3D which was really cool. I <3 space. ... pretty much want to be an astronaut now.
When I got out of the theatre it was 5pm and still raining. I was starving so I decided to find food.
I was a little embaressed while checking out the restaurants. since it was only 5pm they were all completely empty and I was eating alone. Thankfully when I chose one it started raining really really hard and people flooded in for drinks and shelter.
I ate and then walked back here to the hostel.. The hostel I'm stay at is huge.. sooo many rooms and the common space isnt that big. I dont know how im going to meet people.
its 7pm now. I think im going to go out and find a pub or bar in this area called paddys markets.. I havent found it yet.. just saw it on google maps and thought it looked alright.
Tomorrow Im going to go to the right side of the city to see the opera house..
Hopefully the rain gives me a break!
<3 xx bye
T
Monday, March 28, 2011
Tassie
Hey all...
I went to Tassie this weekend!
I arrived late Friday night, then Saturday morning I just walked around the city taking pictures and spent some time looking around the markets.
In the afternoon I went here... http://mona.net.au/
Which was great! definitely worth visiting Hobart for... I checked out the museum, then sat out on a bean bag chair in the sun drinking wine all afternoon :)
At night I tried to get to an art exhibit I planned to see but absolutely could not find it lol.
Sunday I woke up early, rented a little mini and spent the whole day driving. on the left side of the road!! eek
It was my first time driving through a roundabout as well lol
I spent about 10 hours getting lost. I found a cute little farming town named Ross where I ate lunch at a bakery. yum yum
Took quite a few photos which I will post on facebook hopefully tonight :)
Today I'm back at work in Melbourne :(
There are definitely sooo many things I wish I could have done but I didn't have enough time. The cadbury chocolate factory is only open Mon-Fri and wildlife boat tours to see whales and seals take 8 hours so I missed out on that as well.
That's all for now,
T x
I went to Tassie this weekend!
I arrived late Friday night, then Saturday morning I just walked around the city taking pictures and spent some time looking around the markets.
In the afternoon I went here... http://mona.net.au/
Which was great! definitely worth visiting Hobart for... I checked out the museum, then sat out on a bean bag chair in the sun drinking wine all afternoon :)
At night I tried to get to an art exhibit I planned to see but absolutely could not find it lol.
Sunday I woke up early, rented a little mini and spent the whole day driving. on the left side of the road!! eek
It was my first time driving through a roundabout as well lol
I spent about 10 hours getting lost. I found a cute little farming town named Ross where I ate lunch at a bakery. yum yum
Took quite a few photos which I will post on facebook hopefully tonight :)
Today I'm back at work in Melbourne :(
There are definitely sooo many things I wish I could have done but I didn't have enough time. The cadbury chocolate factory is only open Mon-Fri and wildlife boat tours to see whales and seals take 8 hours so I missed out on that as well.
That's all for now,
T x
Friday, March 11, 2011
Very Overdue!
Hi Guys
I'm sorry it's been so long.
Since my last post there has been Christmas in Adelaide with the Coutie's, a trip to the West Coast of Australia and then my return to Melbourne which is where I am now.
Christmas was great. Jen and I flew to Adelaide where we stayed with her aunt, uncle and their two daughters. Jen and I spent the afternoon on christmas day in the pool! it was 34 degrees outside.
By New Year's Eve we were back in Melbourne. Jen and I went to a party at the Melbourne Aquarium and drank wine with the penguins :)
In January, Jen and I flew to Perth where we live in a backpacker's in Fremantle on the West Coast.
It was hot!! I spent a lot of time wandering around and reading on the beach alone because Jen met someone. So after about two weeks I came back to Melbourne on my own.
It only took 4 hours in Melbourne before I had a job, and my second day in the city I started work.
Ever since I have been just working. I moved into my own apartment in a student residence.
Currently I'm a receptionist, working full-time :)
That's all that's new.
Later Gator's xx
T
I'm sorry it's been so long.
Since my last post there has been Christmas in Adelaide with the Coutie's, a trip to the West Coast of Australia and then my return to Melbourne which is where I am now.
Christmas was great. Jen and I flew to Adelaide where we stayed with her aunt, uncle and their two daughters. Jen and I spent the afternoon on christmas day in the pool! it was 34 degrees outside.
By New Year's Eve we were back in Melbourne. Jen and I went to a party at the Melbourne Aquarium and drank wine with the penguins :)
In January, Jen and I flew to Perth where we live in a backpacker's in Fremantle on the West Coast.
It was hot!! I spent a lot of time wandering around and reading on the beach alone because Jen met someone. So after about two weeks I came back to Melbourne on my own.
It only took 4 hours in Melbourne before I had a job, and my second day in the city I started work.
Ever since I have been just working. I moved into my own apartment in a student residence.
Currently I'm a receptionist, working full-time :)
That's all that's new.
Later Gator's xx
T
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Life on the flipside
I’ve moved into a flat now! We have no internet and it has been difficult to find a connection. Usually I go and use wifi at McDonald’s but it doesn’t seem to be working today so I am writing this blog in word and if I find internet somewhere this week I’m going to post it.
It’s a public holiday here today. Melbourne cup day. Everyone is at the horse races, I can’t go because I’m broke. I spent all my money on one months rent plus bond.
My friends Helen, Kerry and Jen decided to look for a flat 2 weeks ago and no one told me they were looking. I had 24hours notice. They told me they wanted to find somewhere cheaper than the hostel then the next morning we were moving out. We have a two bedroom between four girls.
it’s been good. Jen and I spent our whole weekend on the couch watching tv because we have no money. We went to the market on Sunday to buy cheap meat and veggies and have been cooking.
it’s been good. Jen and I spent our whole weekend on the couch watching tv because we have no money. We went to the market on Sunday to buy cheap meat and veggies and have been cooking.
In the long run this flat with save us $60 a week.. plus the money saved on food from cooking more and entertainment because we have our own tv.
Work is great. I started at Entertainment as a temp just helping with filing and data entry but they decided to keep me in a full-time position because they liked me. A girl in a production admin role left the company and they didn’t like anyone they interviewed so I am doing the job now and they’ve hired another temp to do the work I was originally meant to do.
I’m checking contracts with merchants and making amendments to them. My boss gave me one of the books yesterday which I was very very excited about. The entertainment book is a giant book of discount vouchers. So now I have coupons for everything which should save me a lot of money as well.
I told my boss that we have this flat until January 15th and he said “ok, you can stay until then” but I’m sure If I decided to stay until March (when the book goes to print) he would let me.
I don’t want to do that though. I am thinking on January 16th I’m going to fly to Perth and try to get harvest work for my 2nd year visa.
I don’t want to do that though. I am thinking on January 16th I’m going to fly to Perth and try to get harvest work for my 2nd year visa.
I would have to do that until April which would leave me with one month of travelling around the country but that is probably more than I can afford anyways.
They don’t celebrate halloween here which was depressing. We had a little bit of a party at work. Everyone had a costume and we had snacks and wine for the last hour of the day on Friday.
Sunday I went to my friend Shane’s for dinner and a movie about vampires. That was it for my halloween in Melbourne.
It’s been raining here a lot but it is supposed to be 26 and sunny on Saturday so I should end up at the beach J
Then today at work Jen randomly got three free dvds they were handing out to the staff (all Hugh Grant movies funny enough) so I know what we are doing this Saturday night! haha living it up in Melbourne
Hope everyone is well in Canada xoxoxoxoxox
Friday, October 15, 2010
Life in Melbourne
I’m sorry I haven’t been writing very much. The internet in this hostel never works at night and I have been going to work which means I can no longer spend my mornings online.
I’m working full-time at a company called Entertainment Publishers. They produce 18 “entertainment books” (coupon books) for Australia and New Zealand.
I’m enjoying it; the people are nice and the work is simple.
I am working with the production department. In the morning “job bags” come in, which are basically packages with contracts and information about clients wanting to put a coupon in the books. I key into the database that we have received the job, and then hand it off to the proofreaders. When they find a mistake they give it back to me and I make corrections. Today I was correcting spelling mistakes almost entirely from 8:30am to 5:30pm. They keep apologizing to me because they think it’s so horrible that I spend my whole day correcting “road” to “street” but they are paying me $21.74/hr so I love it.
The GM is from Seattle and she seems to like me. I overheard her saying in a budget meeting that she thinks I am “lovely” and also when I told her I was going to work in Melbourne until January she said “you say that now but 6 years from now you will still be working for us”.
I moved into a new room within the hostel. I’m now living with my friend Helen who I met my first day here; she is now working at a bar but trying to find a Christmas casual position in a retail store. Jen, my new Scottish friend; she works at Foster’s (beer) as a personal assistant for 2 execs. Jen and I have similar schedules now so we have been spending a lot of time together. We also live with Mevan; he is an event manager and a permanent resident of Australia but he has a British accent because he grew up in the U.K. Jen has a friend joining us from Scotland this weekend and that will be it for our room. No more randoms!
We have all decided to live here until January. You can rent a room for about the same price as our hostel but then you have to worry about buying household things and internet. We get free breakfast every morning here, dinner on Tuesday and we meet great people. There is a great patio on the roof, so weekends we buy a $10 bottle of wine and drink up there. All the backpackers you meet have great stories about their adventures, and they are open to talking to everyone. It’s way better than being in a bar.
I’m enjoying it; the people are nice and the work is simple.
I am working with the production department. In the morning “job bags” come in, which are basically packages with contracts and information about clients wanting to put a coupon in the books. I key into the database that we have received the job, and then hand it off to the proofreaders. When they find a mistake they give it back to me and I make corrections. Today I was correcting spelling mistakes almost entirely from 8:30am to 5:30pm. They keep apologizing to me because they think it’s so horrible that I spend my whole day correcting “road” to “street” but they are paying me $21.74/hr so I love it.
The GM is from Seattle and she seems to like me. I overheard her saying in a budget meeting that she thinks I am “lovely” and also when I told her I was going to work in Melbourne until January she said “you say that now but 6 years from now you will still be working for us”.
I moved into a new room within the hostel. I’m now living with my friend Helen who I met my first day here; she is now working at a bar but trying to find a Christmas casual position in a retail store. Jen, my new Scottish friend; she works at Foster’s (beer) as a personal assistant for 2 execs. Jen and I have similar schedules now so we have been spending a lot of time together. We also live with Mevan; he is an event manager and a permanent resident of Australia but he has a British accent because he grew up in the U.K. Jen has a friend joining us from Scotland this weekend and that will be it for our room. No more randoms!
We have all decided to live here until January. You can rent a room for about the same price as our hostel but then you have to worry about buying household things and internet. We get free breakfast every morning here, dinner on Tuesday and we meet great people. There is a great patio on the roof, so weekends we buy a $10 bottle of wine and drink up there. All the backpackers you meet have great stories about their adventures, and they are open to talking to everyone. It’s way better than being in a bar.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Work
I got my first assignment with Kelly Services!
I work tomorrow at 9am. Only for one day... but yay! money!
I work tomorrow at 9am. Only for one day... but yay! money!
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