2013 Update!!!

Hi friends and family from back home...

I am so sorry i have not updated this in nearly 5 months... wow... 5 months has gone by like that.

So I am still in Perth so not really travelling anymore. I decided to stay in perth because the job I got was really great, in Marketing App Design, Project Managerment Websites, SEO, Video Creation etc! And I am enjoying it and learning a lot too.

Mel is no longer with me, she is back in the UK living now, but I have Adam here with me only 40 minutes down the road and he works near my house so we meet up a lot which is good.

I have moved out of the hostel I was staying at and am now in a lovely apartment. I live with a girl called Debbie from New Zealand and her boyfriend Alex, who flies in flies out from the mines every 2 weeks. Debbie works at a bank and we hang out sometimes, go swimming, watch movies, mainly Pitch Perfect or Harry Potter... She's great and the first real girl mate that's staying in Perth I have.

Since I have moved out of the hostel I have felt a lot happier. I felt very down around xmas and new year because i felt quite alone and missed my mates loads but now i am moved out and spend time with people i actually want to see... I am much happier. However I don't really have many friends here apart from Adam and Debbie.

My office is in south perth and i bought a bike so i bike 30 minutes to work there and back every day which is fun! i can ride all along the river and over the bridges along the river too so its a lovely ride!..... while the weather is still good! then i will just have to do something less fun like join a gym.

I am joining (start my first class Monday) salsa lessons!!!! so i am really excited about that!! thats every monday in the city and hopefully i will get better and better and advance quickly! you guys know i looooveee to dance :) hopefully i will meet people there too.

Today I just got back from a 'MeetUp Young Women of Perth' group! for ladies who have just arrived to perth and want to make friends. I met two girls i really got on with and swapped numbers with called Louise (english, london) and Lisa (Aussy) and they are keen on meeting up again, especially for a night out on the town :) which is perfect for me! they both seem lovely! and have other mates i can meet and make mates with too. So I am really hoping that brings me a group of girly mates.

I'm also thinking about joining a netball team too, i've emailed a few clubs so i just hope they get back to me! :D

So thats about it, Im enjoying perth a lot and not really sure what to do for my bday. I am going up to margaret river for a surf festival on 23rd march weekend with adam and mitch for my bday i guess. then i may pop over to NZ in May and/or Bali.

Adam and I also have some really exciting news as of last week, we are joining forces and becoming joint business partners. we have just registered for an ABN and are trading under Liquorice Designs for Graphic Design and Web Design. We have a few clients already and things are looking great I must say. Very exciting and we are getting on great - can't wait to get to the point where we can kick back in Bali and do design from a hammock.... one day :D.... so watch this space... and pleas like our page if you have not already! https://www.facebook.com/liquoricedesigns?fref=ts

Love you all!!!! <3 miss you all loads. Weather is currently a little cooler, and a little cloudy!!!! so my tan is going fast!!!!! hoping to top it up soon!!!

xxxxxx

An early departure from Broome

Heyaaaa

Everything has changed once again and we are leaving Broom next week for a road trip down the West Coast, ending in Perth, where we will get jobs and set up shop for a few months, before heading to Asia !!!

I have about $3000 saved at the mo and will get a job in Perth. Wanted to leave Broome for a change of scene and its really sweaty and humid now its coming into the wet season and all of our friends are leaving. And our hours are dropping. It just feels like the time is right.

Any followers of this, have you seen my new food blog? About to update it again now! :D hope you like it!!

Mel and i really can't wait to get to Perth no, we want to find a gym and get back into shape before our asia tour. and for mel, before her best friend's wedding back in the UK. We are meeting in Bangkok on 21st, I'm flying from Perth and she from the UK after the wedding. Then we will begin our tour of asia. Mel is then going back to Australia at the end of january and i will continue the Asia tour or perhaps try somewhere else around the world for work, until I meet up with Mel again in Canada!

Really relieved... My passport has just arrived!!! Yay!!! So all of that annoying back and forth and sending things was worth it. Many thanks to Mum, Adam, Adam's mum, , Vicky and of course Mel for helping me with all of the application/form stuff, what a nightmare!!... Going to give it to Mel to look after until she leaves, she is a lot more careful with her belongings than me...

So, we have both handed in our notices! Zoo Bar and Cafe have said they want me to do some design work for them!! :) designing menus, event posters etc! which i am really excited about! extra money and experience etc etc! See below, I just designed this for the AFL game next week!.........

I (as of this morning) have got a duty manager interview for an entertainments venue called The Bakery, in Perth, North bridge. Job involves running events, opening and closing the venue etc, so it will be good if Mel can get a job there too and we can work together, and get into entertainments stuff, and its only for a few months and hopefully the money will be really good!!! :D very happy about that! but obviously applying all over the place as well for general jobs.

OK i think thats it for now!!!

Speak soon!! love and miss you all!!...

Oh and we are now going to Canada from April 2013 - april 2014!!!!

xxxxxxx

6 weeks of Broome down/to go!

Work is going well, plodding along, same old now really. Getting to know everyone from work now so beginning to feel a lot more at home in Broome now. There is a new GM that has just started though so he is changing a lot of things around so everyone is worried their hours are going to get cut and work will become a lot less kushti!!! Hopefully not, cos im just starting to really like it.

Loving our new hostel; moved a few days ago into a cheaper place, which is cleaner, nearer to work and so much more chilled! Love it, and we have a TV, fridge and shelves in our room! And can go back to the hostel at cable beach whenever we like when we fancy socialising! A lot of people have left now though, so we are hanging out with our room mates, Brian and Joal and also Mel’s work mates!

On Sunday, we (everyone from the cable beach backpackers and a few people from my work too) went to a BOAT PARTY! We all went to breakfast at Zee Bar before hand for a Champagne breakfast! Then partied on the boat until 6pm! Then saw the fireworks on the green by cable beach and then danced the night away to some live music because it was the end of the Chinese pearl festival !!!

Mel and I are trying to be good and staying in until we go, with only a few nights out here and there so we are not spending! Saved about $3000 for asia now, but need a few more grand so I can spend a few weeks in perth and have enough for flights etc! so saving hard!! Also, we plan, if we can get the visa sorted, to go to Canada on a WHV now from April2013 for a year or two!

Currently putting together a new Broome video, finishing off with the boat party photos, so should put it together, and have it finalised by next week so will upload to Youtube asap so everyone can take a look!! :D

Had a really nice day the other day, went to the Op Shop with Cara (who has now gone boo hoo) and bought a few new items, a top, some shorts and a new dress, all for $11… ! then we went for lunch at the Egyptian kebab house in town, its really cool inside, with draping rugs and fabrics on the ceilings, lanterns, and they sell baklava and Turkish tea in little metal decorated cups, like we used to have when I was growing up. They get really busy! Cute little place. Then we went to the beach, watched and took loads of photos of the sunset on cable beach, then had a home made bbq at cable beach backpackers – sean, this aussy guy, who has also moved on now made it. Tonight we went to irish murpheys, a pub that has open mic night on a Tuesday! Last night we went to half price tapas after I finished work and tomorrow we will probably chill as we plan on having a big one on Thursday which will be our one big night out this week.

Really looking forward to Perth as may be meeting up with a few familiar faces there, which will be awesome.

Keep in touch everyone, remember my aussy number is 0431026658 so feel free to text or call me anytime! xxx

Tourists!

Hey guys! Well lots has changed over the last few weeks, as usual! Stepped down from being supervisor as couldn't be bothered with the 6/7 day weeks and 11/12 hour long shifts! Don't need the money that badly for Asia and started to get really tired and cranky all the time! Since I've stepped down I'm doing 5 days a week with two days off in a row and loving it! Get to go out, explore and spend more time with mel which is much better for me :) I had an interview for a camel riding place the other week working in the retail shop then taking photos of the camels on the beach, but the  retail shop was so boring I had to walk out! Got an interview tomorrow for a manager role at free choice tabaconsists haha gonna go for it out of interest! But happy with hours and life at zoo :)

 Just put my laptop in for repair (covered by apple, after an hour long rant at them on the phone going from manager to manager!) cos it kept making a weird beeping sound! And yesterday I sent off my passport application (300 dollars ouch!!!!!) so I can get my passport sorted once and for all; thank you to Adam, his mum vic and mum for helping out with sending all ye details! And of course mel for helping me fill out the forms and keep a cool head! :) love you all! And can't wait to go and visit Adam and his family in Perth freemantle in a few months!

Sight seeing wise, we went on a boat party aboard the karma last Sunday which was great fun! :) just drinking and dancing all day long with a dj in board then onto a pub for live music and more dancing! Mel and I met these two young girls who were shy but we got them up to dance! Haha. Cute. But happy to let them go back to mummy when they started crying and eating burgers. I went to see dark knight on Friday night with a girl from the hostel at the outdoor cinema :) was so cool cos bats flee across the screen while we were watching it haha and we could see the moon- was lovely! Then been chilling going to the beach, and taking loads of photos so I can make another video, made loads but haven't uploaded them as it takes ages to process and upload but hopefully will get to do it soon. Yesterday I took a walk along the old missionary park and last night we went to Matsos brewery where they make mango, lychee, ginger and all sorts of flavoured beer !!! We had a beer and a curry (three types!) and talked about travelling with another friend called Amanda who we live with at the hostel :) then went to open mic at murpheys where our friends nic an Matt got up and played hakuna mattata form the lion king haha they had balls! So yeah been up to a lot recently, going to go the ganthiam point tomorrow morning to watch the sunrise with mel and zee bar tonight for 9 dollar cocktails then oasis tomorrow for the wet t shirt competition !!! Enjoying lying on the beach currently, high lighting places we want to go in south east Asia in a lonely planet we found!

Broome is getting stupidly humid and hot.  And wetseason hasnt really begun yet, october will be interesting.... Mel is happy, working harder than me to save as she has to go home but keeping our eyes on the prize :)

Loving life and everyone, missing marketing lot but looking forward to seeing you in January and anyone looking to book a holiday in a few years we will be in brazil for world cup 2014 so think about that...!!! :) 

Love you all loads xxxxxx 

WAorking

Things have been going well over the last few days... Went into work yesterday and spoke to the owner about booking a day off... And he said he needed to speak to me ... Here we go again, I thought. Fired !!! Haha, nope, the opposite. I got promoted to Supervisor! Which means the same amount of (40-45) hours when the season dies down as well as more money, effective immediately! So that's good. Learnt the cash up last night. Should be doing a mixture of shifts as I think I am now on the floor more than the bar, but it's ok. So, I'm happy I can make more money.

Had an amazing day off on Sunday... Went on an all day boat party called the Karma 1V (what happened to the last three boats?... would rather not know) So we went around the bay a little, drank loads of beer and swam in the seas. Photos are on Facebook :) it was such a fun day, Mel couldn't come because she was working but hopefully she will get a Sunday off soon so she can go!! So much fun though, and then we went to Divers (a bar) afterwards to see the Cable Beach Beauty contest... and one of the girls from the hostel applied and got on stage! Just for the $50 bar tab haha.

Today is my day off so we are going to a crocodile park!!! Apparently we can play with all of the baby crocodiles! Should be a pretty epic day! Updates to come. Hoping to go out for a few drinks tonight as well! May need a few after playing with crocs all day! 

Update soon! xx

Broome

Been in Broome a week now and really liking it so far. Uploading loads of photos on Facebook so if you haven't got a profile, it would be worth creating one to look at all of them, as it takes ages to look at all the one's on the blog!!! But will try uploading a few :)

Got the sob at Zeebar - bar in the evening and waitress in the mornings, doing a few split shifts, have my first proper shift tomorrow, and going to go through all the payment details etc tomorrow hopefully so I can start getting paid!!! Mel has a trial tonight at a bar called Divers so keeping fingers crossed for her to get the job then we can start saving properly and seeing some of Broome at the same time.

Other than that we are trying to eat healthily, loads of salads and chicken and veg with all of our spices of course. Been out a few times, went to an amazing outside bar with palm trees and a dance floor, played good music, had a ping pong table and stuff. It's called Oasis Bar, really good, hoping that Mel and i aren't working until late on thursday nights so we can go every week. we don't want to go out much but would be nice to go out once a week or so!! As well as save of course. We went to see the sunset the other night which was beautiful and had a walk around China Town, eating some lovely food which was a nice change to chicken schnitzel and gravy from Renner Springs!! Blah!

Will from Renner Springs is arriving in just over a week so will be good to see him, apart from that nothing much has changed, just job hunting and lying on the beach and getting to know the people in the hostel who are really nice :) going to try emailing around a few places tonight to see if they need any marketing / design work done to bring in some extra cash!!!

That's it for now, keeping fingers crossed mel does alright on the bar :)

p.s. just found this that Dan and Will wrote on my laptop when we were all drunk on our last night... ahh!! :)

DAN AND WILL SIDE COLUMN

This place is so very backwards in the way it is run – There are literally tens of examples as to why this hell-hole could (should) fall apart. I (Dan) plan to shit on EVERYTHING I can during my stay here. I (Will) plan to produce extra fibre for the ‘homemade’ bread; for those who ask if we make a wholemeal, brown-coloured batch, yes, we definitely provide…

We also will dearly miss the amazing presence of Mel & Tash – no idea how they could desert us, but it’s a fair-game situation – and I’m hoping we’ll meet up in far better circumstances. BITCHES

Moving on

Haven't been online much to be able to post but... Left renner springs they gave me the sack - absolute idiots they are actually the worst managers in the world. Long storu but they said i was high maintenance? Lol. Aka i stood up for myself when they asked me to do random jobs like project manage a fuel tank installation project.. In between feeding the goats and going through rubbish bins looking for cans and bottles. Lol. Had a paniccy few days organising visa sign off and transport out of renner and money rent etc. Glad to get out of there but in need of a job and money!!! Got on a greyhound to go Broome in WA -random decision -after we google imaged it for about 5 mins due to slow Internet - but a good decision it turns out. Nice location, cool hostel with nice people, hammocks, near beach, people staying long term too :) just need a job - got a trial tonight at zoo cafe / zee bar- nice restaurant- hope all goes well but think they are very picky. Planning on staying here until november then Perth til end of nov then Asia tour dec-feb/march 2013. Then maybe Canada for a year. Do some tourist spots in Canada and then a Ski season in van couver til next April 2014 then south America, hopefully get to brazil in time for the world cup!!! But first things first, need a job! Seems to be a few around so just waiting to hear back from a few. If not we will relocate to perth in a few weeks. Will from renner springs finishes there in a few weeks and is coming to Broome to hang with us for a bit and experience  society! Dan and Amy are sticking it out for money and visa. Mel and I have our visa signed so all is good there ... Gonna use it in a few years though when we wanna settle in Sydney for a bit. Currently sat on Broome beach, last night we saw sun set - was beautiful - and we want to do sun set Camel riding on the beach once we have saved a bit. Looks amazing. Money always an issue. We went to murphays Irish pub for an open mic night last night and depending how my trial goes tonight we may go divers tavern tonight for live music then get up early tomorrow to continue the job search! Only a quick update no Internet in hostel and limited signal on phone! Love to all update soon, hopefully with good news!! Xxx