Cairns

Hiiiii
Once again i know it has been a while!!!
Accidentally posted in the wrong blog but here i am now
Been spending the last month enjoying Manly, been to the zoo, went to sydney vivid light festival, lots of nights out, did a trip to palm beach, loads of shopping, eating etc.

booked our flights cairns in order to find regional work. we need to do three months farm/cultivation work in a regional part of aus in order to stay another year. i have until nov to get my three months signed off, so pressure is on.
So handed my notice into moo and said goodbye to manly on sunday, very sad, and really missing the lifestyle over there. everyone was so nice, the bars and restaurants were beautiful, loads of locals, a real homely feel. but.... we are now in cairns. been here for two nights, and its like maguluf! loads of travel agents, hostels, cafes, internet shops and cheap (but greasy) places to eat and drink. we are staying in global central backpackers with two girl we met in manly, french canadian girls called alex and claudelle. they have been here a while to save money, cos its cheaper and work before they carry on travelling and go back to canada at the end of the year. they are younger and start uni next year.

its a lot cheaper up here tho and a lot of backpackers!!!!! havent met many people as we havent been out yet. very conscious of money as we are quite low at the moment and our money is going fast as we are now paying for accomodation (werent in many because we were entertainment managers) and we aren't earning!!!
plus we have been focusing on trying to get up early, go online on gumtree, and find a job!! within 2 minutes of a job post, the job has 100's of visits so it is very competitive.... keeping our fingers crossed something will turn up. had a few potentials and possible work available up in darwin, but that is a very expensive flight away.... $500 :-/ which we cant afford.
i do have sponsorship from moo, so i can stay but i want to do my farm work, so mel doesnt have to do it on her own, and so i can travel a bit around aus/asia before i start working full time in a ''proper job''. hoping to go back and settle in sydney, manly.
we have a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel this morning we called two ladies who need two farm girls, $19/hour, 8 hours a day, 7 days a week, on the farm, pickign crops and eventually watermelons.
very hard work, we have an interview tomorrow with the lady. it is only an hour from cairns, where we are, so we are keeping our fingers majorly crossed for that one!!!!!! we have hired a car just now for $60 (30 each) for tonight until thur morning so we can go to the interview tomorrow morning (11am) and if we get the job then we will return back to cairns, drop the car off, have one big last piss up and then we are going to hire a live in van for 3 months. then we will live on a campsite for 3 months and drive to the farm (takes 30mins).... the van is the best option so we are excited to rent out a van and live there for 3 months haha literally with nothing around us it will be a real different reality check i think!

mel and i are getting on really well, a bit stressed due to no work and money, but we have some potentials, bankign on this job tomorrow!!!! we are enjoying the sunt hough, its been cold and rainy in manly for so long and cairns is beautiful hot and sunny!!!!! yayyyyy
if we are successful in this job we start friday!! crazy, things change so quickly. goig to go out for a drive tonight in our little wagon!!! haha. have a bit of fun then get to bed early for our drive to marreeba tomorrow!!!

keep your fingers crossed for us!!!
keep you updated
tash xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx