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

Photos and Video

Here is a few photos... Don't have fast internet to upload many more... But check out the Moo Gourmet Burgers video I filmed, starring Mel and Adam...  It's on the site below...

http://article.wn.com/view/2012/06/23/Restaurant_review_Hartsyard_r/

If you search moo gourmet burgers or natasha shadman it should come up with a video link to watch! either that our watch the bad quality version below on YouTube. Turn the sound on!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSbg2nhdkqU

Funny Springs

We have had a few fun nights recently… Even though I have earned less money this week I’ve had a much better time, which is good for my morale!

Last night was hilarious; we met the ‘EDI’ boys, aka the contractors, who have been here for a week for work, in the bar after work, because it was their last night. So, we had quite a few beers. They were such a funny lot. Brad, who is a quarter-thai, quarter-afghan, quarter-aboriginal, quarter-he-was-slurring, massively came onto me. He stumbled over and said ‘I think you’re HOT! I would walk over broken glass, drink molten lava, give a guy a blow job… just to f%&*k you’… Then I said to him ‘Sounds like you’re trying to come on to your mate…’

He kept on coming over and asking if the line ‘worked’. I kept laughing it off. So funny. Another guy called Mike, drank two bottles of red wine, called ‘Hope’. He kept saying… ‘I tell my mate, I’ve got no Hope, so he brings me a bottle of wine’. Haha. While we were taking photos, he was hugging Mel and telling Will to hurry up and take the photo before ‘I rape the girl’. Brilliant night, a welcome change.

Today, is mel and I’s day off together, so we had our weekly Canadian breakfast (bacon, scrambled egg, toast and maple syrup) and then headed to the pool to sun bathe all day and listen to tunes, chill and talk about love, marriage, children, friends, family, travelling and anything that isn’t to do with work or the horrible people we are forced to deal with every day. But today was a little different… We were chilling out in our bikinis, when this guy, Luke, approached us with a camera and a tripod. Never good… He was filming a ’30 pubs in 30 days’ around Australia, his friend and him were on a 30 day tour and Renner Springs was number 11… He managed to persuade us to feature in it, ‘chilling and telling each other jokes, or shokes… Didn’t take much persuading, seeing as it’s supposed to be featured on Fox TV, if the TV programme buys it! So watch out for the show ’30 pubs in 30 days’. But I doubt we will make the final cut. Our jokes weren’t great and we’re not exactly the visual candy I can imagine they were looking for.

On our evenings off, we always chill, shower, sing a lot of Beyonce, and then ‘get ready’ (put make up and actually brush our hair!) which turns a few heads as we usually walk around in our leggings and t-shirts, with hair scraped back and no make up on. Apparently Luke and the producer are in the pub tonight so we are going to get details of exactly why, how and most importantly when we should expect to be famous and have flocks of fans arrive at our doors with rose garlands and t shirts to sign. I’ll have to practise a cool new autograph.

Update you soon,

Tash xxx

P.S. Today is Sunday!!!! Last night was very interesting... Our 'evening out', hah, Mel didn't enjoy her Pork Chops and they ran our of sauce for the Sticky Date Pudding :( and Carla annoyed us because she made a staff meal, and labeled mine and mel's in the fridge, but no one else's was labeled... We opened it up and she had given us a tiny portion with only a few meatballs instead of 4 like everyone else's. We were on the hunt for caramel sauce at the time, so we stumbled across it, but she is so rude. Yesterday morning she slammed our breakfast's down on the table and walked off! SHARLA! We met the producer, he took a few shots of us 'cheers-ing' and laughing and looking like we are having a good time! He said to add us on Facebook to see the photos from their trip so far, so it should be quite good! He said he doesn't want to cut it out and it's going to be a tourist video / series! :) fame is coming our way!

Anyway, aside from that, Mel and I found out that Alan had been trying to get hold of me. (He was away in Tennant Creek with Christine) Apparently I am working with Heath; the Maintenance guy now....!!!! So says the Roster... And he mumbled something about the job being more flexible so I can do my Marketing stuff around it... I think he was drunk on the phone. He said he emailed me with the details but I can't see an email. Gonna chat with Alan when he gets back.

So I start my new job in about half an hour!... Wish me luck! I'm cleaning the pool I think and then the bathrooms!

My professions have moved from Designer - Entertainment Manager - Waitress - Chef - Maintenance Man in the last few months! Haha!

xxxx

Anything is possible

Had a word with the owner of the business a few days ago, about the bully Laurel, saying that she can't speak to people like s$%*t all the time. Ever since, she has not really spoken or had a go at me, and she is leaving in two weeks, which is great! Two new UK guys are nice, but are hating it as much as Mel and I did when we arrived. We keep telling them it will get better! There is a light at the end of the tunnel!...

But it turns out that the UK guy who is doing the kitchen was actually brought here to replace me... As in, when Mel and I moved rooms, they thought we had got up and left in the middle of the night!!!! So, he was running around the next day, calling up wanna-be chefs and house keepers to find replacements, and we were actually just in the room next door and he hadn't asked anyone where we were. He actually ran after the Greyhound bus shouting and screaming at it. He was very embarrassed admitting this to me, and said it was in the top ten of stupid things he has ever done.

So, I had a meeting with the owner, Alan, about the issue a few days ago, asking what was going on. What was going to happen to me/Dan? Who was going to get the job? He said, that he was unsure as he thought I was good, but the kitchen isn't run and cleaned to a commercial standard, because I have no idea what I am doing and have guessed my way through so far, so he wants to see how Dan, the UK trainee chef goes. Apparently there is another guy, who has been unemployed for 11 years (working as a priest!..? he has his own website :-/... well weird!)... who arrives tomorrow who he also contacted and has just told Alan he is on his way (sold his house etc) and is coming to Renner to start work. Awkward. So he has three people for one job. My job.

So yesterday I had a long think about it and decided to set up a meeting with Alan to talk about my options. I had a hard think and decided to take a risk... hand in my notice and take myself out of the running to become 'the chef', as I didn't want to end up with no job. I decided to create a new job at Renner Springs for them to consider me for. Promotions, Organisation and Marketing Assistant; I explained that everyone felt the place wasn't organised and ran to the best of its ability, no one feels valued or listened to, everyone feels over worked, there was no people management and that the place wasn't promoted at all... Alan considered, and I followed it up with an email detailing all of my ideas in how I would turn the place around. They are now seriously considering it. So, I may have just created a kushti job for myself. Or potentially have given my job in the kitchen. Of course, there are other jobs available, and I could get back in to the 'running' if I want, but I don't fancy it to be honest, although I do enjoy my shift, apart from the cleaning... Lol. I have two days off (today and tomorrow), so enough time for the owners to consider me doing a bit of housekeeping and promotion work on the side... Hoping they decide I am good enough. They have already talked to me after I sent the email, saying my ideas were professional, creative and they were very impressed, so I'll keep you posted... Fingers crossed...

Lots of love to all
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Shupdate

G'day

Mel and I have a (not so new) 'thing' that when anything is shit, we put 'sh' in front of the word. AKA. Renner Springs becomes Shenner Springs and this update becomes a shupdate.

Anyway Mel and I have settled into our new roles a bit now. We have had a very emotional roller coaster few weeks. There are a few ladies here who have taken a disliking to us (and everyone young really) and make all sorts of snide comments, and are rude, sarcastic and moan at us all of the time. We try to laugh about it when we are together, but when we are on our own, obviously it's hard to brush it off.

BUT, there is a bit of a silver lining; one of the bitchy ladies is leaving (through August) and two new cool, nice, English people have arrived. They are a couple! But seem really nice and like me and Mel! Hurrah! More young, english people to join the team!!! :D

So, things are looking up! (hopefully)... So happy to have Mel here! adam has now found a job flower picking and packing so he has his regional work sorted now! (yay!) and we are looking forward to our day off (Sunday each week) and silly things like TV programmes and a beer after work seems to keep us going!.... And when the internet actually works!...

Just a quick update; internet is way too slow to upload photos unfortunately, but if it picks up, will upload a few of renner springs, but until then you can take a look at their website to get an idea of what i cook and where we are!!!!

Lots of love and hugs

xxx