Sunday, June 26, 2011

So a big update I guess, lots has been happening. So I was in Noosa the last time I posted looking for work. Well we found work on an Island in the Whit sundays. Its called Koala Adventure Resort. So we had a week to get there. So Fill and myself went and did a 3 day Fraser Island tour which left the day we found out about the jobs. So really last minute in the moment type of thing. Cecilia went down to Surfers Paradise to meet up with a friend for the weekend. So the 2 of us had a mazing trip and saw so many beautiful things. Ship wrecks, whales, silica sand, Lake Mackenzie (google), Dingos (they look like little dogs but apparently they are vicious, so I didn't go cuddle witht them), we ate pippies which we found on the beach, had campfires and ate tons of marshmellows... And some other stuff. Beautiful place but super cold at night. Lucky I had Filippa bear hugging me all night! After fraser we headed up to 1770 for a night to meet up with our friend Natalie from surf camp and Cecilia. Had tons of fun there. Nats a firecracker and had bought ships and dip and every thing for Cecilias birthday, which was the next day. So we partied with her the first night then the next night we took the night bus to Airlie beach (the mainland from where our work is). That night we celebrated Cecilias birthday with real (yes this is really rare..) red wine, dark chocolate, bubbles (the ones kids play with) and presents. Now the best part was dinner. We made the mosta amazing dinner a backpacker has ever eaten. Im sire everyone was looking at us eat and thinking of ways to steal our food, while drooling. So we made some really good chicken breasts with amazing greek salas and taziki and baguette and sundried tomatoes! Oh man it was so so soooo yummy!! Im drooling just thinking about it! Now the monster in my belly is hungry. But anyways... So we took a ferry to the Island (South Molle Island) that were working on. The resort is called Koala Adventure Island (no there are no Koalas on the island, incae you were wondering). And man is it beautiful. we kept getting closer and closer I was thinking, "holy monky titties" this place is beautiful, how did i manage to get a job here!! Google the place and you will see what I mean. BLUE blue water, fishies, turtles, palm trees, sun, Mountains to hike, Corals to snorkle. Just amazing. So Yesterday they let us go on the sail boat to go to Whit Heaven beach (google it) and snorkeling with the clients. It was great we saw a whale!! So cool. aparently others saw a sea cow but I missed it. Great trip. So fun sailing. "Im on a boat and its going fast anddddd.." So for work.. They have placed me in the bar! SICK AS! My dream come true! But I may be moved to another position so ill let you know. Im off to eat. YUM. Byt eh way there is no internet and barely any reception, so no I have not disappeared off the planet, abducted by aliens, just on a island. And will update you as soon as I can. Stay Sweet! LOVE

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Yesterday we started our morning off brigth and early with a yoga class. Mom you would be proud!! Its been a while since I've done it but it felt great afterwards. It was a pretty tough class. Afterwards I watched round 6 for hockey. It was great because the swedish guy working at the hostil wanted to watch it (because of the Sedins) aswell to we streamed it. I only watched the first two periods. Sucky game but nice to finally see some hockey!! Im gonig to try and find a pub to watch the game tomorow in. We also went and lay on the beach, which is the first time in like ever!! Got some sun and relaxed. Today I was calling around looking for jobs and I think we found one for the 3 of us on Fraser Island at a resort. Still waiting to hear back from the lady but sounded pretty promising! Now I'm all anxious. Ill keep you guys informed. Love you all!!

Monday, June 13, 2011

So our visit in Mooloolaba was great. We pretty much had free guided tours by Hunter and his friend Kate. We stayed in there university accomodation. Squishy but it was free. The 3 of us kind of took over. The first night we were there we had a BBQ and played some pool. Girls Vs Guys. Surprisingly the girls won both games. Though I have to admit I didnt get any of the pool balls in. I swear at one point in life I had some skill, but its gone now. Ill have to practise on that. The next day we had a BIG day at the Zoo. Spend the full day there. Hunter is an advid Zoo member so he took us all around telling us little facts about all the animals which was very nice, otehrwards we wouldnt have known anything!! That night for dinner we made Tacos and watched Hot Rod and The fighter. The 2nd day we climbed Mt. Coolum (208m I looked it up) Haha not so impressive compared to Grouse or anything, but still a pretty good hike. And it had an amazing view of all the city and the ocean. We then drove to Dikie beach and saw a ship wreck then had Thai food for dinner and really really good Gelato. So we decided to keep the activities gonig and hiked around Kondalilla national park. SUCH AND AMAZING PLACE! So beautiful. Its a rainforest and it had a huge waterfall in the middle. Took plenty of pictures. One day they will make it to facebook but I have no way of getting them there for a while. Afterwards we watched the Crocodile Hunter and How I Met Your Mother. Man do they ever pick on us Canadians in that show. So funny. People are actually asking me if all the stereo types are true, and so far none are. Unless anyone else knows of some naked weather girl in canada. But personally I've never heard of her. The last day before we caught our bus we headed to the Plaza Shopping Mall, which is actually located on a river. Like the river goes through (under)  the Mall. really cool. Bought only stuff I needed... Starting to get better at that. The best part of this day was trying to fit 4 people, 3 surf boards and 3 big traveling backpacks in Kates small little car... But we did it. Tight squeeze, got some funny photos.

The ride to Noosa was short. Were staying at the Dolphin Beach House (a little hostil). The first nigth here we watched the sun set while eating our dinner on the beach. It was a nice welcoming. Were currently looking for work here. So hopefulyl something pops up. I applied at a motorcycle dealership, really missing the industry, but I havent heard back from them. The weather finally cleared up today and it was beautiful. We had been watching movies inside during the nights to get out of the rain (well it was sprinkling). Weve been gonig for runs and walks and eating really really tasty healthy food. Its a nice change. Maybe get rid of the famous spot X baby. Skyped home with my family and the Smiths yesterday which was lovely to see everyone. Then today with Kelly and the fam and Kerry Anderson and Uncle Owen. Nice to chat with everyone and get updated!! I miss everyone soo soo soo Much!! Ill keep you guys updated! Love you all!!

Sunday, June 5, 2011

So to continue for last time.. We were just in surfers Paradise. Stayed there for 4 nights. The first day we took it pretty easy. Tired from Byron. The next night we were going to see a live band playing at a casino with a bunch of teh people from the Hostil but once we got there they wouldnt accept Cecilias Id card, because it wasnt an actual drivers license. So we bused back and hung out in the hostil. The next night Cecilia and myself went out to girls night which was tons of fun. Filippa was feeling sick so she stayed in that night but wrote us a list of things we had to do. Each thing on the list got you a different amount of points. It was really fun. Met a bunch of people doing all this crazy stuff. And we also needed photo proof. So got some funny pictures. A couple days later we added up the points and I won by 5!! So happy! It was heaps of fun. Still edont know what I won though! During the days in Surfers, we walked around, I got my hair cut, we did some shopping, ate food and so forth. The last night we swaped hostils because we got broken into at the prior one. Fill and Cessi both got $150 dollars taken. So we didnt want to stay there any longer. The owner of the hostil was really nice about it though. He took us out for lunch, gave us a tour of surfers and to this really bug shopping center and we walked around there for a while then he gave us food for dinner and some cupcakes for dessert. He was really nice and it was nice to see more of the city.

We are now currently in Brisban, got here on thursday. It a great fun city. We went out the first night to like 5 different bars. There so many in such a small area. Took a ferry during the day in the river. It was about 1 and a half hours. Really beautiful and it was just before sunset which made it even more amazing. Weve went and watched The Hangover 2 on friday. When we got to the cinema, it was sold out till the later show and we had 2 and a half hours to kill so we wentr to see what we could find. We found this little market thing which reminded me of the chinese night market but way smaller. Sat by this really cool pond (later found out it was a pool) and we were going to go on the faris wheel but ti was to expensive. The movie was great. Reminds us of some of our nights. HAHA. the next day we did a bunch of tourist things. Went to a beautiful church, went for a walk back to the market area, went to the museum of modern arts, and got a coffee and walked around the botanicle gardens with one of Cissis friends from back home. Today we lounged around for a long time then finally went and walked to the river and got lunch on the board walk. Had a free roast dinner tonight at the hostil... It was pretty lame. It might have filled up a small child, so i think were going to get something a little later on.
Oh and to update you guys on my funny stories: both of these stories happened yesterday, totally not one of my brightest days, ill tell you that. So to start off: I bought superglue so that I could glue the foot pad on my surf board back on... But the other day my shoes started falling apart so I decided to glue them back together.. all went well. then I decided to try and glue Filippas necklace back together, but when I squeezed the tude of glue it went all over my right hand. So i freaked out, ran tot he bathroom and tryed getting my ring off.. It took a while but it finally came off. i was running my hands under water, with soap. Such a a scary situation. There was glue all over my hands though. Its almost all off today. So you would think the night wouldnt get any worse... right?
So funny story number 2. I went in MY bed around 1am last night and fell asleep. And was woken up at 5 am by the girl from the bed beside me poking me saying I was in her bed... And sure enough when I finally came to it I was. I have no clue how I got there but ti was so funny. Like I must have slept wealked. Luckily she thought it was funny aswell. But still I was so confused at the situation.

So I'm off to Mooloolaba in the sunshine coast tomorow. Gonna be visiting my friend Hunter who I met at the surf camp. Should be fun. Were also going to be meeting up with Izzy, a girl we worked with at the surf cmap. Can't wait to go surfing again. Love you lots. Pictures soon to come on Facebook I believe.