Day 148

I got on the bus to Agnes water at around 12:00am. I hate over night buses. Can never sleep. Also nothing to look at, just darkness. 10 hours later and i was back in Agnes water. I had missed it. Arrived back at my hostel. The owner, my old boss, was happy to see me and said i could stay for free. He gave me my old job back and said i could have a few days off. Gonna be staying here for 2 weeks roughly. All the old people who worked at the hostel has left. I don't like the new people. It used to be a relaxing hostel, now its really loud. Went to sleep as i hadn't gotten any on the bus. Slept nearly all day...

Day 147

Brown Snake


Highly Venomous
 
Bites from this species have caused human fatalities. In fact the Eastern Brown Snake accounts for more fatalities than any other Australian Snake. A nervous, ready biter it will defend itself if threatened. Maintains a strong defensive "S" shaped posture. The second most toxic land snake in the world and the most venomous in South East Queensland. Bites from this species should be treated immediately and attended to with correct first aid.

It was my luck that i found myself no less 30 cm away from this snake. I was waiting at the hostel. Watching a film outside on the lawn with the rest of the hostel. I turned my head to the plant next to me and found myself staring face to face with a Brown snake. At the time i didn't realise how dangerous it was so i just looked at it and told people there was a snake next to me. The owner freaked out at told me to get away from it and then knocked it out of the plant with a broom. It was about a metre long and now it was pissed off. It coiled itself and jumped for peoples feet and then slithered off into the bush. Sometime later as i was sitting back in my chair i hear a women scream behind me and turn to see the same snake on the arm of my chair. I dont know why he kept coming after me but i was annoying to say the least. Was trying to enjoy the film. Knocked it off my chair with my arm and it coiled itself again when it hit the floor. The owner gets his broom again and starts whacking it. Doesn't go away. Got to admire the snake. It didn't want to leave. Maybe it was watching the movie as well. Anyway long story short. Saw a venomous snake today...

Day 146

Booked my bus to Agnes water for tomorrow. Will be nice to go back. Bus isn't till 11:45pm so have to wait the whole day. Today just went around the shops and chilled. Rained allot today. Not as much as usual. The rainy season must be nearly over.

Was considering buying a didgeridoo as a souvenir. They are bloody expensive. Cheapest ones are like $200 and a good one cost twice that. Went to a shop to check them out and they had free lessons. I'm not very good. Haven't got the lung capacity to make a beat. Can barely hold a tune. Still want one. Strictly ornamental. The shop had a great deal. Buy a didgeridoo and they will give you free air mail to wherever you want. Too bad i cant be throwing around money at the moment. Will buy one when i get back to Sydney...

Day 145

Spent most of the day in bed or using my free internet. Always happy when i have internet. I havent changed much in the past 5 months. Still glued to my laptop whenever i get the chance. Went out in the evening and played goon pong and kings cup, two drinking games i have become very accostomed to. We actually didnt have any ping pong balls so we fashioned a ball out of a mushroom and a plastic bag. Classy. Kings Cup is my favourite game. Especially as the rules change for everyone. My friend always has to drink the kings cup in the end. He gets pretty drunk and then picks fights with bouncers. Not the best. Especially as i have to take care of him and then apologize to the bouncers...

Day 144

Headed to Airlie Beach in the evening. Couldn't get to Agnes Water. The whole town is cut off from the rest of Australia by flood waters. That's gonna be a problem. Even if i do get to it there is a chance i could get stranded. Don't want that. Staying here tonight and tomorrow. See if the floods have subsided by then. Its annoying the one place i want to go is off limits. On the plus side Ive run into 2 people i met in Cairns. Gonna meet up with them tomorrow. Also can actually have a lie in tomorrow as i don't have to be on a coach or check out early. First time in a week, maybe longer. Happy days...

Day 143

So come sunrise i think i had managed an hour shut eye. I didn't feel good. The coach arrived and we set off. 5 hours later we had to turn back due to flooding. 5 hours return and then i was back where i started. Still hadn't managed to sleep. In the past 48 hours i have managed to sleep 1 hour. I have bags under my eyes which is actually warping the skin on my forehead. The worst part is I'm staying up to blog about how tired i am. Do you see the irony? Well at least i think that's irony. I was never too good with the whole irony stuff. Booked a small hostel for the night. I have decided to take the flooding as a sign and not go to Alice springs. Its too far and too expensive for what it is. A big red rock. Granted it is the most famous big red rock but as you are not allowed to climb it, i think spending $400 getting to it and the even more flying back, its somehow not worth it. Instead I'm gonna spend my last month in my favourite spot in Australia, Agnes water. Gonna work for 3 weeks. Save some money then fly to Hong Kong for a little under a week and then head back to beautiful London...

Day 142

Had to wait for my bus in the evening. Spent all day with my other Canadian friend who I'm sure is the biggest slut on the east coast. No, that's cruel. She is pretty promiscuous tho. And if she is reading this I'm just joking. Laugh out loud. But seriously. She then made me go shopping with her for friendship bracelets so "i wouldn't forget her" which is still the most boring and ever so slightly gay thing Ive done in Australia. Which includes being chatted up by a gay guy in a bar. Which still disturbs me even now. Mainly because I was way out of his league.

My bus journey was about 5 hours long and then to top it all off i had to wait for my next bus for 7 hours, in the middle of the night, by myself, outside, on a hard bench i couldn't even sleep on, by myself. I know i said by myself twice but i was literally by myself. I didn't see another human for 6 hours. Felt like a zombie apocalypse. When i bored i like to plan my escape routes and survival tactics in case a zombie apocalypse did occur at that very moment. I think i went a little bit insane. Found a deserted  trolley and spent an hour just skating around on it. Then when i got really tired i just sat there and looked out into space. Not the greatest part of my trip...

Day 141

Was supposed to leave today but i got a call saying the bus wasn't leaving. Flood waters have been closing off lots of roads recently. Just great. On the plus side the sun came out today. Bad thing is, its now too hot. Like I feel nauseated its so hot. Didn't pay for another night in the hostel. Screw that. Just asked my mates if i could crash in there room. Such a rebel!

Day 140

Recovery day. Did nothing. Nada. Watched films. That's it...

Day 139

Great Barrier Reef, or should i call you Barrier Reef. Yeah it wasn't so great. Rained the whole day. Everyone got sea sick and was throwing up over the side of the boat. The snorkeling was shit. We had to stay in a group. I prefer to go off by myself and explore. In a group you hardly see anything as your too busy trying to avoid other people as they seem to always be in your way. One girl didn't know how to swim, which isn't even necessary when snorkeling. Your body float on the surface even if you don't move, like playing dead. Plus we were wearing life vests to keep us buoyant so why she also needed a Life ring and then had to be dragged about behind the instructor is beyond me. She was just floating about like a giant orange turd. I'll be it far more annoying. She wasn't disabled or anything. I think she was just lazy.

Visibility was shit in the water. Saw a turtle which i have seen before so no big whoop. Also held a sea cucumber which did actually look like a giant sea turd. Felt like holding a really big slug. FUN! Then the diving started and once again i couldn't do it. I don't like diving. Its just not me. Its not natural. Its the water pressure and the fact I'm trusting my life to a guy with a ponytail. You know what they say about a guy with a ponytail? lift up a ponytail, find an arseholes. I live by these words. Anyway didn't dive. We then went to an island, which at the time i was almost certain was located in Australia. I mean we hadn't travelled that far on boat. The whole island was swarming with Asian people. It was like a resort exclusively for Asians. Seriously you should have seen the place. I think i know where all the missing asian people, whos bodies where never recovered after the tsunami a few years back, are located. They just got swept up there and decided to stay. Anyway, in total a very bad day. Very upsetting. But my Whitsunday tour was amazing. So take the good with the bad...

Day 133 to 138

Haven't updated recently as nothing much has been happening. Literally been raining non stop for the past 5 days. Been hanging out with friends in the hostel. Watching films and running to the shops in the pouring rain. Not complaining. Been a good laugh. Made some really good friends. One of my closest friends in Cairns left yesterday. St Patrick's day was great. Went out on a party bus and went to all these clubs. Had themed tattoos stuck on all over my face and neck. Still haven't come off properly. Good night. Tonight they had a wet t-shirt contest at the hostel. As i had assumed the girl with the least self respect won. Stripping down to everything but her underwear. Not complaining but give the other girls a chance. She was American so that would explain the lack of dignity. Tomorrow have diving in the great barrier reef. Will be leaving for Alice Springs Wednesday. Sad to leave the East coast. Excited to see somewhere new however...

132

Not sure if i should extend my stay in Australia any longer. I was only gonna stay longer if i found a job and that's not looking to good. Going to head to Alice springs next. Getting bored of the coast. Its too commercial. Might have a better chance of finding work in a less crowded area. Alice springs is fairly secluded i believe. Being in the heart of Australia. Making a few stops on the way there. Should be there pretty soon. Its a shame i already booked in for 5 more nights in Cairns. Ah well i can keep on with my job hunt...

Day 131

Rainy day. Didn't do much. Job hunted for the better half of my morning. Went for a walk around town. Pretty boring around town actually. Have some Swedish roommates who are too loud and annoying. They just talk really loud in a language that can only be described as retarded. Cant do anything as it s raining so am confined to the hostel or any indoor areas. Not good...

Day 130

Bungee jumped today. Scariest thing ive ever done. Your basically fighting every human survival instinct ever. Do not try and kill yourself. Do not go up higher than you need to. Do not jump off things higher than your head. Do not do all of the above backwards. Obviously im making these up, apart from the do not try and kill yourself thing.

The first time i jumped i wasn't scared. I got tied in. Waddled over to the platform. Looked over (my stomach dropped a little. 50 metres is very high) Then 5,4,3,2,1 i jumped off. Now i had decided not to think and just do. This is what i did. However, after you jump you think, and then you panic, and then you are overwhelmed by sheer unadulterated fear. I had never felt so afraid in my life. For those 3 seconds your in free fall you don't feel the rope on your legs. You don't see the rope. Your too busy watching the water come up to greet you with a big smile which says 'your mine now bitch'. For those 3 seconds i thought i was gonna die. Then the rope tugs and you slow down. Your hand scrapes the top of the water 'not today bitch' and after your stomach catches up with the rest of your body, you are overpowered by this sense of euphoria. Like you survived to live another day. Obviously this feeling is over in a second. You realise you were never in real danger. All that's left to do, is do it again, to get that same adrenaline rush. So that's what i did. I did it again. Backwards.

Second time was much harder. I had to wait for countless victims to chuck them selves off the platform. Then it was my go. I had wanted to do a roof jump. They tie you in to a harness instead so your legs a free. That way you can run and jump of the edge. Sounded much more fun. Its cost double so i didn't bother. My mate talked me into doing it backwards. I wasn't too thrilled but we both decided to do it. I was first. Now if its hard to go to the edge, look down and then leap off its even harder to go to the edge, turn around, lean back with the guy holding onto you and then watch his hands let go. I wasn't ready, the guy holding me knew i wasn't ready, the people in the Que knew i wasn't ready. In that 0.5 seconds after he let me go i think i shouted every curse word i had in my vocabulary and some words i just made up. All of them aimed at the man who had just let me die. I watched the platform rush away from me and again i felt like i was going to die. And like last time, the sudden rush of adrenaline swept over me and i was once again safe and sound being man handled into a boat. Easily the scariest thing Ive done, ever! that includes skydiving which is a peace of cake in comparison. Next stop is the 233metre bungee in Macau. Nearly 5 times what i just did...

Day 129

Didn't do much today. Went out in the evening with the guys from my room. Good night even though i wasn't drinking. Have a bungee jump in the morning so decided its best not to. We have a huge club downstairs. Its always popular and  you can feel the bass in my room, 2 floors up. Instead of going to this club we went to a small pub. It was actually better. We arrived and they had a band playing and one drunk aboriginal women was dancing in the middle of the dance floor. Its sounds shit but it wasn't. Had a really good time. Played pool with the pubs local champ. Lost. Got a few helpful tips however.

Aboriginal people are really nice. Had a few bad encounters, for example a drunk aboriginal couple asked me to buy them beer in the street the other day. Well i thought that's what they wanted, i could hardly understand what they were saying. They were trying to talk whilst holding back the need to vomit. So was I. Also another drunk aborigine asked for directions. Had no idea what he was saying either. Regardless if these are the first aborigines you meet then your opinion on them isn't gonna be the best. Any who, it turns out that when Aborigines are not drunk, which is not that often (i forgive them tho, It was only in the 70's that the government took away peoples license to hunt them. If they need a drink, let them) They are actually really friendly people. I still find it hard to understand them, but its easier when they're not drunk...

Day 128 - Skydive

Skydived today. Got up early and headed over to the pickup spot. Went over the safety and such and made us fill out forms. They had the option of videoing the fall and it was $149! i thought that id never skydive again so id get the overly priced video. The guy interviewed me with the camera. Dont know why. I wasnt in free fall so get the camera out of my face. Guy thought he was a fucking director. Got to the plane and took off. Wasnt nervous at all. Just excited. At 10'000ft 2 people jumped out. The reality of it hit me then. There would be no touchdown sequence and people hurrying to get there luggage from the over head compartments like im so very used to. I would be leaving mid air at 14'000ft. Eventually it was my go. It all went so fast i had no time to be nervous or scared. I just got to the edge and then over. Most incredible feeling ever. Nothing else compares. Its hard to describe. Even though your falling at 200kmh you feel like time is slowing. I almost forgot about the parachute. If i had been in charge i would have just casually plumeted towards the earth and splat. All over in about a minute. Definitley worth it. Although ive had a fucking headache all day now.

Day 127

Cairns is nice. Nothing special. Hostel I'm in is good. Roommates are cool. Went out to a job agency to find work. It was pretty useless. Just told us to give our name and number and we would get back to you. Thanks for nothing.

bought a new phone. I have a new number so if you need me call me on 0450353358. only cost me $20 and it a flip phone. I like flip phones. There a lot cooler than normal non flip phones. What i don't understand is why all phones don't come with snake. I loved snake. It was so simple. Now they try too hard and bring out these games with colour and better graphics which suck. Stick with the classics phone people!

Went out for a drink with 3 guys from my room. Ended up in this tiny pub participating in a  pool tournament. Still had a good time. Went back to the hostel as i had to be up early. Sky diving in the morning...

Day 126

Left for Tully in the morning. Didn't arrive till 3:00pm. 8 hours! Watched rush hour. Its still a funny film. Also watched Sherlock Holmes. The town of Tully was a hicktown if id ever seen one. Not that its bad, just full of strange people. Headed to the hostel and they had no places. She said if id arrived earlier i would have got a place. I wanted to slap her with her computer monitor. I didn't need to know that. Booked the next bus to Cairns. Waited 2 hours in that tiny boring town and then was on my way to Cairns...

Day 125

Last day in Airlie beach. Decided to download a few films for the road and then headed out to buy some stuff in. I'm going to a farming town called Tully. Its tiny but its famous for banana picking. As my phone is still not working (Ive lost my charger) i couldn't call ahead, so i decided to show up and hope for the best. My bus is at 7:00am. Got a new book, some shirts on sale. I don't like my new shirts. They have designs on them. Id much rather of got a plain shirt but they are more expensive somehow. I also bought new headphones. I'm always listening to music and i just lost the rubber thingy for my headphones so now i only have one ear piece. Bought some over ear headphones and they are amazing. I cant even listen on full volume and i like my music loud...

Day 124

Spent most of the day in bed. Have free wifi which reaches my room and a serious sunburn on the top of my legs. Must have forgot to put sunscreen on there because usually i never sunburn. Especially not this bad. Oh well. Got groceries and now i can recover from my Whitsunday tour...

Day 123

Last day of the tour. Went to the favourite spot in the Whitsundays. If you were going to see a sea turtle anywhere it would be here. I was really excited to see a sea turtle so i started snorkeling really quickly. I didn't see any. Looked for a good hour. When i got back to the beach everyone else had seen at least one. I didn't give up. looked for another 30 minutes. I was just about to give up hope when one swam right past me. It was huge. At least a meter long. It swam right under me and i followed it. It came up for air and i was so close i reached out and touched its shell. Very cool moment. Swam with it for about 5 minutes before it headed off into deeper waters. Even tho i only saw one it was still an amazing experience.

Headed back to land. Everyone went to the pub after. Had a few free beers provided by the tour company and then headed back to the hostel. Truly tired...

Day 122

Went to a popular diving and snorkeling spot. Snorkeled for an hour. The it was my groups turn to go diving. It didn't go to well. I felt really uncomfortable in the breathing mask and decided to do it. Its just I didn't want to have any problems or decided to go back when we had gone any deeper. Also when i dived down even a tiny bit my sinus would erupt in pain. A few other people back out too. I was more than happy snorkeling. Much less restricting. Snorkling in the over coral reefs are incredible. Its like floating over an alien world. Very hard to describe. Went to another coral spot later on in the day and snorkled there aswell. Just as amazing.

In the evening the chef made steak which was really good. Then we stayed up playing drinking games. Stayed up late playing 21 questions. Note to self: when playing with a scottish lad who is rough as a badgers arse and two guys from essex, dont expect them to know who Ellen Page is. We were there for a good hour. They mainly picked footballer which sucked for me...

Day 121

Arrived in Airlie beach at 7:00am. Had to be at the port at 8:00am for my trip. Not much time. Luckily got picked up from the bus straight to the hostel. Put my stuff in storage and got dropped off at the Port just as the check in was starting. Got given wetsuits as the waters contain stingers (jellyfish) sometimes boring non lethal Jellyfish. Sometimes the blue ones which will leave you in much pain for 4 hours and sometimes Box jellyfish which will leave you in much pain then death.

Got on the boat around 9:00am. Nice day. Met the crew. Got talking with some people on the boat. The crew went over safety rules etc. Then we headed to the most famous beach in Whitsunday. The beach was amazing. The sand was so white it looked like snow. Also the water was amazing. No jellyfish but had my swimsuit on anyway. Saw a huge stingray. Swam right past me. They left us there for about 5 hours so i started getting bored. Too sunny to stay on a beach that long. We got picked up in the evening and dinner was ready. Food was really good. The chef knew what he was doing. Everyone stayed up drinking and playing games. Tomorrow going diving...

Day 120

Spent the last day with a bunch of people from my hostel at there friends house, just outside of town. Great place. He had a pond you could swim in. The water did look stagnant however. A maze. I say maze it was just a bunch of plants following a maze pattern. You could easily walk through the walls if you wanted too. When i heard there was a maze i was hoping it would be like the maze from Harry Potter. He also had lawn bowling. Spent most of the day there then headed back. Said my goodbyes which were a bit harder than usual. Didnt really want to leave but im running out of time to finish all the trips ive booked. Spent all night on the overnight bus. 9 hours. Next stop Airlie Beach...

Day 119

Trained the new girl. Dint take me long. The jobs not hard. Booked my Bus ticket and sailing ticket on the computer. Have a 3 day sailing tour around the Whitsunday Islands. The last day in Agnes water i downloaded a ton of films for the road. Not leaving till 9:00pm tomorrow so still have the whole day to say my goodbyes...

Notice

Gonna be on a sailing trip for the next 3 days so will be out of signal range for a while.

Day 118

Had to clean the bosses office and house area. Didnt take me more than 3 hours. Got paid $60 so not bad for a days work. Have to train new staff tomorrow. My replacement has finally arrived. Now i can leave. Still gonna be sad to leave...

Day 117

Rain is slowly stopping. Even had some sun. Working as usual. Have an extra job tomorrow for some money, then im leaving Thursday...

Day 116

Town has been hit  by a monsoon. Actually the whole East coast is in heavy rain fall. Its ridiculous. The rain is so heavy. Decided to stay on a bit longer. Was promised a day of paid work and then I'm gonna leave. My boss is also gonna set me up with work up the coast. Best decision Ive made so far, working here...

Day 115

Still working. Was recongnised by a shop keeper today. She said that id been here for a while. I said that i had...

Day 114

Still working...

Day 113

Worked. Nothing special happened...

Day 112

Had a Mexican fiesta night at the hostel. A leaving party for a few people who worked at the hostel. I created a Mexican play list. I just started off looking for Mexican songs. After a while i gave up and looked for Spanish songs, Latin songs, songs that sounded foreign and finally just dance music. We all drew on moustaches and made tacos and burriots. Was a good night...

Day 111

Didnt do much. Went surfing at the beach. Still suck at it...

Day 110

Went to the beach with some people from the hostel. Most of the people are really nice. One guy is so bloody boring. Its not even funny how boring he is. He just talks like a textbook. He asked me if i new what a platapus looked liked. I said i did and then he went on to decribe what it looked like even tho i obviously didnt give a shit. Annoying bastard.

Went back to the beach at night with some people. Watched the star. Saw a few shooting stars. Went for a swim. I say swim. Didnt exactly go into water deep enough to swim in. The water was really weird. When you disturbed it, it would glow with little spots of bright blue lights. Very stange. Looked amazing tho. Headed back to the hostel after a while. Stepped on a frog on the way back...

Day 109

Hostel picked up today. Had 32 people arrive (which is a lot) The reception was all over the place. In the evening we learned how to Poi. Its basically fire twirling but with glowing orbs instead of burning wool. Still good fun. Looks impressive when someone is good at it. I wasn't good at it...

Day 108

Hostel has been a bit quite the past few days. Not many people coming in or out. Usually do the tour guides but lately there has been no need. Today was boring...

Day 107

All was normal until the evening whne some guys showed up and turned the kitchen into some shitty club. A few disco lights and a fog machine. Really pissed me off. Im supposed to clean the kitchen in the evenings and thats hard to do when i have to clean around cables and massive lights. Had the right mind to beat them to death with there own equipment...

Day 106

Went to the beach for my 2nd attempt at solo surfing. The waves were huge. Couldn't even get out into the water before another wave would knock me off the board or back to the beach. Cant be helped, the waves were worse than Ive ever seen. Gave up on surfing and just had a swim for an hour. Went back tot he hostel for work. I like my daily routines...

Day 105

Slept for the better half of the day. Didn't really do much. Was really lethargic...

Day 104

Another day off. Went to the beach with some people from the hostel. Turned into a hike around the coast. We were looking for friends who had gone to the beach earlier that day. Never did find them. Did find a nice secluded beach. Lazed around all day and then back to the hostel. I'm lost without work. Have too much free time. Downloaded loads of movies and TV shows to kill the time...

Day 103

Had the day off work for once. Only had one job to do today and got payed for doing extra work. Only $25 but its not like I'm paying anything for accommodation. Went to the beach at night when everyone else had finished working. Never been swimming at night but it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. The water was actually warm. Been heated up for the past 12 hours i guess. Still good fun...

Day 102

Went to another party of some other guy that live in town. I'm pretty sure he was the biggest douche in this whole town. He had this huge place on top of a huge hill. It was a nice place. It was just decorated by a douche. The main room was just a bed, TV and a guitar. Obviously he just slept all day, watched TV, and every now and then played some shitty douche tunes about how hard life is or some crap. I walked out onto his balcony. His balcony was good. It over looked the whole of 1770. Too bad it looked like Tim Burton had sneezed on it. I don't know why he had UV lights, fake cobwebs and a sculptor made out of more UV lights. I never thought a balcony could be pretentious but i was proved wrong. There was another room which was set up like a DJ room. Just an empty space with a computer in the corner pumping music. This was obviously a douche pad. The only thing is the people who invited me didn't seems to see this. Only me. One conclusion is that the people i work with are also douche bags. The guy who owned the place looked 30, he had long hair in a ponytail and looks like he hasn't worn a clean shirt since he moved out from his parents house. Didn't stay long...

Day 101

Went to a party in the evening. A house party of some guy who works in town. He had a great place over looking the ocean. Had a few drinks and played some card games. Wasn't all that great. Pretty lame party. The people in the hostel had built it up to be this big thing. Not many people came. Even fewer stayed for more than an hour. Headed back early. Wasn't really in the mood to "party" to begin with...

Day 100

Did nothing for my 100th day. Just lazed about the hostel. Did my job in the evening. Nothing major...

Day 99

Nearly been in Australia for 100 days. Time has flown by. Ive worked out that i will be heading back in 10 weeks. Doesn't seem that long. Looking forward to getting home.

Me and the other people working in the hostel made sushi in the evening. It was a feast. Chicken, beef, salmon, prawns.we had it all. Made about 6 plates full. I had the job of cutting, and cut i did. By the end of it i was a professional. The sushi was actually amazing. Only $8 a head. We didn't even eat all of it...

Day 98

Went surfing in the morning. Not very good. Kept falling off. There was also hardly any waves. Every time one did come i would miss it or catch it at the wrong time and just fall off my board. Using a smaller board as well. Its a bit harder with a small board. Less balance. Spent 2 hours at the beach then headed back tot he hostel.

Did my check in shift and then my kitchen shift. Easy work. Had to train 2 new employee's staying at the hostel. Quite fun being the boss of someone else...

Day 97

Working still. Have a second job. I have to guide the new people at the hostel to there rooms and show them where everything is. Its actually a really stupid job. The hostel isn't big. There is only 10 rooms. I show them the TV room, the kitchen and the bathrooms then give them bed sheets and that's it. The stupidest question i got was "where is the kitchen" after i just showed where it is. Its not hard to miss. Its a huge room with fridges, cookers, people cooking. Apparently I'm very rude. Oh well. If saying "the bathroom is down this path, just use your powers of sight" is being rude, then I'm rude. I dont have time for idiots...

Day 96

Still working...

Day 95

Worked. Nothing really interesting going on. Will probably be a slow few days...

Day 94

Still hurting in the morning. Not as bad as yesterday. Will be going surfing tomorrow if the weather is good. Did very little today. Had to do some odd jobs in the morning. Was woken up early by some stupid Canadians packing up and leaving. Apparently inland is all flooded by rainfall. The little town of Agnes water is almost an island separate from the mainland now. Its funny. I knew it was the wet season in Australia but i didn't think it would cause flooding. I miss London weather. The worst we got was heavy snow which stopped people getting to work for a day or two. A town west of here had to evacuate 5000 people due to flooding. British people really need to stop complaining about the weather...

Day 93

spent all day recovering. I woke up in pain. I could lie down because my neck was killing me. Painful to walk. Painful to move my arms. I must have really over done it yesterday. By the time it came to my cleaning shift i felt a bit better. Also had to do someone elses job as they were late. Got 3 free beers out of it. I reckon i will still be in pain tomorrow. Too bad, i was planning on surfing tomorrow...

Day 92

Surf lesson in the morning. Apparently I'm a natural. Not sure if the instructor was blowing smoke up my ass or if he actually meant it. Was the first to stand up. It didn't last long as i fell off soon after. Stood up a few times. I had the pop up technique down. I found it really easy. Just go from lying on your board to standing as fast as possible. Some people didn't find it that easy. I have a surfer build the instructor said. Tall and slim with a good core strength. My balance was good. However my timing was shit. Hard to catch the wave at the right time. All the waves i missed made me paddle back out. My arms, back and neck were killing me by the end. Its not easy to keep your head up whilst paddling and looking out for waves. Had a few bad drops. One in the deep. Not the strongest swimmer. Also nearly broke my nose. Fell off my board in the surf. Turned around to find another wave carrying my board right towards my face. Manged to put my arm up and stop it. Still bloody good fun. Didn't realise how tired i was until the end. Will definitely do it again.

Went to a cafe for breakfast after. Bacon and eggs. Australian bacon is actually way better than British bacon. Its just thicker and tastier. Watched a fat women at the opposite table talking to her friend. She was going on about her diet and some surgery she was thinking of getting to suck the fat out of her. The worst part is whilst she was talking about this she was eating, what looked like, a sack of cheese. It was actually kinda funny because she looked like a sack of cheese. You are what you eat. As i thought of this i started laughing and I'm pretty sure she knew i was laughing at her. 

Had my cleaning shift again. Its not bad work. The person I'm working with is annoying. Shes just rude. I don't bother talking to her. My boss gave me a cider for my hard work and i chilled out for the rest of the evening...

Day 91

its still too hot. I'm getting bitten every day. My body is not used to bites. They come up really bad. I didn't have the morning shift today. I had a longer shift in the evening. Keep watch on the kitchen from 6-9pm and then clean the kitchen from 9-10pm. Prefer the morning shift. Booked a surf lesson for tomorrow morning. Looking forward to it. Got a great set up here. Surfing in the morning. Chilling at the beach. Free Internet. 1 or 2 hour work in the evening. They have a huge movie library and everyone watches film and has beer. Its paradise. Also I get free surf board hire as i work here, so after my lesson i can practise on my own. Might stay for 2-3 weeks. No rush to move on.

The people at the hostel are really cool as well. T-bone, who carries a huge bag of weed wherever he goes and smokes a huge joint every night. Weyland who give everyone free wifi as the hostel doesnt provide wifi. My boss is pretty cool aswell. Although he has a really aggressive side. Abit like Dr Jekyl and Mister Hyde. Hopefully i wont get on his bad side anytime soon...

Day 90

Sun was out finally. Seems like it was eager to make up for lost time because it was ridiculously hot. Finished all my jobs before 11:30 so i had the rest of the day. Went for a walk around town. Still haven't been down to the beach. The town is small. I had to buy new lounge pants. They only have a hippie store and i bought a pair of 3/4 length shorts from there. I look like a Sherpa. Still really comfy. Started watching Game of Thrones on my laptop. Downloaded the first few episodes. Its actually amazing. Already addicted. Gonna download the rest for when it starts raining again...

Day 89

Started work. Have to sweep all the rooms. There is only 9. Then replace the bins. Then clean the kitchen. Not hard work. Just monotonous. I like it. Its takes no brain power. Still raining. Started drawing again. Read my book. Watched the tennis live finals. Went on for a while. Didn't see it to the end. The hostel cook made a roast dinner which was really good. Only $6 so can't complain really. Had to work in the morning so had an early-ish night...

Day 88

Didnt have to work today. Just sat round all day. Still raining. Watched films in the television room. Watched films on my laptop. Bought some beers and drank outside with some other people in the hostel. Went to bed early. Not much to do when it rains...

Day 87

My trip has been cancelled. The weather is awful. Really annoyed. Headed back tot he hostel and asked about the job vacancy. Guy gave me the job on the spot. I thought that was easy. I have to work 2 hours a day cleaning and stuff, and i get free accommodation, Internet, washing and half price on trips. Not bad. I'm gonna save a shit load of money. Might be here for a while...

Day 86

Spent all day in Agnes Water. Its a small town but its nice. Hostel is great. Very friendly people. Headed into town for a briefing i had to do for my castaway experience. Had to pay towards it and a deposit. Was gonna buy some beer for the trip but i decided to do it tomorrow. Looked around town for a place to eat. Found a small cafe. Bought a huge burger with bacon, egg, cheese, beetroot, pineapple and tons of salad. Well fed i headed back to the hostel and watched some films. Went to bed early for my trip tomorrow...

Day 85

Left for Agnes water in the evening. The road was flooded so we had to unload all the bags from the bottom and move them to the seating areas. We didn't go through in the end as the next crossing was even worse apparently. We turned back and took another route which added another hour to our journey.

The hostel I'm at is good. The people in my room are nice. One of the girls gave me the entire series of How I Met Your Mother. I'm getting into it. I heard it was supposed to be like Friends but its not even in the same league. Still good tho...

Day 84

Rested for the day. Bought a big breakfast and a proper coffee. Got 24 hour Internet and downloaded a shit load of films and music. Was nice to do nothing. Leaving for Agnes beach or 1770 as it is known as. Have a castaway experience booked. Called up to confirm the details. Said they could fit me into a tour on the 27th. Only one problem the guy said. I will be the only guy on the trip. Rest of the people are girls taking part in a photo shoot. I asked him to repeat that. He said they hadn't confirmed yet but it looks like i will be on a deserted island for a day with 14 beautiful models. Damn my luck!...

Day 83

Last day in Fraser. Rained nearly all day. Heavy rain. Packed up and left camp. Headed to a lake for a swim. We were already soaked so it didn't matter. We had lunch and then left for the ferry. On the way to the ferry the second car broke down, twice. Had to be towed. Was beginning to think nothing was gonna go wrong. It would have been boring if it hadn't. Came across a car that had got stuck. Had to get out and help push. Probably have a hilarious mental image of me trying to push a camper van out of the sand but we succeeded in the end.

Made it to the ferry just in time. The ferry had a cat that lived there. Apparently people brought it on and forgot it there. Its lived there ever since. Its like a mascot. Its really fat and over pampered as everyone who comes on the ferry feed and strokes it.

Back to the hostel. Had a shower then went out for food. 2 members of our group then had to leave. Said goodbye. Sat up and talked to 2 others for a few hours. They were talking about there trip to Asia and how it was so much better than Australia. Will definitely have to do Asia at some point. Went to bed. Really needed sleep. Proper bed instead of a sleeping bag. Its the little things...

Day 82

Went to a lake in the morning. The tour guide caught a turtle and let everyone hold it. He said it will try and get away but its claws arnt strong enought to peirce the skin. Everyone held it a took pictures, the turtle was calm. Then i got to hold it. Like most creatures the turtle didn't like me instantly. It tryed desperatley to escape my grasp and dug it claws into my hands causing them to bleed. Had to hold it with a death grip so that it wouldnt fall onto the ground. Still cool creature, just left me with cuts in the palm of my hand.

Went to the sand dunes. Climbed to the top then got to run down. Was very steep but very fun. I was the first down. A few people fell and rolled the rest of the way. Took a swim and played frisbee. Headed to a creek. Largest fresh water stream on the island. The island has some really amazing parts.

In the evening we had pasta and played drinking games all night...

Day 81

Woke up at 5:15am. Wasn't tired so went downstairs for coffee. Flipped thought the TV channels. Found a music channel. Haven't seen a music video in ages. Everyone else on the tour woke up later. We all headed off for the tour. We had another briefing. It was about driving on sand and what to do and what not to do. They also covered Dingoes. Said don't feed them or they will bite you. If you see one don't run away screaming because they will chase you and bite you. If you find yourself being followed by dingoes just turn and stare at them. All pretty obvious. We were about to leave when the tour guide said " Oh, and don't go swimming on the east coast by yourself because some died doing that". Letting us know that last. Apparently he went for a night swim (idiot) then got pulled out by a rip tide onto the EAC East Australian Current. We have all seen Finding Nemo. Anyway he got dragged down the coast and they found his body the next day washed up on the shore. Sounded like he had it coming.

9 of us including the Driver had to cram into one car. That's 3 in the front, 3 in the back and 3 in the rear. Not the most comfortable. I was in the back seat. Never been so happy to not be tall. Guy next to me wasn't much taller yet he had no leg room. Drove to the ferry. Got out and stretched or legs. Drove to a lake. The road was just a dirt track. Bumped and skidded all over the place. The guide was a good off-road driver luckily. Still got shaken about a good amount tho.

The lake was good. Very calm and shallow. Didn't go in. Wasnt in the mood to have to dry off. I soon encountered flies. Everywhere these huge flies. They would land on you and bite you. Horrible things. It was funny because everyone else was getting bitten and swarmed yet they didn't even touch me. Don't know why. One girl in my group was getting bitten every 5 seconds. It made me laugh anyway. A few landed on me but then they just flew off again, as if to say "oops sorry thought you were someone else"

Headed to another lake and had a swim. The we drove to the camp we would be staying in for the next 2 nights. On the way we past a huge shipwreck and got out to take pictures. Very cool. It was all rusted and falling apart. The camp was good. Cleanish. As clean as a camp in the woods can get. Big tent. Sleeping bags. Campfire. We had a BBQ the first night. Well needed after a long day. Had steak, sausages and burgers. Then we drank and roasted marshmallows and chased dingoes away from our camp. Was good fun. Went to sleeping bag and just crashed. Not the most comfortable and covered in sand, but i was tired....

Day 80

Nothing on the agenda except to check into my tour and sit through the briefing. Had to check out of my hostel and move to another hostel. Only up the road. Glad to be out of that shitty hostel id been staying in. New hostel I'm in is nice. Had a kitchen and a movie room. Cant complain. Made a crap cup of coffee using an instant sachet. Read a news paper i had bought. Thought id try to seem interested in global problems. They had a column on Shark attacks in Australia. Seems like they have a few. Not many people are killed in comparison to the amount attacked. Seems like they to wound you then watch your suffer.

Went to my briefing. It was brief. Basically "who can drive?" then "who cant?" "okay these are your groups see you tomorrow. I'm in a group with all English people. I don't mind that. The other group is mainly Germans so i think i got off lucky. Waking up at 5:45 tomorrow should be fun...

Day 79

headed into town, again. Bought a coffee, again. Was ruined because they put milk in it when i asked for it black. Always annoys me. Bought a burger at hungry jacks. They amount of time i spend in there i should send a postcard. There was a really annoying little girl in there. She kept running around and dancing. Obviously her parents told her she was the best thing since sliced bread. I mentally dipped her in the deep fryer whilst i ate my burger. Walked back to my hostel. Long walk. About 30 minutes. Took the beach. Never seen so many crabs. There must have been 3000 in my field of vision. Over the whole beach maybe 20'000. Looked like the babies where coming out of there underground nest for the first time. Loads of them. Like a carpet.

Read my book. Finished it. Will get a new one tomorrow. Have to move hostel tomorrow. Just up the road. Leaving for the fraser tour in 2 days. Everyone doing the tour gets 2 free nights in the same hostel. Looking forward to the tour. Should be good fun. 2 days i think it is. Maybe its 3. Should really book my next stop before i leave for the tour...

Day 78

headed into town. I say town. It wasn't particularly a big town. Just an assembly of shit shops. Treated myself to a big breakfast. Had a real coffee for once. Past 2 months been drinking the instant coffee crap. Sat and read my book. The weather has cleared up. Bit overcast, but its warm and has a nice breeze. My book is really good. Glad i found a good book finally. Has I'm writing this I'm nearly 3/4 of the way through it. They have a load of book swap shops where you buy or trade books for really cheap. Good for backpackers. Don't wanna lug around a library with me.

Walked back on the beach. Really nice area. Boring but nice. Long beach. Practically empty. Got a hair cut at the local barbershop. I'm not a fan of Barbershop small talk. Its easier to just keep the barber talking with follow up questions. I think they like the sound of there own voice so i humour them, even tho i couldn't give a crap about them or there grandchildren. Old fashioned barber obviously didn't understand the concept of a backpacker. He said if you get it this short you can comb it. I want i short so i don't have to do anything but wash it. I don't carry a comb old man.

Went to another coffee shop and read my book. I thought 4 days here would be too long however as long as i have a good book i can stay anywhere without getting bored. Headed back to my run down hostel. Played card with the two German girls in my room. They seem nice enough, for Germans. No i joke they are actually funny. Didn't think Germans had a measurable sense of humour. Who knew?...

Day 77

Left for my coach in the morning. Getting used to waking up early. A lie in for me is like 9:00am now. Its strange. Seems I've grown out of my "lazy waste of space phase". My Dad should be pleased to hear that.

Caught my coach to Hervey Bay. Stopped off in Brisbane for an hour. Didn't bother looking around. From what i saw as we drove into it there was nothing special. Been really overcast actually. Raining for the past few days. I have a tour booked for the 21st of Fraser Island. Its supposed to be incredible. 2 days/ 3 nights i think. Its a sand island. Supposed to be really tropical with great beaches. Looking forward to it. Just hope it doesn't rain all week.

Arrived at my hostel. I haven't had a bad hostel yet but already this one is pissing me off. Its doesn't have a kitchen, lobby area, TV room or pool table but none of that stuff bothers me. Its just unorganized, which i hate. I booked my room online but they didn't have my booking. They then asked me to email my booking confirmation to them, twice. Then i could only pay by cash. Had to walk in the rain to a cash point and pay. Then they didn't have my tour booking even tho i booked through them. Luckily its all sorted now. The rooms are cheap. $20 a night so that's a plus. However they said i had a 4 bedroom suit to myself as there wasn't many people in the hostel (probably ran a mile after seeing the place). I wasn't the only person in the room. Had 2 German girls in it. I'm not complaining, there cute (but there also German) just don't say its empty when its not. Never staying in a Nomads again. They are a chain of hostels around Australia and so far its the worst hostel Ive stayed in.

Rained for the rest of the evening so i had a shower and went to bed. Doesn't look like this rain is gonna let up anytime soon...

Day 76

Surfers Paradise is starting to grind on me. Its just boring. Whenever i go into town there are these 2 manky looking girls dressed in gold bikinis and cowboy hats handing out leaflets to a club. I think that sums up Surfers paradise. Cheap and nasty. I think that was there names actually.

Bought a new book. Its actually really good. Spent most of my day reading it. Didn't bother cooking for myself. Not after last nights fuck up. Decided to buy a kebab. It was shit in comparison to the one in Hammersmith. Still practically inhaled it as i was hungry. All my roommates left so had the entire room to myself. Not like it makes much difference. Leaving tomorrow in the morning to Hervey Bay. 7 hours by coach. I have a good book so i don't care...

Day 75

slept for what felt like ages. I love that feeling. When you think its really late but its actually only 9:00am. 2 Asian roommates spent about 2 hours in the shower. Not together but between them. Left the shower soaking wet and covered in hair. Great. We have an en suite. Its tiny, looks like it used to be a closet. I could actually have a shower whilst sitting on the toilet. Showers powerful. Every shower has been powerful. Even in the shittiest hostels. You'd think a country not far from the equator and filled with nothing but dry desert and red rock would have a bad water supply. That might be the case inland but on the coast the showers are powerful. Sometimes too powerful. The one in Sydney felt like i was in prison getting hosed down in my cell. I think that was in the Green Mile, I'm not too sure.

Walked around town again. They had a volleyball tournament on the beach. Looked pretty boring but the locals were into it. Started raining. Id been ahead of this storm since Sydney but looks like it has finally caught up with me. Don't bother me. I like a good tropical storm.

Cooked a curry for my dinner. The curry bit was a breeze. The rice however, not so much. The funny thing is i could hear my Mum telling me how to make rice. She told me once and i can remember the conversation but all the important information was gone. "the one thing you must do when making rice is........" "You should not......" "There. Not to difficult, is it?" My memory is useless at times. Anyway i over cooked it by about 10 minutes. It was more rice pudding. Still tasted alright. Also it double in size. I had way too much rice. I think my mum told me that would happen as well. Ah well, live and learn, and make notes when your mum tells you something...

Day 74

Woke up and packed. Left without saying goodbye to my roommates. Didn't like any of them anyway. Don't think waking them up to say "go fuck yourself" would have been very polite. Had 3 hours from checkout till my bus arrived so thought i kill it in the Internet cafe. Very rarely do i get Internet at the same time my friends are online. Luckily i got to talk to Athena and Alice. Got to hear about how hard uni is and how much work they have to do. Always cheers me up. Miss them a lot. Also nice to hear Athena is no longer vegetarian. Will have to bring back some Kangaroo fillets and crocodile steaks.

Caught my coach to Surfers Paradise. Only took 30 minutes. Arrived and realised Ive been here before when my dad was over. We had stopped off  on our way to Noosa. It is a really shitty area. Just ugly skyscrapers and an overpowering smell of urine. Its too commercialized. It has no character. Although i might just be comparing it to Byron Bay. I have missed fast food chains and name brand shops. Headed straight to Hungry Jacks after i dropped my bags at the hostel. None of my new roommates were in so no need to stick around. Walked around town. The main shopping area has every shop you can think of. Everything but a good bookshop (although none of the locals look like they read) i really wanted a new book. Walked past about 15 nightclubs in 15 minutes. Cant wait not to go to any of them. Not gonna bother pretending anymore. I hate nightclubs. One club had a sign outside saying "any person with visible tattoos not covered up will not gain entry" or something like that. I think that pretty ridiculous. Id understand offensives tattoos. Like a Nazi flag on the forehead, or a bunch of white people beating up a black kid on your arm. Just seems a bit strange. You can hardly see anything in a night club anyway.

Headed back to my Hostel. I have 2 Asian girls in my room and one Italian guy. The Italian guy is alright. The problem with Asian tourists is they stick together. Not a bad thing for them but they don't socialise with anyone else. Its a bit annoying. Most travellers want to meet new people. Even i want to meet new people sometimes, and I'm very anti social. Anyway I've got 3 days here so better make the most of it. Don't even know what my next stop is...

Day 73

slept for way too long. Was ridiculously tired for some reason. Went into town again. Went to the beach and read my book. Attempted to cycle to the lighthouse but the combination of the sun on my back and the fact i had to cycle up hill made me give up halfway up. Was fun going down tho. Just glided down the hill, didnt even have to peddle.

Went to subway. Helped a women who had to clean up the floor. Only move the chair for her but the gesture seemed to make her day and she gave me a free cookie which made my day. Gotta love Karma.

Back to the beach. Watched a hippie carving spirals and shapes in the sand with a long rake. Went back to my hostel i played cards with my roommates, then went to bed. Leaving tomorrow for Surfers Paradise...

Day 72

Walked around town again. Its such a laid back place. They have no fast food chains and no name brand shops. Surfers everywhere. The women are gorgeous. They have loads of hippies. 1 in 5 people have dreadlocks. It looks like the whole town was taken straight out of a Hollister catalogue. Its very vintage as well.  You see old motorbikes, hippie waggons, beetles and you rarely see a bike with gears. Such a cool place. Could actually live here.

Don't like my roommates. They seem nice enough but they are all idiots. Can be bothered to talk to them. I'm only here for one more day so I'm not too bothered about socialising with them. Walked down to the beach today and just sunbathed and watched people surfing. I'm not such a fan of surfing since my failed endeavour yesterday. I like the look of paddle boarding more. Its like a big surfboard which you stand on and then you use a paddle to move around. I have a voucher to try it somewhere up the coast.

Watched the sunset over the ocean. A group of hippies started playing bongos in the parking lot behind me. It was a very chilled atmosphere. Really gonna miss this place. If i can i will stop off for longer on the way back down, if i come this way back...

Day 71

woke up at 5:00am. Left for my coach. Had to walk to the other side of Coffs Harbour. Not a good experience. They played John Q on the coach. Its actually a really good movie. What i saw of it anyway. Every bump in the road would make the picture cut out momentarily.

Arrived at Byron Bay at 11:00am. It is amazing. Love the town. Its like a surfing town. Really laid back until the evening. Hostel is good as well. I have an apartment with its on bathroom and kitchen. Have to share it with 7 other people but its no problem.

Met up with the Canadians from Sydney. Wade and Josh. Went surfing for the first time. I say surfing. It was more like... i don't even know what it was like but it wasn't surfing. The rented board we got had no stabiliser on the bottom so kept rolling over to one side. I tried standing a few times. Closest i got was kneeling, but then i rolled off. Gave up on surfing and used it as a boogie board until i fell of due to an over sized wave and got churned around under the surf for what felt like a minutes. Probably wasn't more than a few seconds. Still scary as hell. Luckily we weren't in water deeper than we could stand. Left the surf board on the beach and went swimming instead. Its more fun just trying to jump over the big waves. Executed an incredible swan dive which put my back out. The Canadians said that there were 2 girls checking us out from the beach. I said they probably thought we were drowning.

Went out to some night clubs. I am still not a fan of them. Don't understand it. Floors sticky the bathrooms are disgusting, Drinks are overpriced and the bouncers are all arseholes. I cant wait till I'm old enough to just go to a bar or pub without feeling like an outcast...

Day 70

Day was shit. Nothing to do in Coffs Harbour. The canoeing voucher was only for 2 people. Catch 22 or what? Didn't do that in the end. Just lay by the pool. Nice and relaxing. Have to wake up early to catch my coach. 5:00am!!! Well I will be happy to leave Coffs Harbour. Next stop Byron Bay :)

Day 69

Woke up late. Someone turned off all the fans in the room so i was baking. Walked into town. Its only a 20 minute walk the receptionist told me. 20 minutes my arse. It was long. At least 30 minutes but felt longer. The sun was sitting on my shoulders the whole way. Reached the "town". I wouldn't really call a large grocery shop surrounded by nothing a town centre. Bought some groceries, as there was nothing else to buy, and started my long journey back, disappointed and let down by Coffs harbour. I have canoeing planned for tomorrow so that should be better. Back at the hostel i chilled by the pool. I don't know when families started taking there kids to YOUTH hostels, but it really pisses me off. Just kids screaming and running around the pool. I don't need that form a hostel I'm paying $30 a night for. I'm out of here in 2 days but still. Once the kids fucked off i read my book and soaked up what little sun was left. Then i chilled in the film room with my laptop. Bought some wi-fi so i can check my emails and browse the web. Started raining outside. Haven't seen rain in a while. I just hope it doesn't rain tomorrow...

Day 68

Left Port Macquarie early. On to Coffs Harbour. Coach didn't take too long. About 4 hours. The harbour is good. Arrived around 5:00pm so just walked to the beach. Went to the local super market and bought some basics. Made food. I have a really creepy roommate. He has a camouflage sheet hung up over his bed so no one can see him. He just comes out every now and then for supplies. Hes like a gremlin. I also don't know anyone who has a camouflage sheet. Its just a bit creepy. Had a shower. Luckily no moths. Went to bed. Lack of sleep caught up with me. Will check out the town tomorrow...

Moths

I feel the need to vent my hatred of moths. I've always been afraid of them. They are so completely useless. Most insects i dislike. I used to be afraid of spiders but now i don't mind them. I wouldn't let a spider walk on me or keep one as a pet, but i can tolerate them. At least they have a personality or can be interesting. Moths however just sit around on walls and every now and then fly erratically into an inanimate object or, more often than not, my face causing me to flail about like a fish on land "I got them moves like Jagger"

I started to overcome my fear of them. But that was back in the UK where the moths are small and you can swat them with a box of tissues. Anyway, i saw what was probably the biggest moth i have ever seen. It was the size of a hamster. Don't think im exaggerating either. It was huge. You would have need more than a box of tissues to kill it. Maybe a baseball bat or a glock. It was just my luck that i spotted this behemoth (buh dum dum) (actually im surprised i can make a pun right now im that traumatised) whilst in the shower. The bathrooms have no door. They are like an outhouse really. It was just sitting on the light, watching me. Each time i had to take my eye of it i would be afraid it would move and each time i thought it had- Was his leg like that before? I also had to walk past it on my way out of the cubicle. I was waiting for the erratic behaviour. They are kind of like a crazy person on a bus, you never know what they are going to do and you dont want to move away or say anything in case it starts a savage attack and you have to shield yourself with your oyster card. I used my towel to create a barrier between me and the moth, and once i was clear i legged it leaving the other guys in the bathroom puzzled. I should have warned them that there life was in danger but it was already too late for them. For the next few weeks im going to be so paranoid about leaving windows or doors open...

Day 67 - Port Macquarie

Visited the Koala Hospital. It seemed a lot closer on the map, and on the map it didn't have a picture of the sun burning down the city. The height of summer in Australia is no joke. It goes: Warm, Hot, Very Hot, Old people will combust. Australia is the last one. About a 45 minute walk to the hospital. Also the lack of pavements are annoying. You know your walking too far when the area your walking through has decided it doesn't need side walks because no body would be stupid enough to walk through it. After hugging the side of the road for about a mile i found the hospital. It was small to say the least. The koalas were cute but they were asleep and boring. They all had a "tragic story" on how they got there. One was in a bush fire. Awww. I didn't really care i just wanted to pet one.

They were having a sangria night in the hostel. I can say no (and more often or not i do) to social situations, but i can never say no to sangria. Especially when they have 2 tubs full, about 90 litres. Apparently i have aggressive body language. I've heard this a few times from different people. I've never been aggressive, I do swear a lot but im from the UK. Also i have the body of an 11 year old. I don't know how i can come across as intimidating.

We went out to a club in town. One guy in the group was so wasted. No one wanted to take care of him and i said id take him back to the hostel. Met some of his friends and i left him with them. He ended up in hospital. Went to the club which was decent. Some guy i was with was a right twat. He couldn't pull these girls we were out with so he decided to insult them all night. He then told me his pick up lines- 'you just go up to them and say "want to fuck?" i suppose you have to appreciate the simplicity. Ironically he got off with the best looking girl in the club. Makes me wonder if i acted like a complete cunt i might get more women. Although i wouldn't be too sure about the quality of women id be getting...

Day 66 - Port Macquarie

After waking up in the TV room, which had been surprisingly comfortable, i found that the hostel was very nice. Free snooker and air hockey table, free breakfast if i had got up on time, a swimming pool. It actually looked like a hotel. Well actually a 3 star hotel. My room was decent. I look for good pillows more than anything.

I picked up a map and walked around town. Its nice i guess. Quite. Not much to do. They have boat tours but the water looks boring from the shore, don't need to see it up close, and especially not for $30. They have a flying tour. Same problem really. Not staying long. Off to Coffs Harbour in 2 days. Walked around the coast line. A few beaches. Went looking for the towns main attraction, other than the port (which was shit), a koala hospital. Its a hospital just for Koala's which i think would be amazing. If you get there at they right time you can watch them get fed. Its free too.

 Didn't make it to the place. Was too hungry and went looking for food instead. Only place i could find was some run down old cafe. $10 for fish and chips which were disgusting. I was hungry so i ate the lot. Headed back to the hostel, but not before i bought some bananas. I'm living on them at the moment. They are cheap and healthy and you can keep them in your bag. Crashed on my bed when i got back. The lack of sleep finally took effect on me...

Day 65

My day was rather eventful actually. I had planned to have a relaxing day in Sydney before I caught the coach to Port Macquarie. Checked out of my room at 10:00 and left my stuff in a locker so I could walk around Sydney. Hooked up free wi-fi in Hungry Jacks. Checked emails, facebook etc. Read my book in the park when i felt something drop on the back of my neck. Swiped it and found it was a spider. I later realised that this spider was a White tailed spider. One of the most deadly spiders in Australia. That could have been ugly. They wont kill you but they make you break out in ulcers all over your body and then that can lead to death. Wont be sitting under any trees for a while.

They have a Large chess board for the public set up in the park. Normally the games are pretty boring but there was a really comical over confident Chinese man playing. He kept insulting the other guy "oh you learn something big boy?" "chess vewy simple" "ha ha game over for you" "mama mia" he pulled a huge crowd and everyone cheered whenever someone took his piece. Was very funny. It was even funnier when he lost for the first time and actually ran out of the park.

Also saw a crazy women screaming about the end of the world as she power walked through the park, red faced and with a lovely stream of snot flapping around in the wind. Her face was bright red. I think she has a better chance of bursting a blood vessel before she gets to see "the end of the world".

Got the coach in the evening. Took 5 hours to get to my hostel. I say my hostel. Turns out the reception was close when I arrived and my room was obviously not ready. Was actually my fault. I didn't book the night I was arriving I booked for the day I was arriving. Had to wait until morning when reception opened so I could check in. Attempted to sleep in one of the hammocks outside but didn't succeed. Felt like I was in a cocoon. Also was being attacked my mosquito's all the time. Luckily i wasn't the only one who made the same mistake. 2 other girls had done the same thing so we just sat up and talked. The reception opened at 5am as a load of people was going surfing. They couldn't give us a room but they opened the film room and let us sleep on the coaches. It had been a long night and I just passed out...

Day 64

Everyone left in the morning. Bummer. Headed to the house i had been staying at to pick up my travel documents and stuff. Leaving for Port Macquarie tomorrow evening. Need to make sure my ipod is charged and that i have everything i need before i leave. Once i start i wont be able to stop until i reach the top of the east coast, Cairns. Want to find work fruit picking and apparently north is the place to be...

Day 63

pretty sure i was still drunk in the morning. Oh well I'm fine now. Had a walk to clear my head. Its really hot in Sydney at the moment. Not planning on sticking around for much longer. Everyone in my room is leaving tomorrow. We had 2 Canadians sleeping on our floor for the past few days. They cant afford a room. They are leaving tonight in a car they bought and are leaving for the coast. They invited me to come but id rather make my own way up. Asian guy in our room taught me how to make a bracelet. Unfortunately i didn't know i would be unable to take it off until he sealed it to my wrist with wax. It looks pretty good. Last months apparently. Might cut it off sooner...

Day 62

Decided to play beer pong with a twist. We had no beer so we used Goon. About 5 of us playing, me, 4 people from the UK and 2 Canadians. We all got pretty drunk. We then left for karaoke. The bar was packed. We sung a tribute to Mumford and sons. Great Laugh. Loads of fun.

Now understand why your not allowed to wear flip-flops to nightclubs. Someone broke a glass and a shard of it went into my toe. Starting bleeding all over the floor. Didn't hurt. Probably the alcohol numbing the pain. In the morning my foot was fine. Only a little cut and it doesn't hurt to stand on. Could have been worse. In the future i will wear shoes to bars...

Day 61- New Years Day

Went for a walk in the morning. Went to the shops. Saw a few people still drunk from last night staggering around the streets. Most of the shops were closed as well. Had to buy a new adaptor because my one is shit. Keeps buzzing and disconnecting itself. When i got back to the hostel i played cards for a bit, had a shower, bought some Internet and checked my email and updated my blog, played some more cards and then went to bed. Pretty dull day but i was still tired from yesterday...