i arrived in the evening one night and phil picked me up at the tram stop. i met daisy and connor, a couple hannah and phil met in new zealand, before meeting me. we had a few beers and stayed at phil's place. he was living there with gifton, a canadian guy who worked as a chef.unfortunately melbourne turned out to be a bit filled with drama. i mean obviously there were some good times, but it all started with my first night out in a gay bar after being so gay deprived for so long. we went to some all girl party in the city and i had been looking forward to partying my ass off in a gay bar ever since i left sydney!! but of course i ran into my ex girlfriend (the one i met during my first mardi gras) with her girlfriend. even though we had broken up for a while i was still a bit heartbroken about it. i can't help it, i'm very sensitive when it comes to girls haha.
then there was the impossible task of finding work. after spending hours online applying for stuff, wandering around the city and giving out numerous cv's all i could find was a dumbass callcentre job which ended up being a total scam and i think i only lasted about two weeks.
on top of that things at the house turned a bit shaky after while. zara and hannah had already been staying in the living room for a while, waiting for the apartment underneath to be available. there were some issues with the landlord apparently, so it took a bit longer than planned, which led to some tension. i think we moved in downstairs after my first night or so, which made things a bit better. me, zara and hannah all stayed in one bedroom and there was another room where a guy from tasmania moved into a few weeks later.
i spent most of my time wandering around melbourne, looking for work, partying and hanging out with everyone at the house. we celebrated my birthday there and daisy cooked us all a lovely meal which turned into a sausage and peanut butter fest...(i could tell you the story, but you just had to be there). there was always music playing, since gifton and phil are both walking music encyclopedias and we rented a lot of movies and tv shows. our favourite one was definitely flight of the conchords. if you don't know it you absolutely should: http://flightoftheconchords.co.nz/.i wasn't really happy in melbourne, although i tried. it was really hard not being able to find work and it was raining a lot. it sucked knowing my ex would be hanging out in the gay area and i wanted to do a million things but couldn't afford them and i remember thinking what the hell am i doing here?! zara and hannah were fighting, gifton and hannah had some issues, the landlord was a total pain so i figured i needed to move on again. i decided to find another farm job and also finish my 3 months of farm work, because i had only done a few weeks in kyabram and the factory work in mildura obviously didn't count as farm work. online i found an ad that sounded really good. it was an all girl working hostel and there was work all year round. the rent was not super cheap but no too pricy either and the had a pick up from surfer's paradise so that's where i stayed for three days.
it was really nice to be by myself again and away from all the drama. although i had nothing to spend i had a good time. the hostel i stayed at had a pool and the beach was only a ten minute walk away. surfer's paradise is really touristy but i totally get that. it's a small town next to the beach with plenty of tall buildings, restaurants, clubs, hotels and shops. plenty of hostels and backpackers too. it's only an hour away from brisbane and at the heart of the gold coast. many of australian visitors drop by during weekends for a quick beach drop and like i said plenty of backpackers stop over on their gold coast trip. i wouldn't stay here for longer than a long weekend, because that's all the time you need to explore it. i was picked up along with a few other girls who were staying at different hostels and a few hours later i arrived in the tiniest town ever called wallangarra....
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