Back in Perth

So yet again i am back in Perth, as yet again Australia doesnt want me working over there! As you all know i moved to Margaret River where i would be working with Rosie's sister in a restaurant. I ended up having to go up nearly a week early as they needed staff for the weekend, so up i went and i was due to start working on the Wednesday evening. However about mid day on Wednesday a controled burning got out of control and became a big bush fire! closing off the road that i needed to go down in order to get to work, and also meaning alot of people had to be evacuated. Over the next few days we helped out where we could, by looking after other peoples dogs while they sorted them selfs out. By Friday we had heard that the Gnarabar had been damaged from the fires aswell, but they still werent letting people back to the homes as there was still a risk of the fire picking up again if the winds picked up, there was one point on the Friday that they thought they would have to evacuate the town of margaret river aswell, so we had all our stuff packed up in the car ready and waiting just in case. Thankfully this never happened. They werent going to let anyone back into the affected areas until Monday and considering that the restaurant would have to be fixed and cleaned up before they could reopen, i decided to call it quits as i hadnt even done a shift there yet, i felt a bit guitly about the decision but there was no point in me hanging around. So on Saturday i headed back up to Perth to Allie. Now this was a struggling in its self as it was a last minuite decision to head back up i had to find somewhere to live and quickly!! but no hostels in Perth had a room unless i was going to pay $80 for a private room, and there was no way i was going to do that. So i made a call to Hannah and Ken (my emergency contacts in Perth) and asked if they wouldnt mind me crashing with them for a couple of nights until monday when i was able to get a hostel room. Thankfully they were happy to help and i was finally glad i had somewhere to go i was getting a bit worried for a while! So Monday came along and i checked into my hostel, but even that was a bit of a cuffufel! I had booked a 3 bed single sex room, when i got there they had given my bed to someone else so they were going to have to put me in a 6 bed mixed dorm, but there was nothing mixed about it as i would be the only girl in there. Not only had they given my bed away they didnt actually have one set up for me, i had to wait whilst she went to make the bed, one good thing is that i got it for cheaper so i dont mind that much, the guys in my room seem alright, most of them in their 40's and above. I am hoping that the rest of the week and hopfully everything else will settle down and run a bit smoother for a while now, just for a bit so i can just relax a bit more, going to leave the job hunting for a little while now, and wait until ben gets out here friday night so we can look for somewhere to live and then i will find a job! But tomorrow i am finally going on this wine cruise that i have been trying to go on for 2 weeks now, 3rd time lucky i think!!

2 Weeks In

So i am about to start the next phase of my trip...employment!! I am currently wasting time as i am getting picked up at 4 and have nothing to do until then as i have done everything in Perth and i don't have enough time to go out of Perth otherwise i might have gone to the aquarium. But any way i will be on my way to Margarete river later on today which is about a 3 hour drive south from Perth. There i will be working with Rosie's sister in a restaurant/bar. Not sure what it is called at the moment or where it actually is, but i will soon find out! The pay seems to be rather good,:) so that will help.

I went to the hospital this morning to get my stitches out so least i look a bit more normal but i will have to cover the bruise up with makeup i think other wise i might get asked a lot of questions by the customers!! annoying i still have to come back to Perth at the beginning of December for a consultation but at the same time i will be able to meet Ben at the airport and spend the weekend with him, as long as i can get the time off work :D

Will let you know how the job is getting on soon.

So im one week in!

Like the title says i have now been here for one whole week and i am still enjoying it. 

Yesterday was going to be a day of getting drunk whilst cruising down the river to swan valley...a day of wine tasting and a lovely 3 course lunch. This all sounded amazing i booked it on monday and the boat was setting off at 9.45 in the morning and i would be gone for 7 hours. That all sounds lovely right..well here is what actually happened:

I got home on monday night and thought i would wait until rosie got home to start cooking dinner. When she got home we were just about to put dinner on, and i was playing with the dog, next thing i know, Buster (the dog)suddenly turns round and bites me on the chin! Took me a moment to realise what had actually just happened and then i realised blood was coming from my chin and mouth. So Rosie took me up to A&E (being a dog bite and all). Now their health service is just as crap and just as slow as ours. So by 10 oclock i had still to be actually seen, i had been taken out the waiting room and poor Rosie was still in there waiting. The doctor finally came round to me and told me that they wanted to keep me in over night (mainly because they were to busy to deal with me there and then). I was finally able to go and tell Rosie that she could go home. By about 12 i was given a bed, much to my liking as i was getting very tired. In the morning i was transfered to another ward where i had to wait until they had an actuall bed ready for me in a main ward. Got to go up to that bed by about 2.30 and had a shower and just as i got out the shower i was told they were ready for me in surgery. Originally they wanted to put me under general anisthetic, but because no one had given me a pregnacy test they wouldnt do it (apparently they dont believe anyone that your not pregnant and test everyone anyway, waste of time if you ask me) so eventually i got my lip looked at and whilst only being local anistihtic they cleaned up the blood, and i have now ended up with one stich in my cheek and one just on the inside of my lip!! All that waiting around and moving about for 20 minutes so they could clean it and put 2 stiches in!! brillient. i am now on a course of antibiotics and have to go back next tuesday to have the stiches taken out! But all is good, doesnt actually hurt, it is just a bit swollen and bruised, so there is no need to worry :D

So it wasnt quite the day of gettin drunk and going to swan valley that i had hoped but never mind.,














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Now the job front, today i finally heard back from the job agency to say that i have a trial week at this country pub up in Gin Gin. only problem is that they want me up there tomorrow, so i had to phone them and say that i had been into hospital and i cant come up to next week because of my check up next tuesday..he didnt seem to happy about this as they wanted me to start this weekend.. so he said he will talk with the job agency and they will get back to me about that one. So now i have a job but it doesnt look like i will be getting that one anymore :( which kinda sucks. but we shall see, hopefully it will be ok. fingers crossed.

Other then that, i did have a very enjoyable visit to Perth zoo on monday! spent half the day there just wondering around and taking lots of photos.
Just got to decide what to do for the rest of the week now.

Bye xx

Im Here!!

Well after a long and grewling flight i have finally made it to Australia, cant believe it! 

The flight its self wasnt too bad, just soo long, didnt really know what to do with yourself by the time you got to the second flight! but i tell you what i am definatly flying with Emirates again, they are brillient, the food is amazing, the service is good and there is actually space between you and the chair infront of you! its brillient! cant fault them. 

When i eventually got to Perth airport, the plane landed about 15 minutes late any way, and then it took another hour for me to get through secrurity and everything else, so by the time i was in the taxi heading to the hostel it was 2.30, thankfully i got to the hostel just in time as just as i got there the guy was about to lock up as his shift was about to finish, so if i got there and the door was locked i would have know what to do!! 

The hostel im staying in for a couple of nights is alright, nothing special, it is big. but they have sorted everything out for me, so now all i need to do today is fill in a couple of forms, go to the bank, and apparently i need to go to the medicare centre to have a medical..interesting i was never told about this before..oh well this could be interesting. also over the next day or 2 i have my trip to rottness island, which im looking forward to now. 

But right now, i am going to go have my first look around Perth and see if i can get my self a new phone :D 

Talk to you all soon 
xx

5 Days Til I Fly Out!

So with only 5 days until i leave the country, i am now all set up with my Aussie bank account, and i transfered money into it today!! When i get there all i have to do is have a meeting with the bank so i can prove that it is me, then i can get to my money!! Woo, its really exciting! 

Been spending the last week saying good bye to everyone, but i need to find the time to make sure i pack and get the last few bits sorted, such as SUNCREAM!! i havent even thought about getting any of that yet, and an Australian plug adaptor! These are all the things that i should really be thinking about now, but i still feel like i have ages to go as it seems unreal that in 5 days i will be on the plane!


A couple of things that i have done are things like, cancelled my car insurance, only have one more day of driving left then my little baby is being handed over to my brother for the year! He better look after her, i want her in good condition when i get back!! And most importantly, i have told lloyds that i am going to Australia so i dont have to worry about my card being blocked when i get out there!