Hey Girl!

T&S.....

I can’t believe in such a short time I became such good friends with these girls. I remember first meeting them one night that I was working at Tooleys. Tierney had applied for a job there and was coming in for a trial and I was giving her all the pointers. Her friend Steph was sitting at the bar and I started chatting it up with her and we did the number exchange and the rest is history. Both Tierney and Steph are from Colorado so we know we will be seeing each other again very soon, and planning our next adventure.

I knew when I first started talking to these girls that we would be instant friends and that we were. From the day we met we haven’t stopped hanging out and spending heaps of time together. We have had so much fun together from randomly meeting, to going to Byron Bay together for the night, to hanging out on the beach, going out and getting silly together, laughing until we start crying, and so much more.  I have never laughed more then when we are all hanging out.

Tomorrow they are leaving the Gold Coast to continue their travels to New Zealand. I am so sad that I have to say good-bye to them. That’s the one thing about traveling you meet people and they move on or you move on and you are forced to say good-bye, this is the first time since I have been in Australia that I have had to say good-bye. I know that I will be seeing them again; we are meeting up in Sydney for a New Years Eve Harbour Cruise which we are all super excited for! After Sydney the next time I will see them is back in North America.

Trust me girls if I had the ability right now I would drop everything and come traveling with you, you have no idea how much I want to come. I am so glad that I have met you both, it has been an awesome month we have had together. The best part is we still live pretty close to each other back in our “homeland” I can't wait until we plan our next adventure, what a blast that will be!

It’s not good bye…its see ya later mate!

Cheers to all the good times we had and plently more to come.

Love Ya Girls!

At Cheeky Monkeys In Byron Bay

A day out on the Broadwater

A very random night to say the least

On the Broadwater

Sunday Session @ Fishos -- Awesome Day!

give in, give up, or give it your all

I have just been through another bump in the road in my Aussie adventure.

I had been working at Tooleys Bar and Restaurant for about 2 months. I had just gotten comfortable with all of the regulars, the people I worked with, and the regular runnings of the restaurant. I got word on Monday that I was fired! I couldn't believe it, I had just been told by one of the managers that I was one of the best. Boggles my mind.

Anyways I was back at square one again -- no job, and not too much money, great!

I got really down on myself because I have never felt so degraded as I sometimes do in this country. I know I am a good worker, I have letters of reference to prove it. Tooleys was just under bad ownership and the owner started clearing house with his employees I can't take that personally, I just have to deal with it and remember that I am a good worker with a tone of potential.

I thought that the best decision at this time was to pack up and head back to Canada and get a fresh start there. NO JENNIFER! that is not the best idea! I realized that "Life is an Adventure" and there are always going to be bumps and curves in the road that I am going to have to deal with and this is one of them. I have to learn to pick myself back up and get back on the road again. Off to the internet cafe I went to print off a heap of resumes. I walked to Broadbeach (5km from Surfers) because I didn't want to waste money on the bus. I got to Broadbeach and went to my favourite restaurant, Yellowfin, and spoke with the manager. I have a trial at 5:30 tomorrow night. I rock what I do so I know that I will have a job again in no time.

As Kait told me. In life you have 3 choices; give in, give up, or give it your all.
I am going to stay here for now and give it my all and pound the pavement until I get a job and just work and save my money. I cannot give up on this adventure that I am on yet.

Take it day by day and dollar by dollar......

Long time no Blog...

Wow I can't believe I let my obsession of blogging go this long -- 22 days! Unreal!

Well I guess its time for the big update!

I celebrated my first Halloween in Australia. The Australians really don't go all out for Halloween like I am used to. I went to a friend’s house for a party and I was dressed as Gold Coast Trash. Living in Surfers Paradise there is a huge tourist population so it’s inevitable that we have all these tacky souvenir shops and of course they are tacky. So I saw it somewhat fitting to go as Gold Coast Trash as a last minute costume. 

I have been bike riding; I did a big ride to Coolangatta that is about 30k. Although I had to leave Kait and let her ride solo home because I was about to die and I had to go to work. I took my bike and locked it up and went to the bus stop to take the bus home, we can’t take bikes on the bus. So I was standing at the bus stop and there were 3 other people there and we were waiting and waiting for the bus to come, busses here are always late. So the question came up as to where we were all going and the final destination for all of us was Surfers Paradise. We decided to all split on a cab, and I was so excited that I could take by bike in the cab. As we were waiting for the cab to show up we gained another passenger, the more the merrier and the cheaper! It was quite an interesting ride to say the least. 

Just a few days ago I went on an awesome back country 4 wheeling adventure. We went 4 wheeling in hills of the Australian Countryside -- through rivers and up hills and of course through the mud. By the end of the 2-hour tour I was covered head to toe in mud, I felt so accomplished! 

I have met some new friends, Tierney and Steph, and they are from Colarado. We have had a lot of fun together lately. We went to Sea World one day and we were sitting having a beer or course and decided that we were going to take off to Byron Bay for the night and party at the famous Cheeky Monkeys. This was so much fun! It was the first time I had stayed in a hostel and what a fun experience. We had an awesome night there! 

Me, Steph, Drake & Tierney @ our hostel in Byron

Other then that I have just been working at Tooleys in Main Beach to save money to start my actual travelling adventure in March. Hopefully from March to August I can travel for 6 months and see all of Australia, well as much as possible in that time period. I may have to stop and work along the way but that is the life of a backpacker! 

The Christmas decorations and the carols are all out in full force; this is such a weird feeling. This is the first Christmas that I have been away from my family and only the 2nd one that hasn't been white. It's such a weird feeling that everywhere is all decorated and I am walking around in 30+ degree heat and trying to wrap my head around the fact that Christmas is just around the corner. It makes me miss home, my friends and family a bit, but its just another day to me!

Today marks the day that I have been here 3 months, I feel like I just got here, time really flies. Only 9 more months until I'm home Mom! Ahh that time will fly and I'm just not ready for it yet. I still have such an exciting adventure ahead of me that I can't wait for!

Peace Love and Happiness!