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<blockquote data-quote="Diane" data-source="post: 562270" data-attributes="member: 4481"><p><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/classics/wave.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wave:" title="wave :wave:" data-shortname=":wave:" /> hello there,</p><p></p><p>Well, been here for 10 months now 2 left to go. Absolutely love it, decided a few months back that I want to stay for good. </p><p></p><p>At the end of May I booked myself on the Oz experience bus (10 day trip up the east coast if you do it in one go or you just get on n off and stay in a place a while then carry on with your trip as and when you like). Was a bit nervous going it alone, needn't have been, second day of the trip I met two sisters travelling together who I became great friends with. </p><p></p><p>Stayed at Hervey Bay the first night then a cattle ranch in the middle of nowhere the second. Went goat mustering on horseback, great fun, and then that night very very stupidly after too much cheap wine had a go on the mechanical bull.....Oh my god! was on it for a whole one and a half seconds before I somersaulted off it really injured my arm, was in pain for weeks, went for a massage and was told that scar tissue had formed I was nearly crying with the pain when she massaged it but it's alright again now. </p><p></p><p>On the 3rd day arrived in Airlie Beach. My friends got bar jobs there and I got a job at a B&B. Bad move. I wasn't allowed a work visa so I did some more voluntary work for food and board. The place was beautiful to work at, gorgeous views etc, but had to get up at 6.30 after only getting in at 4.30 and cook and serve breakfast still drunk and then clean the rooms, just what you want when you're feeling dodgy! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> , only lasted 3 weeks. </p><p></p><p>After being in Airlie about a month I met lots of great friends. Made a lifelong friend in the ladies loos hehe as ya do. We were chatting about how bad the loos were, joined her and her work friends for a drink and that was that, all got on so well I ended up moving in. Gained a circle of friends that I adore.</p><p></p><p>The weather was bad for weeks and weeks, rained loads, I'd originally intended to go to Airlie stay about a week, book a boat trip round the whitsundays and then carry on but with having such a good time and the weather being naff waited. Eventually got out on the water, weather was fab, for the first few hours!. Still had a great time though. Went on a sailing ship so that made it great fun, water was choppy as so we were going up and down like a pirate ship, loved it!. When we got out on the reef nearly everyone got in the water to snorkel (no way I was getting in it was too rough) but even the strong swimmers were being pulled back in the dinghys the water was going over their heads and down the snorkels. The next day I did get in, well kinda <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> , big yellow kneelength raincoat, beer in one hand, viewfinder in the other and looked in the water from the safety of a dinghy hehe, they were all freezing and breathless and I was happy as <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/classics/thumbsup.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbsup:" title="thumbs up :thumbsup:" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /> </p><p></p><p>Middle of August set off on the bus again with Liza n Cass (the sisters I'd met) went through the tablelands, went to a croc farm, Millaa Millaa waterfalls then onto Cairns. Stayed in Cairns with them for a week then we hired a car and went up to the Daintree rainforest and to Cape Tribulation. Daintree was beautiful, we went on the river, we were really lucky we got there at 4.30 all the tourists were leaving and we had a big boat to ourselves and the funniest guide, saw lots of wild crocs. Now I don't know why, maybe I'm just weird hehe, but I wanted to stick me hand in the water so badly just to see a croc come and jump up, needless to say I restrained myself or I'd be typing this with one hand <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />. Went jungle surfing, 250 ft up in the rainforest on a harness flying through the trees. Can't believe I did it! at the last one you have to (well don't have to but get bullied into) going upside down. I hung upside down by my ankles but wouldn't let go, I couldn't, you know you're not gonna fall but I just couldn't let go I was too scared. Missed a bit, when we were in Cairns (the last day of the bus trip) our busload went to a pub together for a meal, cheap drinks and games. There was a goldfish race, they have an auction you bid on the fish and then have races. I won Nemo he was Australia, and I won every race yayyyyyyyyyyy. You have a long thin tank and you get behind your fish with a straw and blow, I won a white water rafting trip from blowing a goldfish wooooooooooohooooooooo hehehe<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> . Was gonna sell it but decided to be brave and adventurous and really glad I did it. Went in a two man raft on the Russell river, and because I was on my own on the trip got put in with one of the instructors, so it was easy peasy <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/classics/thumbsup.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbsup:" title="thumbs up :thumbsup:" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /> </p><p>We came back to Cairns for our last night together, my friends set off to Sydney and I set off back down the coast to Airlie Beach, spent all September there. </p><p></p><p>Sadly though my holidays have to now end, got 2 month (well less) left before I'm due to fly home. So have come back to Bris to find a job. Really really didn't want to leave Airlie, it's home to me now! Little tiny piece of paradise it is and all my friends are there <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> , but isn't all bad, get me a job so that I can stay and then it's just a short flight away and I can get myself up there every now n then at weekends. If all else fails I'm gonna find me a marriage of convienience <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Diane, post: 562270, member: 4481"] :wave: hello there, Well, been here for 10 months now 2 left to go. Absolutely love it, decided a few months back that I want to stay for good. At the end of May I booked myself on the Oz experience bus (10 day trip up the east coast if you do it in one go or you just get on n off and stay in a place a while then carry on with your trip as and when you like). Was a bit nervous going it alone, needn't have been, second day of the trip I met two sisters travelling together who I became great friends with. Stayed at Hervey Bay the first night then a cattle ranch in the middle of nowhere the second. Went goat mustering on horseback, great fun, and then that night very very stupidly after too much cheap wine had a go on the mechanical bull.....Oh my god! was on it for a whole one and a half seconds before I somersaulted off it really injured my arm, was in pain for weeks, went for a massage and was told that scar tissue had formed I was nearly crying with the pain when she massaged it but it's alright again now. On the 3rd day arrived in Airlie Beach. My friends got bar jobs there and I got a job at a B&B. Bad move. I wasn't allowed a work visa so I did some more voluntary work for food and board. The place was beautiful to work at, gorgeous views etc, but had to get up at 6.30 after only getting in at 4.30 and cook and serve breakfast still drunk and then clean the rooms, just what you want when you're feeling dodgy! :) , only lasted 3 weeks. After being in Airlie about a month I met lots of great friends. Made a lifelong friend in the ladies loos hehe as ya do. We were chatting about how bad the loos were, joined her and her work friends for a drink and that was that, all got on so well I ended up moving in. Gained a circle of friends that I adore. The weather was bad for weeks and weeks, rained loads, I'd originally intended to go to Airlie stay about a week, book a boat trip round the whitsundays and then carry on but with having such a good time and the weather being naff waited. Eventually got out on the water, weather was fab, for the first few hours!. Still had a great time though. Went on a sailing ship so that made it great fun, water was choppy as so we were going up and down like a pirate ship, loved it!. When we got out on the reef nearly everyone got in the water to snorkel (no way I was getting in it was too rough) but even the strong swimmers were being pulled back in the dinghys the water was going over their heads and down the snorkels. The next day I did get in, well kinda :D , big yellow kneelength raincoat, beer in one hand, viewfinder in the other and looked in the water from the safety of a dinghy hehe, they were all freezing and breathless and I was happy as :thumbsup: Middle of August set off on the bus again with Liza n Cass (the sisters I'd met) went through the tablelands, went to a croc farm, Millaa Millaa waterfalls then onto Cairns. Stayed in Cairns with them for a week then we hired a car and went up to the Daintree rainforest and to Cape Tribulation. Daintree was beautiful, we went on the river, we were really lucky we got there at 4.30 all the tourists were leaving and we had a big boat to ourselves and the funniest guide, saw lots of wild crocs. Now I don't know why, maybe I'm just weird hehe, but I wanted to stick me hand in the water so badly just to see a croc come and jump up, needless to say I restrained myself or I'd be typing this with one hand :D. Went jungle surfing, 250 ft up in the rainforest on a harness flying through the trees. Can't believe I did it! at the last one you have to (well don't have to but get bullied into) going upside down. I hung upside down by my ankles but wouldn't let go, I couldn't, you know you're not gonna fall but I just couldn't let go I was too scared. Missed a bit, when we were in Cairns (the last day of the bus trip) our busload went to a pub together for a meal, cheap drinks and games. There was a goldfish race, they have an auction you bid on the fish and then have races. I won Nemo he was Australia, and I won every race yayyyyyyyyyyy. You have a long thin tank and you get behind your fish with a straw and blow, I won a white water rafting trip from blowing a goldfish wooooooooooohooooooooo hehehe:D . Was gonna sell it but decided to be brave and adventurous and really glad I did it. Went in a two man raft on the Russell river, and because I was on my own on the trip got put in with one of the instructors, so it was easy peasy :thumbsup: We came back to Cairns for our last night together, my friends set off to Sydney and I set off back down the coast to Airlie Beach, spent all September there. Sadly though my holidays have to now end, got 2 month (well less) left before I'm due to fly home. So have come back to Bris to find a job. Really really didn't want to leave Airlie, it's home to me now! Little tiny piece of paradise it is and all my friends are there :( , but isn't all bad, get me a job so that I can stay and then it's just a short flight away and I can get myself up there every now n then at weekends. If all else fails I'm gonna find me a marriage of convienience :D [/QUOTE]
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