GOT A JOB!!

Soooooo Good news I have a job in Melbourne! It was not looking promising before. I kept getting interviews for places that were for fundraising and stuff which paid 100% commission. I shadowed in for a day to see what it was like and in the 2 hours I was watching the girl only got $10 which means she made $2 in 2 hours... But anyways the job I have pays $16 bucks per hour and I'm a casual worker so I will get 20ish hours a week. However, it is coming up to the Grand Prix here so I probably will be getting more then 20 hours. Also it is just down the street so if they ever need me I will be able to collect more shifts which is awesome.

The place is called Grill'd, there is a website grilld.com.au It is like a high end fast food place, you order and get your meals taken to you cause they take about 10 mins to cook, and the food looks yummy!! I have my first training session on Thursday for 4 hours and then another on Sunday... I'm pretty excited the place looks cool to work at, when I went in there is loud music playing and a bunch of ppl my age working there just having a good time. I will try to take some pictures as well.

Today we also booked the Great Ocean Road tour which I'm very excited for. We are going on Wednesday and the weather should be nice! :) I really hope I see a kangaroo! We will be doing a hike in a forest as well so hopefully we get to see some cool wildlife! Anyways, I have to go eat my dinner now, but things are defiantly looking up at this point!

Got an Apartment in Melbourne!!

Hey all,

So I got an apartment in Melbourne! Wooo and it has internet and washer dryer. It is a really nice apartment I'm very happy with it. On a negative note finding a job is proving to be a bit difficult. I have applied to a ton of places and still nothing. Tomorrow I have an open interview with Lulu Lemon so hopefully they are hiring and I get in there! That would be a pretty cool job. It seems like people here don't want to hire backpackers because they can only work for a certain amount of time... oh well I'm still optimistic that I will find something. Anyways, just a quick post to keep things up to date...

Goodbye Mildura Hello Melbourne!

So I realize it has been quite a long time since my last post. And I know that my posts are so riveting and you all have probably been waiting for this so here it is! Haha. Anyways, we have now left Mildura, we realized that the amount of money we were making for the work was not leveling out. For example, on our last day we made $6 for 2 hours of work picking sultanas... depressing. Haha so we just took some pictures on the vans (which are up on facebook) and drove around for a bit in the vans sight seeing. Much more fun! We have now arrived in Melbourne and are trying to find and apartment. It is a little more dificult then we thought it would be but I guess it is only day 2 so hopefully things pick up a bit.

We actually went to look at an apartment yesterday and were really excited because it was in a good area of town. The price was a little high at 160 per week, but we figured this would mean it was good. When we looked at it, the living room and bedrooms were nice but the bathroom was discusting and the kitchen was pretty gross as well. And for that much money we decided to pass for now and keep the hunt going. So this is where we are at right now... still on the hunt for a nice place to live. Still feeling pretty optomistic and hoping we get something soon! :)