A Week, A Month… A Year?!

I was due to stay in Dunsborough for a week then move on somewhere else, but you start to watch your money depleting and WA is so expensive! I mean, $1.40 for a Crème Egg, sort it out! (I’m still buying them). Little did I know this is a ‘working’ hostel, meaning everyone here is fairly long term and they all work, so I started thinking maybe I should contemplate a job, it can do no harm to earn a bit of cash, after a couple of days I handed my CV around and boom! Got a job in a bar, started the 11^th. Winner… Immediately I got that dreaded work feeling but it will be nice to earn some money (when I get paid).

So I paid to stay here for a month, the hours haven’t really been coming in so I went today and asked for more, the boss said see you at 5, so I’ll be going in to work later. Have to say, my feet do not like my shoes! My shoes I’ve had NO issues with the whole time I’ve had them, now I have blisters and my toes feel trapped. Used to being bare foot or in thongs all the time. I need to buy more socks too… sigh.

In between that I’ve made some friends, here there are Taiwanese, Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian’s, German’s, an Estonian, a Kiwi, various Aussie’s in and out, one other British guy, there’s been two Canadian’s and a handful of American’s. It’s crackers. Everyone speaks English to each other unless communicating with someone of your native tongue. A couple of guys can speak about 3 languages so have no problems.

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I went on a trip with two German’s to a place called Eagle Bay, we did a LOT of walking, over rocks and through bush to a beautiful beach, when we almost got back to the car a few hours later I had cramp in my bum cheek. Don’t laugh! I couldn’t walk. 

One night the Italian’s cooked pizza, that turned in to a midnight shambles. The night before the French did lasagne which amused me, shoulda been moules and frites with loads of baguettes.

One evening, three German’s, two French and myself were telling political based jokes about our native Countries, the American’s didn’t get it so we laughed more.

Another evening was spent fishing with a Japanese girl, a German and a Italian. I realised I can't fish and sting rays look pretty cool in the dusk. A successful trip if you ask me!

One evening a few of us went to watch the sun set at the beach which was really nice, 4 German’s, 1 Italian, 2 Brits (including me) and 1 Australian.

I love the variety of people and how nice (almost) everyone is. Nobody is nasty, put it that way.

I also hired the car and went to visit my friend in Perth, it made me really miss having a car so I might try and get one… although I think I am too fussy for the hunks of junk lying around WA at the moment. Whilst in Perth I visited Cottesloe, Subiaco, the art gallery, the museum, went for a really nice Greek meal and also went to the cinema to watch the new Hobbit film. I’m glad I had nice company because we made our own amusements in the boring bits… which were often. Zzzzz.

A couple of days ago we went to a beach party booze and bbq, this was after my walk with the French guy when I got badly sunburnt. At the beach party there was 2 Italian’s, 1 American, 2 Canadian’s, a few Japanese, 1 Chinese, 1 Brit, 1 Indian (from the other group), 2 German’s… I’m sure I’m missing some people out.

Yesterday was a trip to Margaret River (BEEN THERE!) we wandered up and down the street, I went in the car with 2 French and an Italian. In the other car was an Italian and a French. Then we bumped into 2 German’s and a Taiwanese from our hostel. So we went to a café and had a hot beverage. The Italian was seething at $3 for an espresso… easy steps on how to piss off an Italian 1. Give him a shit espresso, step 2. Charge him a ridiculous amount, step 3. Sit back and watch him shout profanities in Italian.

The Italian's have very naughtily hosted a couple of beach fires, even though fires are currently prohibited at the moment. At one the Kiwi got extremely drunk and we had to force him back to the hostel before he set his head on fire but we did amuse ourselves for a while beforehand at his expense. 

Today myself, a French girl, a Taiwanese girl and a German guy were going to go on a 20k walk but about 3k in the lovely Taiwanese girl got stung on the foot by a bee so was came back.

So I’ll be staying here for at least a month, I think I will keep pestering the boss for more and more and more and more hours. As much as I don’t WANT to work, the more I can work whilst I do have a job will keep me ok in the times I don’t… at least that is the idea. We’re almost 2 months in to the adventure and I am going to earn as much as I can this month in Dunsborough then after a month see if I have earned enough to move on… I’m already getting itchy feet to move to the next place.