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had an amazing 11 months in Oz with plenty of drunken shenanigans
and all the usual International Playboy activities.
After nearly a year spent backpacking through Asia it was a relief
to arrive blinking back into civilisation… well Australia
at least.
Sydney:
I spent the first 4 months living in Lane
Cove, Sydney, with a nice student bloke I met whilst traveling
in China. I got a job being a slave to the wage but loved
it - After having spent the last umpteen months sitting
on beaches living out of a smelly backpack, it was wonderfully
to have a 9-to-5 job where you could go home to a real house,
with real food and real TV.
It was also nice to live with an Aussie family,
with Aussie friends, an Aussie bird, and working with other
Aussies. A bit like being in London really…
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I got the chance to go to the Bathurst races too which is
one of the Aussiest of Aussie traditions (apart from BBQ's
and worrying sheep) - yes, it's a day of watching motor sport!
Motors, Mullets and Mammaries aplenty. Photos can be found
by clicking my grinning Barnet above.
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Anyhow, after 4 months of living in the 'burb's, boredom started to kick in, so I moved from the sleepy hollow into a HUGE share house in Glebe. 33 people in one building above a bottle shop can only lead to bedlam - and I of course loved it.
The house was run by a company called Sleeping with the Enemy where everyone has to sign a contract of at least one month which makes the house feel like a home rather than a big hostel. Actually it felt more like a big student flat, but with 30-odd people in it rather than just 3.
I loved every second of my time there, even if it did leave me penniless… You see I moved in just before Christmas, planning to spend my time getting drunk for a month - a task which I succeeded in achieving with undeniable success. Problem was that in January nobody could find any work. |
Basically the arse fell out of the job market and I didn't
work till March. Spending all my days hung over and all my nights
drinking serious affected my funds, and all the money I had
saved up whilst in Oz was pissed up against the wall - Oh well,
I did enjoy spending it though! ;-)
I traveled around the state and saw some great sites including
the Sydney Mardi Gras which was fabulous. I've a few
photos of the event available here
I made some great friends at the house and absolutely loved
the 3 months I spent there. It was my home and I'll remember
the place forever.
After a while though I started to get annoyed with the work
situation, and decided that I might as well go off to Melbourne
with my girlfriend and be unemployed there, rather than hanging
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I did get myself a lovely tattoo whilst I was there though,
which you can see here.
Melbourne:
I cunningly moved to Melbourne to seek my fortune, but ended up working for the state government in the department of Human Services as a PA, but charmed the crap out of the ladies and subsequently got promoted into a researcher. Ahhh… the benefits of being an International Playboy.
I lived with Chris for a few months which was a laugh despite the rigmarole of a 9-to-5, and managed to see a fair bit of Victoria state. More about my times in Melbourne can be found on my plans page.
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