So I have completed my 88 days of required Regional work in order to attain my 2nd Working Holiday Visa for Australia and I am now residing in Sydney, working in a little cafe called The Porch in a nearby suburb.
So I suppose I should start where I last left off. Adelaide:
My stay in Adelaide was interesting and such fun. I stayed in a vegan household up in Eden Hills and it was there I met some more rather wonderful people and engaged in numerous meditations, and yoga sessions. So it was what I now see as a much needed detox: Physically, emotionally and spiritually. After 2 wonderful weeks there it was time to start my Regional work and I had already emailed a farm near Byron where my sister had attained hers. It all seemed go, go, go when the day before I flew to the Gold Coast I received an email from them detailing that they were currently FULL.
So I researched like crazy till way after midnight and found a nice looking place near Mount Tamborine. Sent email and went to bed. Woke up with a reply of acceptance and jumped on the plane. Was picked up by the owner and for 23 days I worked on this commercial flower farm in the gorgeous rainforest surrounding Tamborine. It was there also that I made more wonderful friends and even had my own room with double bed & flat screen TV!
It was at the pub one night that I received an email from the original farm saying they now had room for me and so I packed up and bussed into a small rural town called Murwillumbah.
It was there I was picked up and introduced to the Hare Krishna farm and all 50 of the other travellers WWOOFing there. What a magnificent place! So many incredible memories and absolutely exquisite food. If I were to detail everything that went on there in the following 2 months I fear this post would be rather astronomically long and so I will cut to the chase by saying after being granted my 2nd year visa I hitched to Coffs harbour where I was offered to spend the night at this couples house on thieR couch. Their place was idyllic and we went on a rainforest walk, saw a platypus, drank crystal clear blue water from a flowing waterfall and ate home-made soup. The next day I hitched on, stopping in Bellingen briefly and then getting a ride all the way to Sydney where I had arranged to do Helpx in an apartment.
So I have now been in Sydney for almost a week, have a job in a cafe just 2 minutes walk from the apartment and I plan to stay here a good while to save up for coming home at Christmas.
Well, I must be off as the cafe has a Grand Opening Night tonight and the press will be there at 6pm
Love & Hugs
Monsieur Smile
XOXO
So I suppose I should start where I last left off. Adelaide:
My stay in Adelaide was interesting and such fun. I stayed in a vegan household up in Eden Hills and it was there I met some more rather wonderful people and engaged in numerous meditations, and yoga sessions. So it was what I now see as a much needed detox: Physically, emotionally and spiritually. After 2 wonderful weeks there it was time to start my Regional work and I had already emailed a farm near Byron where my sister had attained hers. It all seemed go, go, go when the day before I flew to the Gold Coast I received an email from them detailing that they were currently FULL.
So I researched like crazy till way after midnight and found a nice looking place near Mount Tamborine. Sent email and went to bed. Woke up with a reply of acceptance and jumped on the plane. Was picked up by the owner and for 23 days I worked on this commercial flower farm in the gorgeous rainforest surrounding Tamborine. It was there also that I made more wonderful friends and even had my own room with double bed & flat screen TV!
It was at the pub one night that I received an email from the original farm saying they now had room for me and so I packed up and bussed into a small rural town called Murwillumbah.
It was there I was picked up and introduced to the Hare Krishna farm and all 50 of the other travellers WWOOFing there. What a magnificent place! So many incredible memories and absolutely exquisite food. If I were to detail everything that went on there in the following 2 months I fear this post would be rather astronomically long and so I will cut to the chase by saying after being granted my 2nd year visa I hitched to Coffs harbour where I was offered to spend the night at this couples house on thieR couch. Their place was idyllic and we went on a rainforest walk, saw a platypus, drank crystal clear blue water from a flowing waterfall and ate home-made soup. The next day I hitched on, stopping in Bellingen briefly and then getting a ride all the way to Sydney where I had arranged to do Helpx in an apartment.
So I have now been in Sydney for almost a week, have a job in a cafe just 2 minutes walk from the apartment and I plan to stay here a good while to save up for coming home at Christmas.
Well, I must be off as the cafe has a Grand Opening Night tonight and the press will be there at 6pm
Love & Hugs
Monsieur Smile
XOXO
