Since we arrived we have been working and saving hard for the next leg of the journey which we are just about to set off on. We stayed in Brisbane and as you know Sean has been working as a removal man and I got a job at Sunglass Hut. It took awhile to settle in, for starters it wasn't easy finding jobs, especially for me, and being away from friends and family at Christmas was so difficult but we're happy that we've stuck at it and got a chance to really experience living and working in Australia. We haven't actually done much so far in terms of sight seeing and touristy things as our main priority was saving so now we're even more excited to finally get on the move and just enjoy it.
Mount cootha
Sean learning to play his new guitar
Story bridge, Brisbane
Carving the ham
Christmas dinner
Lots of English goodies from home.
Sean made a lot of mates through work. One of them, called Alemar, he became good friends with. He ended up going to a few bbq's and was forced to try a Brazilian delicacy of chicken hearts, which he actually enjoyed!
One of many BBQ's
Doing removals meant Sean got to see a lot of Brisbane and a lot of good and bad houses. Some of the horror stories he's told me really made my skin crawl.
The joys of removals
One of the highlights so far was actually seeing Coldplay in December. I'd wanted to see them for ages so I couldn't believe it when we found out they were going to be touring Australia and were going to be at the stadium literally just around the corner from us. They were amazing! Such a good night.
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They also had loads of other native animals there including Kangaroos that you could actually go in the field with and feed. It felt so bizarre to us walking around their enclosure with them. They would take food from your hands and get petted and were completely unfazed by it all.
A few weeks ago we bought a campervan who we have proudly named Bruce! The name came after we lost all power when out driving and we literally had to drive at about 15mph the whole way home including on the hard shoulder of the motorway! We couldn't help shouting 'you can do it Bruce!' as we struggled up hills the entire way back. Any Matilda fans will know what we mean.
Update - we now have some much nicer beachy curtains
The day we got the van was the day we moved out of our accommodation, so when we realised it was going to need some work doing on it, without having anywhere to actually do it, panic started setting in. Luckily Sean had a mate from work, Stuart, who offered to look over it and help him sort it out. Him and his fiancé Carly kindly said we could park up in their back garden and stay there whilst we got everything sorted... 2 weeks later we've only just left! They were so unbelievably nice to us and when we were stressed out to the point of almost giving up they were always there bringing us cups of tea and making us feel a million times better. We really couldn't thank them enough!
We're just about ready now to officially set off. It may be a few weeks later than planned but the van is finally set up perfectly for how we want it and it's given us enough time to properly prepare so it was worth the delay in the end. Lets just hope the van lasts now.
Now to get travelling again!
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