.: Cath’s Blog:.

I had parked my car in a public car park, so I got up at 7am to go and pay for a parking ticket for my car for the day.

I was told last night by Hannah that Global Gossip were looking for staff, so I decided to try and go there for 9am to try and apply for the position. Since it was so early I got my gear together, checked out of the hotel and I went for breakfast. I had been to the Melaleuca last night to check on availability and they had informed me I could check in anytime after midday.

I went down to GG for 9am and gave the lady my resume and she said she would contact me. I met Hannah and we spent the rest of the day just hanging out and relaxing by the pool at my new backpackers…it’s really nice. I got a call from the lady from GG and went to see her…the money was unacceptable, so I didn’t go for the job.

I met up with Hannah and her friend Reanne at Shenannigans and then met up with Hannah’s friend Giles, from home, who was funnily enough dating a girl from Sale, called Shelley (who’s gran lives on Ferndene Road near me)…it’s a very small world. She was a United fan, so of course she was making fun of City being rubbish and I was making fun of the very expensive tickets she will be paying if she wants to see a game in the future. Harmless banter!

I have to say we all got absoloutely bladdered and had a lots of fun. We stayed in Shenannigans until they started playing live music and then we headed to a Karaoke bar in which we had lots of laughs. There was an Anorixic looking woman hosting Karaoke to hideous looking middle aged women and men who were heckled by us for a couple of hours. We all did get up and sing Bohemian Rhapsody (in memory of my pal Luciana) which was fun.

At the end of the evening I got talking to these two fabulous girls (below) who basically worked on a cattle station in WA. The girl on the left (from what I remember) herds the cattle and the girl on the right cooks for the staff. I was arguing with them about Kylie saying that she belonged to the British now and was calling them the McLeod’s Daughters…they said that McLeod’s Daughters was a rip off of them…too funny! Ladies, if you do read this please email me cathellis@gmail.com I would like to keep in touch with you.

I would like to say that I FINALLY got myself a new charger for my camera….Darwin isn’t all that bad it seems.

I wolk up early this morning and called Steph & Jo…It was great hearing their voices and hearing all their news.

I got my gear together and packed up the car with Shima, said my goodbye’s and got on the road by 8:30am. In no time we were at the sign for the Northern Territory and I was happy to see lots of signs for ‘No Speed Limit’…it was fab!

The scenery was deffinately the prettiest so far on this stretch of the highway up to Darwin. We stopped in Tennant Creek for gas and then Katherine for Gas and also Lunch. Katherine looked quite small (similar to Kununnara) and we headed out straight after lunch to Darwin.

We got to Darwin at 5:30pm (now 8 and a half hours ahead of the UK) and we checked into our backpackers. The place Shima booked us into was called the Wilderness Lodge and it was pretty horrible…but it would do me one day, so I didn’t complain.

I called Hannah and she said she was going to the Deckchair Cinema to see the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy. I asked her if she minded if I tagged along and I was glad I did as the movie was very funny.