3 weeks in | Travel Diaries

Current location: On the road from Toowoombah to Goondiwindi

It's been a while huh? I've been doing the Australia thing for nearly four weeks now and it's fair to say it's been rather busy and hectic pretty much the second from landing.

The first weeks was the most chilled of them all so far. After Jack met me at the airport we did a bit of exploring around Brisbane City and reaffirmed that Jack doesn't like crowds and my sense of direction is about as good as a goldfishes memory. Southbank was my favourite part of Brisbane but the museum was a pretty good way to spend a morning. 

Whilst in Brisbane we also journeyed up to the Sunshine Coast to the aquarium and for the gorgeous Noosa beaches. Noosa being high on my list for places to go back to already. We also enjoyed a meal out as we decided we deserved a treat after a three hour drive along one very straight, boring road to get to Noosa.

Connor and Laura introduced us (well me) to Aussie drinking antics and the Gold Coast. Both greatly enjoyed and, as I keep telling Jack, I want to go back to Gold Coast because those beaches are just dreamy. I'm missing the sea by the way.

We also won ourselves a job within two days of me arriving which is a definite success for the books. Apparently selling yourself on gumtree isn't as weird as it sounds and can actually be quite useful. So we're now heading into our third week of farm life near a little village called Toobeah, and when I say little I'm talking a population of 7 with a pub and corner shop to it's name. But it's near a bigger (but not much bigger) town called Goondiwindi, yes it's said as it's spelled, and me and Jack tend to spend Saturday mornings there doing our weekly food shop and seeing what we can find. We ended up in New South Wales on Saturday so at least I can say I've been there now even if it was a very brief encounter. 

The farm and the people are lovely though. We've been doing lots of exciting things, cattle herding, fence constructing, tractor driving (Jack not me), dead wallaby fishing and lots of other little things. We're really enjoying our time here and are having lots of fun. 

We're currently driving back from Toowoomba to Goondiwindi to get home after a quick, unsuccessful wander  around Toowoomba. Unsuccessful considering the 3 hour drive to get there and the fact we were intends on grabbing dinner. To celebrate Jacks birthday, but plans were scuppered, because everything, yes everything, was shut.

So we're heading home for burgers, ice cream and a movie in bed. 

Until next time, hopefully not another 3 weeks away. 

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