Limbo
Hello.
Our car is home. We're back in Darwin.
We had a few days in Katherine where we managed to pick up a little bit of work for a few days cleaning the cabins on the campsite we were on. That was a pretty nice deal and kept us ticking over for a few days while we continue our search. Believe it or not, we now know how to do hospital corners.
Once that was done we headed up to Darwin hoping that it being the largest city in the Northern Territory would give us a better chance of finding work. There is a small problem with that, because when we were last here it was the beginning of the wet season and half the population had cleared off due to the heat. Now it's peak season and everywhere is full, and competition for jobs is going to be that much fiercer.
We're hoping to hear back from the Cashew Farm today as they might be able to help us out but if not, it's back to the job agencies and checking the noticeboards around town.
We haven't been paid for the grape vine job and that's looking increasingly likely that they're going to rip us off, so there may be some shouting to be done over that. Good job we didn't stay longer!
Aside from that we're in good spirits. Darwin's a bit cooler this time but that's in relative terms; it's still around 30 degrees. It's possible to walk a few metres without collapsing in a heap of sweat and dehydration though, so that's nice. It is good to be able to wake up in the morning and not flick the heater on.
Finally, in Australia everyone has to file tax returns and the financial year has just ended here so we're going to do ours. It's difficult to know for sure but it seems we're entitled to a large part of our tax money back to us so if we can get that, we won't need to work for long and we'll be home before you know it.
That's pretty much all the news for now. Here's a few piccies:
Pruning vines. If you look closely, you can see Charlotte's will to live evaporating:
Chatting to the roadworks blokes who tried to get us work with them. Oh, and an Emu trying to make sweet love to a chair.
Enjoying a dip for the second time in Mataranka thermal springs:
Mrs Mop:
Our car is home. We're back in Darwin.
We had a few days in Katherine where we managed to pick up a little bit of work for a few days cleaning the cabins on the campsite we were on. That was a pretty nice deal and kept us ticking over for a few days while we continue our search. Believe it or not, we now know how to do hospital corners.
Once that was done we headed up to Darwin hoping that it being the largest city in the Northern Territory would give us a better chance of finding work. There is a small problem with that, because when we were last here it was the beginning of the wet season and half the population had cleared off due to the heat. Now it's peak season and everywhere is full, and competition for jobs is going to be that much fiercer.
We're hoping to hear back from the Cashew Farm today as they might be able to help us out but if not, it's back to the job agencies and checking the noticeboards around town.
We haven't been paid for the grape vine job and that's looking increasingly likely that they're going to rip us off, so there may be some shouting to be done over that. Good job we didn't stay longer!
Aside from that we're in good spirits. Darwin's a bit cooler this time but that's in relative terms; it's still around 30 degrees. It's possible to walk a few metres without collapsing in a heap of sweat and dehydration though, so that's nice. It is good to be able to wake up in the morning and not flick the heater on.
Finally, in Australia everyone has to file tax returns and the financial year has just ended here so we're going to do ours. It's difficult to know for sure but it seems we're entitled to a large part of our tax money back to us so if we can get that, we won't need to work for long and we'll be home before you know it.
That's pretty much all the news for now. Here's a few piccies:
Pruning vines. If you look closely, you can see Charlotte's will to live evaporating:
Chatting to the roadworks blokes who tried to get us work with them. Oh, and an Emu trying to make sweet love to a chair.
Enjoying a dip for the second time in Mataranka thermal springs:
Mrs Mop:
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