We're finally here! Will and I arrived in Airlie Beach/Cannonvale Sunday afternoon and it wasn't easy. First, we were prepared to pay for an extra piece of luggage as domestic airlines aren't as accommodating as international carriers. We learned, the hard way, not to fly Jetstar as an air carrier. They charge $10 per kilo over the weight limits, and as such we ended up paying $270 to get all our luggage up to Airlie (the price of a return flight for a whole other person).
When we arrived in Airlie and went to check-in at the backpackers we had booked at we realized we didn't have enough money to cover the week we had booked (having drained our accounts to get the extra luggage here). So we paid for a roof over our head until Tuesday, promising to pay the rest when payday arrived. When we took a look at our room we decided maybe we wouldn't come back to pay the remaining balance. Although functional our room is not at all nice, so we've been trying to find another place to stay.
In the meantime we both started our jobs yesterday. I was dumped right into the chaos at Infront Communications. This coming weekend is the big Outrigger event on Hamilton Island where canoe paddlers from around the world come to compete for the title and $60,000. As part of my support role in the office I will have to be on hand for the event all this week and into the weekend. But that does mean that I will be put up in a hotel room on Hamilton Island at their 5-star resort. And I can bring Will too! So bye bye icky backpackers and hello posh island living for the rest of the week! We'll send photos soon.
2 comments:
Oh don't ever do Jetstar again... how terribly rude to charge you that much. Oh I can so empathize with the lack of funds. I slept in a backpackers in the Czech Republic where the inn keeper was the spitting image of Norman Bates from the movie Psycho. We had to trek through a dark forest to get there and we were the only guests. We were joyous that we actually woke up alive! What you put yourself through when you have no funds!! Good news about your jobs and give that backpackers the flick ASAP... go and lie in the sun on Hamilton! Best of luck up North. A-M xx
Glad to hear you caught a break!
Charlie
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