lauantai 30. elokuuta 2014
perjantai 29. elokuuta 2014
Way to go Billy-o
What a stinker of a day!
It's been a while since last update, sorry for that, but as far as you are in the legendary Outback (countryside in Oz) you are not covered by the network all the time. In my case I have it only weekends and rarely during the week. Good excuse, huh? :D
Four days ago I left Sydney, the opera house, Harbour Bridge and awesome street market food and headed straight west from sydney about 360km to Eugovra (say "igoora") farm called Kaloola, run by local farmer Murray who employes backpackers on a regular basis to do variety of hands-on farmwork in change of accommodation and food (prepared by yourself). Well, some could say the cottage where backpackers live is not the cleanest one, but at least it's warm.
Only three days worked I've had a chance to try my hands on mustering lambs, crusting, welding, help with horses, fencing, driving a tractor, 4wd and quadbike. The work is always more or less dirty, but with appropriate clothing it's just fine. However, I came here to gain experience so it doesn't matter :) If you want to know more about the farm, you can find it on website mylandra.com By the way, local farms are HUGE.
Mornings are still cold but as soon as the sun rises it gets hot enough to wear just a t-shirt. Unfortunately sometimes you have to wear more than that if you don't want to get very dirty. But soon it will be spring and weather is going to be somethng between hot and boiling. Pictures soon!
It's been a while since last update, sorry for that, but as far as you are in the legendary Outback (countryside in Oz) you are not covered by the network all the time. In my case I have it only weekends and rarely during the week. Good excuse, huh? :D
Four days ago I left Sydney, the opera house, Harbour Bridge and awesome street market food and headed straight west from sydney about 360km to Eugovra (say "igoora") farm called Kaloola, run by local farmer Murray who employes backpackers on a regular basis to do variety of hands-on farmwork in change of accommodation and food (prepared by yourself). Well, some could say the cottage where backpackers live is not the cleanest one, but at least it's warm.
Only three days worked I've had a chance to try my hands on mustering lambs, crusting, welding, help with horses, fencing, driving a tractor, 4wd and quadbike. The work is always more or less dirty, but with appropriate clothing it's just fine. However, I came here to gain experience so it doesn't matter :) If you want to know more about the farm, you can find it on website mylandra.com By the way, local farms are HUGE.
Mornings are still cold but as soon as the sun rises it gets hot enough to wear just a t-shirt. Unfortunately sometimes you have to wear more than that if you don't want to get very dirty. But soon it will be spring and weather is going to be somethng between hot and boiling. Pictures soon!
keskiviikko 20. elokuuta 2014
KFC!!!!!
Seriously, I've been dreaming about kfc so long I can't even recall. Imagine those fleshy crispy salty fatty CHICKEN. Now It's right behind the corner and I could eat there daily! I'm going to put on weight ;)
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| Paikallinen euron juusto on $2.50 grill chicken tms. ranskiksilla! :P |
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| Vois kehystaa sangyn paatyyn. |
sunnuntai 17. elokuuta 2014
Pics
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| !! 13000 KM is huge amount. Oli hassua kun kone alkoi laskeutua 100km ennen kenttaa :D |
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| Sydney from above. Vahan isompi kun hameenlinna |
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| This is what I was afraid of...IPC!! I ticked "yes" on at least 5 of them. better safe than sorry! |
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| Miss that already!!!!!! First weekend without sauna for ages. Tiesitteko etta taalla ei tunneta keskuslammitysta, joten sisalla on kaytannossa sama lampotila kun ulkona? Kylmaa ei paase pakoon kuin laittamalla lisaa vaatetta, mutta siita tulee vain ahdas olo :D |
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| Legendary vegemite |
day 2
I can't believe how easily I got used to local sleeping cycle. It took me only a day. Yesterday evening we went to Manly meet some other local au pairs but unfortunately none of them appeared so we just ended up watching australian rugby and soccer. After taking a bus back it was raining quite hard but we still had 2km to home. It was pretty hilarious that we actually ran that way in rain :D
At the moment I'm desperately browsing gumtree for job and found 6 possible vacancies. English is getting better, however still hard to recognize every word the hostparents say. Eli menen töihin toista viiisumia varten ja sitten aloitan varsinaisen au pair -työn. Ekaks täytyy hommata tax file number, pankkikortti tilille ja prepaid joka jo tilattiin. Paikalliset hinnat internetliittymille on paljon kalliimpia kun suomessa esim oma maksoi 40$ ja sis. 4gb nettidataa.
At the moment I'm desperately browsing gumtree for job and found 6 possible vacancies. English is getting better, however still hard to recognize every word the hostparents say. Eli menen töihin toista viiisumia varten ja sitten aloitan varsinaisen au pair -työn. Ekaks täytyy hommata tax file number, pankkikortti tilille ja prepaid joka jo tilattiin. Paikalliset hinnat internetliittymille on paljon kalliimpia kun suomessa esim oma maksoi 40$ ja sis. 4gb nettidataa.
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