Who would have told me that, after bidding farewell to Australia five years ago, I would be writing this post while working in the mines in Australia? Back then, at Cairn’s airport, as I was getting ready to travel to the first country of my 3-month solo trip in Southeast
Friday, September 21, 2018. My phone showed 17:30 and 28 degrees. It was a hot day. I was sat on the back seat of Giovanni’s car. In front of me there were Francesco, driving the car, and Kevin, on his left. It was my fourth time going to Cairn’s airport,
Did you like all the nightlife options Cairns has to offer? What about wandering around its astonishing waterfalls? Now, have you heard about the Great Barrier Reef? How about Fiztroy Island? Cape Tribulation? The Walshs Pyramid? Would you like to find out more about what to see in Cairns and
My life in Cairns had just started for real and I was pretty happy about it. That being said, it took me a little over a month to find a job in Cairns. While it is truth that the city is way smaller than Sydney or Melbourne, it is still
As I was saying in the previous post, regardless of all the disappointments, I kept on looking forward. I knew I would end up getting a job in Cairns. Thus, I went to my third and final hostel in Cairns: “Caravella Backpackers”. The hostel setup was nice, with a big
I arrived in Cairns on Friday the 25th of May, 2018. It was the last stop of my Australian Trip, the one I did with my friend Chaves. I arrived in Cairns a little after having spent 7 months in Australia. I didn’t have any plans but I wanted to
Whitsunday Islands We woke up at around 07:00 the morning of Saturday the 19th of May. As we started to pack the stuff we were going to bring with us to the boat, we realised something was not right. Did we have enough beer for the weekend? Yes. Were we
2 days in Byron Bay On Sunday the 13th of May, after having spent quite some hours partying the night before at Coffs Hotel, we woke up (still hungover) and started to get breakfast ready. As I write these lines, I feel some sort of nostalgic when I remember the
From Port Lincoln to Canberra We woke up the next morning still with the excitement of the last journey. The best thing? Our Australian road trip was still going on. So, once we had breakfast and filled up the car’s tank, we got ready for our next route in Australia,
It’s been 3 months and 25 days since the “Welcome to Australia, Mr. Chaves” sign was shown for the first time. Although my idea of being at the airport waiting for Chaves to arrive while holding the sign didn’t happen as I envisioned it, (basically he landed at Melbourne’s airport
