Hi guys,
The last few weeks we have been quite busy so sorry for not updating our blog!! Anyways, you shouldn’t miss what’s going on in Australia.
As you know we flew from Auckland to Cairns and surprisingly for the first time we were on time for our flight and we had no troubles… Five hours later we landed in Cairns and the first thing we did was to take off our jackets and jumpers because it was really warm. That’s how we imagined Australia!!!
In Cairns we 
went to the Cairns Beach House, a hostel that promised us we could work for free accommodation. That’s how we got our first job in Australia. And for the next two weeks we were working behind the bar of the Cairns Beach House. Because you have to work 15 hours in order to get free accommodation we managed to work only for three days per week for five hours. A pretty good deal… don’t you think so?? Anyways, the work was absolutely boring and after the first week we couldn’t wait to leave the hostel. It was a crappy hostel and our room mates were (let’s say it in a nice way) strange.
went to the Cairns Beach House, a hostel that promised us we could work for free accommodation. That’s how we got our first job in Australia. And for the next two weeks we were working behind the bar of the Cairns Beach House. Because you have to work 15 hours in order to get free accommodation we managed to work only for three days per week for five hours. A pretty good deal… don’t you think so?? Anyways, the work was absolutely boring and after the first week we couldn’t wait to leave the hostel. It was a crappy hostel and our room mates were (let’s say it in a nice way) strange. 
The problem was that we needed to buy a van befor
e we could leave Cairns so we waited for Götsch in order to check out some vans. On the 19th of October he finally arrived and we started to look for vans.
To be honest, we were not really motivated and we were kind of lazy. BUT again, the luck was on our side. We met a German guy in our hostel and we found out that he wants to sell his van. So we talked to him and he just sold us his van for a really, really good price. This made us the owner of a blue Mitsubishi Starwagon which we called OUTBACK JACK.
Cairns is pretty cool but I think a week is more than enough to see Cairns. However, because of our job and the van we were forced to stay in Cairns for two weeks. In these two weeks we did some pretty cool things. We spent a lot of time at different beaches, did a day trip to the Great Barrier Reef and went diving and snorkeling. Went to visit Kuranda – the village in the Rainforest and did the Barefoot-Tour were we saw beautiful waterfalls, lakes and a lot of rainforest.
There is one more thing you should do in Cairns – going out (pics on fb). And that’s exactly what we did. We went out, and went out, and went out… Cairns is a really good place to party! So don’t miss this when you are there!
We also watched the rugby finals in Cairns and because we had to work and couldn’t really follow the whole match we kind of missed the fact that the All Blacks won the world cup!!! (We really thought the All Blacks lost and we were really disappointed). No idea how this could have happened, but everybody was applauding and we asked ourselves the question if everybody was supporting France… ??!!?? So in the end we realized that the All Blacks won and we were really happy about it!! =)
On the 28th of October Ole (the German guy) finally sold us his van and we started our road trip down the East Coast. Hit the road Jack!!
We also watched the rugby finals in Cairns and because we had to work and couldn’t really follow the whole match we kind of missed the fact that the All Blacks won the world cup!!! (We really thought the All Blacks lost and we were really disappointed). No idea how this could have happened, but everybody was applauding and we asked ourselves the question if everybody was supporting France… ??!!?? So in the end we realized that the All Blacks won and we were really happy about it!! =)
On the 28th of October Ole (the German guy) finally sold us his van and we started our road trip down the East Coast. Hit the road Jack!!
