Back to Civilisation!
Hello World, we have returned!
It feels like an eternity since we were in civilisation and we really noticed it as we entered Darwin yesterday morning. After 7 weeks at Adelaide River Inn, we are exhausted but glad to be travelling again. Although our time at the Inn was very enjoyable, even though we didn’t like some of the jobs we did, we met some great people and really felt part of the comunity. We felt priviliged that we were accepted into the town from the day we arrived.
Chez worked in both the Bar and the BP shop, getting to grips with frying all manner of unhealthy foods and sampling them herself… especially on hungover days! Nick also worked in the BP shop, though for the last month he was tied to the 4.30 am till 2pm shift, and was left feeling very tired practically all of the time.
We’re both glad not to have to fry anymore Barra and Chips for a while and plan to get some more healthy food from now on.
We met some amazing charactors including the permanantly drunk Seagull, John the Vietnam vet, Jenny and Mort, who became more like parents as the weeks wore on… and Justin, who at first seemed a little strange, but soon became part of the gang. And Johns friend Andy who returned to Melboune to work and who we are going to see when we travel back down to the south…. not to forget Charlie the stuffed buffalo, who Chez had the pleasure of dusting down when the bar wasn’t busy.
Hopefully we’ll update with some pictures of the guys in future posts.
We catch the train to Adelaide on the 2nd of November and arrive there 2 days later, we spend two days in Adelaide before we catch the train to Perth, arriving there another two days later!! Which will bring us to the 8th of November
Thats all for now, will update again in Perth
Chez and Nik
It,s a great way to see what you are doing, very interesting and it was our pleasure to have met you both. love jen