We have been working so much lately that I have had had to wait a month between blog posts to actually have something to write about!
As well as both me and Wal working at Shennanigans, I have also been working nights at another Irish Pub called Fiddlers Green and Wal's 2nd job is at Mr Barra. (I think he packs fish....I think, I really should listen more). So it's pretty intense at the moment with not a lot of time to sleep, party or to even see each other but the mega bucks are rolling in for us to save and have a well deserved 'jolly holiday' down the west coast.
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| My 3rd Home! |
We have bought a camper van to travel down the west coast in, it's pretty basic but kitted out with a little kitchen and sink, a bed and what will hopefully be a shit hot sound system. Planning to do about 7 weeks travelling in it and ending up in Melbourne before Christmas so its gonna get some road hammering and I'm gonna have to remember to buy plenty of fabreez!
I can't wait to get on the road again and do some sightseeing. I have enjoyed living in Darwin but I am feeling so ready to move on now. Plus the humidity here is getting worse by the day and I don't think I cope well with it! (And neither does my hair!) It actually rained the other night which is something we haven't seen in a very long time. Apparently the storms in the wet season are amazing here but not sure if we will see any as they usually start about November I think.
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| A Darwin Storm! |
We had some sad news in Darwin also, a guy called Martin (aka Mr Barra) who was Wals boss and a regular at Shags died whilst visiting his family in Ireland for his 70th birthday. I got to know him a fair bit as he came into the pub nearly every day and he reminded me of my Grandad Bob so I liked him a lot.
He went out of his way to help Wal find work when he was struggling and was always good for a laugh (and a very very very long gossip) so I felt quite sad when we found out. As he ran Mr Barra (where wal works) and he provided a lot of businesses with their seafood he was very well known around Darwin so it was quite a sad time for a lot of people when he died.
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| Martin 'Mr Barra' Atkinson |
On a lighter note, we had a competition running at work to win a half day fishing trip and guess which hard worker won! Haha!
The deal was to sell as many 'Coopers' ale as you could and the top 2 sellers got a place on the boat. Free, booze, free food. Awesome. I've never been fishing on a boat so I'm very excited and Wal's very jealous. haha.
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| And Dawnie rocks into 1st place selling 370 Coopers. Alright! |
Had a fab night out at the weekend with some of the girls from work. 'Millie Minogue', Australia's most famous Kylie drag act was appearing live at Throb so naturally we had to go there!
It was brilliant. So camp and fun and as Kylie is my biggest guilty pleasure I knew every song! ha!
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| Me, Mel, Annika and Ruth pre too many beers! |
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| Super Camp! |
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| Your Disco Needs You! |
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| Kylie's Doppelganger! |
Met up with Maff in Throb too where he was trying to out-do a very buff gay man pole dancing. He did not succeed.
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| Maff shaking his groove thang. |
So to say it's been over a month since my last update there's not a lot else I have to tell really.
A few little extras is that me and Wal have had a few rare moments in between work to check out some of the local eateries which has been grand and we have a new room mate that keeps me company when Wal's working late. He's very cute.
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| Hogs Breath puddings = AMAZING!!! |
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| Yummy Lobster! |
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| Our new Roomie. |