I got into Cairns at 8:00pm on the 18th and went straight to sleep at Caravella 149. It's $18/night here with free dinner at the Woolshed each night. Pretty sweet deal! I'm sharing a room with five other girls; haven't met them all yet, but the three I have met are really nice. We all went dancing last night : )
My first day in Cairns involved a lot of walking. I woke up at 6:30, showered, and went to McDonalds for a coffee and free wi-fi. Nothing else was open, so I computed for an hour or so, then went in search of jobs. I looked at the Classifieds in the Cairns Post and didn't find many promising openings but I did follow the one waitressing job listed. When I Google Mapped the directions, it looked like a short walk from where I was sitting. Unfortunately, scale fooled me and I wandered halfway across this much-larger-than-Airlie-beach city for 40 minutes before finally giving up because I wasn't even halfway there. So, with no other leads to follow, I decided to just pop my head into every popular-looking pub/restaurant and hand my resume out. A couple places said they'd be hiring in the near future so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they'll give me a call!
At around 2:00, I met with a friend from Brisbane (well, from Sweden, but I met him in Brisbane) and we had lunch with a couple of his friends. After that, Andre and I went sunglasses shopping and he showed me around the lagoon. There's a man-made beach here that tops Southbank's dunk tank in Brisbane. It's beautiful and I look forward to taking a dip today!
After shopping with Andre (and finally finding him a pair of sunglasses), I skyped, then went back to the hostel to get changed for dinner and a night on the town! Tuesday nights at the Woolshed offered inexpensive drinks and great music so the two girls I had met from my room (one from Korea, one from Ireland) and I got all jazzed up and met up with Andre and a few of his friends for a great night of dancing, free dinner, and fun.
It's now 9:50am on the 20th and I'm about to head back out to hand out more resumes. Wish me luck!
Signing out from wonderful, sunny Cairns, I'll talk to you soon!
xoxo - Katrina
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