So after going home to freshen up we met her at the Middle pub. It was funny to see her in ordinary clothes and hair down as I had only seen her in a scruffy outfit, hair tied up and no makeup; she said the same about me too. After the Middle we proceeded to the Bentley pub which locals described as a bit upmarket (funny as it looked very ordinary to me, obviously our standards were a bit different). After a drink there we then followed Amanda to her friend’s house which was on the main north road. It was a shared house and from the number of people who were lying/sitting in various rooms I couldn’t figure out who actually lived there. We were introduced to a lot of people including Bob and Sam (Samantha). Bob and Sam invited us to come round on a Thursday to play poker – at last our social life was picking up.
The next 2 days we worked 7 hour shifts and on the Friday I even spotted a kangaroo in the vineyard. Bingo on Friday and still no win!
Saturday 21st February and as you guessed it Adam and I went to the library. I had heard about a job that had been advertised as the best job in the world – an island caretaker. Throughout the week Adam and I had recorded a 60 second video and edited it so I could apply for the position and so we uploaded it. It turns out 30,000 other applicants worldwide had applied too and unfortunately I wasn’t picked but we had fun making it. That afternoon we met Brent (one of the AVS supervisor’s) as we were going to his birthday party. We followed him to his house in Koolunga which was 45 minutes away.
Adam and I were delighted that we had been invited considering we had only known the guy for just over a week but he was lovely and said he knew that being new in the area meant we would not really know anyone and this was a way to make friends. His house sat on a large plot of land but as it had been so dry the grass had died and turned yellow. He told us that he bought the place about 8 years ago for $30000 (15,000) so cheap! The drinking commenced and the Barbie was started. We had bought Brent a 2 bottle spirit holder which he was surprised to receive but made full use of. The evening continued with lots of food and merriment. Brent was in a band and so the guitars came out half way through the evening and we sang along to various songs. Brent had obviously been enjoying the drink because at one point he fell over and scraped his forehead on the side of the bbq. It looked painful but the boys managed to lift him up, he brushed himself off and continued with the drinking.
On Sunday Adam decided he wanted to do something fun so got the boys who lived in the converted part of the house (Jake-14, Bryce-12, Daniel-3) involved in making water rockets. They spent the whole day trying to make them go further or with more speed (boys and their toys).
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