I'm not usually a big fan of big cities of any kind but in this place I think I might have just sown the seeds for a love story. I'm happy, maybe even the happiest I have ever felt. It's possibly the stark contrast to Asia that's amazing me most. The fashion, the scene, its people, it's rush and the romance in the chaos of one of Melbourne's busiest weekends is just that though. Amazing.
By reading this you would think I was a small town boy that had never left the country before now but the truth is I have travelled many times and many times I've been underwhelmed. New York, London and Paris pale in comparison... So far anyway.
Leaving Bali and knowing my first time travels in Asia where over was hard. To me I was leaving the first true sense of freedom I have ever felt. I was leaving living on a whim, going and doing who and what I please and leaving some great friends along the way.
I had an amazing final sunset with two particular good mates Mead and Elle. It was a relief after a hectic last day shopping for sensible clothes, getting my c.v finalised, packing and preening myself at the salon before I couldn't afford to be beautiful down under. It's a hard life!
I just made my flight and after a apotek visit that day I slept right through to 7am the next morning. I woke up as we touched down in Oz and through bleary eyes I grabbed my bags and set off for the sky bus.
In Bali I had a fleeting meeting with one of my many 'angels' that I have been lucky enough to meet on my travels. My angels are those people that have helped me when I have been in trouble or otherwise I would have been completely lost. My Oz angel is a lovely Scottish girl called Ash, a girl I had met in one of my Indo hostels for no more than a few hours. After finding out she was living in Melbourne, the city I was planning to visit first, I gushed all my fears for the real world to her and in return she settled my nerves and gave me a few super helpful pointers. We exchanged emails and I thought that was that.
Me being me I was going to travel on a whim. I hadn't planned anything.
I had no accommodation booked, I didn't have a job, I hadn't contacted any Aussie friends and I hadn't even worked out how to get from the airport to the city. It seemed I was going to be lost in Oz until the day before I left Asia when I received a very special email.
Ash's email was a god send! She had went out of her way and found me a place to stay at hers and she told me how to get into the city easy.
On arrival above the Turf pub in North Melbourne I found this...
... welcoming me to "Melbs" and with yet more info welcoming me to the area!
I have now settled right in. Everyone at the Turf are absolutely lovely! My room mates have been great and I've been a busy boy with their help to find a SIM card, bank account, the library, getting my responsible service of alcohol cert and my way about.
Yesterday I finished off my landing list. The list I make in every country to get settled. It had just been a few days but that afternoon i found out that I had GOT A JOB!!
I start on Tuesday and can't wait. Here's to a new chapter! It seems Australia isn't too bad after all.
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