Boi....it's hot!!

Well, the first week has been and gone. Achievements thus far....deleting the whole blog which we have just spent 45mins writing, so unfortunately this time its going to be to the point, without the frilly bits, because like the title, it's blummin hot!!

Right, let's start again. Achievements for the week include; getting used to the heat....which Haz hasn't just yet, the 10 hour time difference which is proving more difficult than expected! Next was the boring stuff like well the boring stuff (bank card, Medicare, grocery shopping bla de bla!), and of course the reason why we're in Mackay, Nick's first cricket game for Norths! It's played slightly differently over here, as we only play 35 overs in the one day comp due to early sunset at 6pm ish!! Overall the game went well, despite losing by a mere 6 runs! It felt good to get my first 2 wickets on Auzzie turf, hopefully I'll perform well again next week! :) (check facebook for photos, as trying to add them caused our post to be deleted. One word for this......FUMING!!)

On our first full day in Mackay we went for a scrumptious lunch to Eimeo Pacific Hotel with stunning views overlooking Whitsundays Coast, Brampton, Keswick and St Bees Islands with Eimeo Beach at the forefront. We paddled in our first Auzzie beach, known as Blacks Beach. Needless to say its nothing like the beaches back home....sorry guys!! We've been told to watch out for the jellies, crocs and stingers, so we might not be swimming in the ocean just yet, as we don't want to cut our trip extremely short!!

In and around the boring stuff and cricket, we've been settling in, job hunting and planning where we're heading after Mackay come January. It's a hard life though, playing water volleyball for hours in the afternoons (arvo) whilst soaking up the rays!

Wish us luck for finding a job though, as being in a mining city, things are pretty darn expensive!!

See u's later

Nick & Haz
P.S. this had better saved this time!!