Hostel Life

Here I am in Queensland, living in a hostel, waiting for work to make itself available.

I've managed to budget 3 days worth of food for less than 25$ - I'm living off of bread, bananas, peanut butter, eggs, noodle packs and 2$ bags of assorted vegetables (carrots, cabbage, zucchini and tomatoes) put together by the grocery store for 'quick sale'. There's also a shelf of communal food left behind by departing visitors that sometimes reveals great surprises.

My days consist of waking up around 7am and reading until 8:30 when I can call my farming contact to see if there's work available. So far nothing is available, but everyday he suspects present workers are wearing thin and suggests that I should call again the next morning. The day I'm told there's work available, I'll pack my bags and check out at 10am, as required by the hostel. I'll have to call my three accommodations contacts and hope that one of the better reviewed working hostels has room for me. Then I'll walk 5 minutes to where I can buy a 30$ Greyhound ticket to Bowen and board the bus at the according departure time.

As of now, after hearing of no work, I've been checking in for another night at the hostel and starting my day of leisure and lazing. My routine has become: Breakfast, internet cafe, sun bathing, swimming, sun bathing, lunch at the hostel, reading/nap in the hammock, shower, dinner, nightly movie on the 'outdoor cinema screen' and then off to bed with a book at 9pm. Here are a few of the sights I see daily:  

I really can't complain, but it has taken some time to mentally adjust to such a different life pace. I've always been one for the 'fast life', living in a city, busying myself with chores, responsibilities, social life (friends, drinks, going out) and any other project I could fill my time with. I realize that the next few months of my life will be drastically different, physically and mentally, from what I am used to and I'm looking forward to learning from it and adapting to it.