Off to the land down under :D: Decisions decisions, what to do......

Ok, so being honest, Australia freaking rocks. Adding to that, the most fun I have had over here has to be either in Cairns diving or my last job working on the cattle station in Ardbrin. Currently sitting in my dorm room in Bris-Vegas (Brisbane), here for a few days until my bus transfer to Roma for the next job. With these days, I have been hibernating in my dorm room saving money and reflecting on all the people I met and things I have done. Love scuba diving.

In the last week, after topping up my phone with some serious credit, called all my family back home, had been a long time. Was great to hear everyone's voices, and they too were equally happy to hear from me (I hope), although most commented on my new aussie based accent, dam. But after subsiding my feelings of missing people back home, and taking in comments from people back home and my feelings, maybe going back to Guernsey isn't what I want. Well, on a permanent basis, definitely want to go home and see everyone again at least for a little bit. But what if I were to stay here, get sponsored, would I be happier here than Guernsey? Thankfully, I still have a long time to mull over this decision.

So what am I doing now, back to the farms I go, but no mutilation of cows this time. Just like last year, my task for 3-4 months is operating a combine harvester. Unlike last year where my harvester was only 36' wide, 12 years old and kept catching fire, this year my harvester is 48' wide and only 2 years old. Hopefully be arriving in Roma (inland from Brisbane) on Friday evening, and will start working this weekend. Good thing about this job is that I will be heading a contractor team, heading south as the season progresses, ending near Sydney. Sydney for me is going to be perfect for 2 reasons, new years fireworks and cheap international flights to Thailand for dive training.

Time to go grab some dinner me thinks. Missing you all, and hope everything back in Guernsey-land (or wherever you are reading this from) is going well.

Ryan xx