Tuesday trivia night at Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel in Melbourne, pretty cool. It’s cool to see that everyone is so fanatic to win, trying to win the jugs of beer like they will die otherwise.
I’m here now for two weeks, for those who haven’t read my last blog. I’m Annemiek, from Holland doing an internship for 5 months at Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel. I’m working at the reception as well at the bar. I study tourism management and for the next five months I will make a blog about my big city life in Melbourne. At the moment I’m in my 3rd week and I already love Melbourne. Friendly people and lots and lost of things to do. It’s a big city but the nature is everywhere.
The last week was pretty exhausting for me, learning all the new stuff. Yesterday I did my first reception shift by my own, I liked it. It was the night shift and I survived. I’m now also fully trained at evacuating guests out of the building, the fire alarm went off 3 times in two days. The first time the maintenance guy made a mistake. Second time some guy pushed the alarm button and the last time the alarm went off because of a hair straighter that wasn’t switched off. The second time the alarm went off it was 4am so everyone was out on the streets in there pijamas. But we are doing cool now, no worries!
Sightseeing that’s one thing I don’t do much at the moment, because I’m pretty exhausted. But last weekend we went on sightseeing again. We went to the Melbourne museum. We got in for free because we are students, really nice. I saw my first kangaroo, shameless that it was a dead one (made me think of Skippy). The spiders were the animals that were actually alive and we freaked out. Anne got cautious of it. Further on the museum there was a rainforest, we walked through it but it wasn’t that excited as we thought it would be. We are planning to go to IMAX theatre as well, it’s a cinema where you can watch movies in 3D. I watch a movie in 3D once in Disneyland, and I was screaming like a little child, so we will see.
Talking with guests at the Nomads Industry reception is really nice. Especially when they want to book tours that I have done, then you are extra excited to tell how awesome it is. I’m now all time advising people to go up the sky deck of the Eureka tower and enjoy the great view. But the great ocean road is still my favorite thing to do around Melbourne so far. Over about 2 weeks we want to go to Philip Island to spot some penguins, living ones (just for the record).
Thursday I’m turning 19. Like it’s my birthday, were gonna party like it’s my birthday! Hollie (reception colleague) asked me to go with her to a concert of a band named Kora. It’s an New Zealand band, so I searched their music on youtube and I’m already excited to go. It’s in hi five café just a 5 minute walk from Nomads Industry Backpackers to Swanston street. The temperature is not so high so that’s a good distance to walk.
Two more days to go, waiting for the fanmail to come (and two more days waiting to eat delicious chocolate cake). You guys here from me soon, hopefully I did some sightseeing by then.
Cheers! Annemiek from Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel in Melbourne
