Missing sunny and hot days already.

.I had to surrender last week and give up wearing shorts all the time! :( I was so used to the warm weather that it was a shock when out of the blue on Wednesday evening coldness arrived. I had planned to be up north by now so I didn’t bring many pieces of warm clothing, maybe I have to go shopping some! :D  Winter is supposed to be pretty nice here, mostly sunshine, cold nights, warmish (at least by Finnish standards!) days. Saturday was anything but a nice sunny day! The day was full of pouring rain, coldness and miserable greyness. It’s been raining this evening as well. :( Just have to hope the weather will get better.

Yesterday for the first time at work I felt like working in a kindergarten! Though even five-year-old kids can clean after themselves after eating, but it didn’t seem to be the case here last night that adults could manage the same. How is it possible that these grown up people who can travel the world are unable to do their dishes and clean after themselves? I just wonder how they manage if they live on their own… I really wanted to say them all: “I’m not your mother who cleans after you, so please at least do your dishes!” Of course I didn’t say a word, just cleaned everything. Next time I just might say something about it.

Me and Bill

I really like this job I have. It doesn’t get boring since I’m cleaning, driving, working in the reception and doing whatever needs to be done. I also meet workers from other hostels at the bus stop. We sit together and talk while we’re waiting buses to arrive, which are pretty often late! :D On Saturday the weather was just so miserable that I sat in the bus with a couple of girls, because they didn’t want to go out to wait for the bus. I heard a bus come and was surprised to see Premier coming in, exactly on time! Even bigger surprise was to see Greyhound coming from the opposite direction at the same time! And yesterday felt like Christmas – both buses came early! And I can tell you, it really doesn’t happen often!
Small joys can brighten up the day but the best moments are spent with the people I work with. They really are amazing people. I've laughed, joked and cried with them. They are my family here.



Alexandria Bay

My stop before Hervey Bay was Noosa and I loved it! It was small enough to walk around but not too small to get bored. I really liked walking in Noosa National Park. The beaches were beautiful. I liked everything in Noosa. One of the best days there was a day when I walked Coastal Trail appreciating the scenery. I could have stayed sitting close by where the waves hit the rocks for ages in Alexandria Bay. It was so relaxing to see those waves and listen to the sounds of the sea. I walked a lot in Noosa just to look around and see what it’s like in different areas. Even on a rainy day I enjoyed walking and running for ten kilometres.

Music brings a lot of memories from different moments, different people. Apulanta’s song Maanantai always reminds me about someone who was, and still is special to me. And the song reminds me of him only because he didn’t know the song and wondered how I knew the words. I can listen to so many other songs too and they will remind me of my sisters, midsummers spent on the countryside, nights out with work mates, people that have been part of my life for years, wonderful moments spent with friends and so many other memories. Sometimes I just sit and listen to all those songs that bring back the memories, some songs over and over again.

Sunshine Beach, Noosa

Alexandria Bay, Noosa

I’ve been here three months and I feel so weird speaking in Finnish! We have two Finnish girls staying at the hostel and they are the last ones I’m going to tell voluntarily that I’m Finnish! I’m so used to speaking English, especially when I’m working that Finnish just doesn’t come out naturally. I don’t know if it’s a good or bad thing. I can still write well in Finnish and I didn’t seem to have too much trouble speaking Finnish with my mum, but English feels more natural.

Today I was asked if I ever want to have children. Of course I want to have, was my answer. I didn’t have to think twice. Then we have to find you an Australian boyfriend, I was told by Bill. Well, who knows what happens in life. Things usually happen when you least expect.



"You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still,
it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone,
not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart,
you feel like you have known the person for forever....connections are made with the heart, not the tongue."
- C. JoyBell C. -