Travel Girl from Hong Kong

  The Great Ocean Road is a road along the coastline. It is in the southwest of Melbourne, starting from the city, and has a total length of 400 kilometers to the South Australian border. A group of seven of us first went along the road to the famous West Gate bridge. It is the only highway from Geelong, the second largest province in Victoria. It is very busy. Another major feature of it is that, Under the bridge is a salt lake, a small pink lake!  The pink lake is due to the relatively high salt content and different algae in the lake. The lake surface will change color with the sunlight. We deliberately chose to arrive at noon. Unfortunately, only the edges were dyed red and we could not see a pink lake. After that, we went all the way south to the surfing paradise Torquay. The waves were really big and we saw many water enthusiasts surfing there🏄‍♀️ Then we drove to the town of Loren and saw the waterfall in the national park near the town. The waterfall is also a surpris...

  Melbourne's trains are centered around the city, and have routes in the southeast, northwest and northwest. It is easy for everyone to go to the city. However, if you need to go from the west to the south, you must go through the city.  It usually takes 1/2 hour to go from my home Ashburton to the massage shop. Frankston is a 1.5-hour train ride away. When I was in Hong Kong, I often commuted for 1/2 hour to work, and I thought it was okay. But I have actually tried it, and it is different here. The trains were stopped running, the trains were delayed  20 minutes or cancelled , then the substitution shuttle bus were taken due to the cancellation of the train.  Due to various reasons, I have to arrive at the train station earlier every day when I go to work, which makes me physically and mentally exhausted. And because Frankston is on the coastal train line, I can get closer to the sea every day when I go to work. Going to the seaside after work is also what I yearn...

In the previous article, the massage apprentice at my second job told me that I was practicing with Yaya at the same time. Unexpectedly, a month later, the company opened a new store, and the manager would also transfer to the new store to help. Yaya was selected to go to the new store, and I stayed. In the old store, well, I have to say goodbye to Yaya. Halloween Carnival me and Yaya, meeting again I stay in the old store, taught by the new manager, and have close technical exchanges with my colleagues. We also go to the beach together after work, eat together, and go to the carnival together.  During this time, we encourage each other and have fun. You will stay in my working holiday life. In order to have a good time, and because I wanted to be closer to my workplace and didn’t want to spend another 1.5 hours commuting, I moved... (To be continued)

After returning to Bear's house, I often kept company with my roommates and exchanged work information with each other. One day I saw a Chinese massage shop recruiting new people. After sending a message to ask for basic information, I went for an interview the next day. The massage shop is in Frankston, a train station 1.5 hours from my home. The manager is a Taiwanese. She briefly explained the work. The massage shop is very formal. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to massage. They will teach you. You can start as an apprentice and practice while doing it. There are also exams and then you can slowly get there to become a professional. Well, let me give it a try. At the same time, there was also a Taiwanese working holiday girl who was an apprentice with me, so we studied together~ Me and Yaya(Massage apprentice) The first thing you need to learn about massage: how to apply force correctly The colleagues in the store are very friendly and willing to teach, and everyone inv...

After returning to Melbourne, I have been staying at Bear’s house My roommates are all on working holidays from all over the world. Everyone’s topic is about work/where to go to play. Today we walk to Rose Street Market. Check out the handicrafts and have fun^^ The Rose street market The graffiti wall is my favourite place. There is a kind of romance of the artist. This "Marry Me, Dee" has the response of date & yes. I wonder how much time the artist spent on the concept? I also like this travel & living graffiti, it really represents me "traveling and living: abroad that day~ Travel & Living Went to the Queen Victoria Market in the evening. There were dishes from different countries. I was so full and drunk that I came back with a full meal. Yummmmmy fooooood!

I never thought that I would leave Bear’s house after only staying for two days. Because I got a job! It's to be dairy farm worker! I originally wanted to stay in Melbourne for three months, but the sudden departure really put me at a loss. The reason was that I had a roommate from Hong Kong. She told me that she would have an interview for milking cows, and she said that I could also interview with her. Of course I was sure. For this opportunity, after the interview, the HR said that I could go to work the day after tomorrow, so I packed my bags that night and looked forward to leaving in the morning! Melbourne →Warrnambool After breakfast in the morning, we started the 3-hour drive. Listening to music and looking at the scenery along the way, the 3-hour drive passed quickly and we arrived at our destination - a farm near Warrnambool sunset at the farm dinner time Kitchen in the share house  we stayed in a double room After arriving at the sharehouse, we did a simple cleaning of t...