End of my East Coast Trip and Update
So, my East Coast trip has come to an abrupt end. I'm obviously sad and disappointed that it's ending early, but grateful that I still got to do most of it. I've had an incredible 3 weeks!
I'm also lucky that my plans haven't actually been drastically changed. Fraser Island was cancelled so I missed out on that, but apart from that I had nothing else planned, and overall I'm doing what I would have been anyway because I had lined up a job that I was due to start next week. So now I'm starting my job as an au pair early!
As I'm writing this I'm sat on a bus to Brisbane to start this au pair job. Every bus I've got so far has been mainly empty, and every seat around me has been free- but this bus is almost full. That just goes to show how this has affected everyone's plans. A lot of people would have had Fraser Island planned next, and now that's cancelled along with a lot of other things, the travel community is figure out how to pick up the pieces.
Although it's scary, I am excited to start working with this new family; all this madness probably means I'm more excited as it will be good to settle somewhere and not have to stress about safety for a while.
Sat at Noosa bus station waiting for this bus, I saw loads of butterflies fly from the trees across the sky. There were so many of them, and they just kept coming. It was a small moment of beauty in a time of stress. It's important to appreciate the little things. Of course it's disappointing when plans are cancelled, but I wouldn't have had that moment otherwise.
Butterflies represent transformation, and I'm sure the next few months are going to be a very different experience than what I've had the past 3 weeks. A lot is changing. But I feel positive for the future, and immensely grateful that I'll be able to lay low in a safe and secure position for a while.
Shepp x
I'm also lucky that my plans haven't actually been drastically changed. Fraser Island was cancelled so I missed out on that, but apart from that I had nothing else planned, and overall I'm doing what I would have been anyway because I had lined up a job that I was due to start next week. So now I'm starting my job as an au pair early!
As I'm writing this I'm sat on a bus to Brisbane to start this au pair job. Every bus I've got so far has been mainly empty, and every seat around me has been free- but this bus is almost full. That just goes to show how this has affected everyone's plans. A lot of people would have had Fraser Island planned next, and now that's cancelled along with a lot of other things, the travel community is figure out how to pick up the pieces.
Although it's scary, I am excited to start working with this new family; all this madness probably means I'm more excited as it will be good to settle somewhere and not have to stress about safety for a while.
Sat at Noosa bus station waiting for this bus, I saw loads of butterflies fly from the trees across the sky. There were so many of them, and they just kept coming. It was a small moment of beauty in a time of stress. It's important to appreciate the little things. Of course it's disappointing when plans are cancelled, but I wouldn't have had that moment otherwise.
Butterflies represent transformation, and I'm sure the next few months are going to be a very different experience than what I've had the past 3 weeks. A lot is changing. But I feel positive for the future, and immensely grateful that I'll be able to lay low in a safe and secure position for a while.
Shepp x
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