chunder down under

Seems to have been a lot hotter recently, up to about 36C instead of the usual 31 -32C, and very sunny. However, the heat is a lot more bearable as it is a kind of dry heat, like an oven, as opposed to the usual humid heat, like a greenhouse. When it is this hot it is better as a dry heat as you don't sweat so much, although I miss that kind of smell you get as you breathe in the air in the humidity, kind of like a soupy rainforest taste.

I did my bit for the tsunami appeal by doing the "Aerobathon", although I only did a couple of hours of the more intense stuff as I didn't get in till 5am the night before. After all the lifting of kegs and glasses over the weekend I'm feeling quite knackered and passed up the offer of an afterwork party on Saturday. I seem to always be meeting people I know in the bar although I'm normally too busy to talk to them. Or even notice them - a couple of girls have said they have seen me there at the weekend but that I looked too busy to stop. They're probably right. Cairns is a very small place and it seems if you go to the city centre you are constantly running into people you know, something that never used to happen when I lived in London. But I find that I like it, whereas I used to prefer the anonymity of the big city.
Benny, one of the bar managers has recommended me to reception for some extra work as a porter. I need more hours for the money so will probably do that next week, although they also want me to do more hours in the bar as (inexplicably) they seem very impressed with me. I'm finding working nights hard on my body clock, it takes me a while to get used to it.