ENGAGED and IN BALI!

Hey Everyone!
Just wanted to do a quick update-

WE ARE ENGAGED!!!! 

We will send pics of our week in bali soon....but now we must go back to the beach!

Day out in KATOOMBA

Tony and I had a day off together...stole our friend Ray's car and went to Katoomba to do the tourist thing!  We had an amazing day date together- seeing lots of the area, enjoying the scenery and loving it all! Here are some pictures of our day

drive to katoomba- aka our backyard

the train to the valley

Tony and I in the valley

Tony and I in the rain forest

Tony and I in the rainforest

the story of the three sisters

on the trolly around katoomba

what a view?!

the three sisters

the three sisters

what a view- our backyard is AWESOME!

croc, emu and kangaroo jerky!

kiss and ride eh... its the train drop off and pick up location people...get your minds out of the gutter! lol

It's OFFICIAL we are MOVING!!!

Well looks like I won't be keeping you all in suspence for a long time, considering we got word today- that we are hired!  WE ARE MOVING TO AYERS ROCK RESORT!!!  It's in the desert of Australia, in the centre of the country!  I will be working front desk at the Sails in the Desert and Tony will be  CDP (Chef de Partie) for Sails and will be working at all outlets in the resort!
We are very excited for this move and look forward to updating you with some great pictures of there-  We will be there the week after our Bali adventures - starting March 1st!
I have included the website for you all to take a look-
http://www.voyages.com.au/
take a min and check out our next home!

slow times

Well...it's been awhile since we updated here, but not because we were busy this time....it's because it's slow season at the hotel.  We are in a heat wave right now...it's great considering all you in Canada are in the opposite- where friends are saying it's -35C...we are at least +35C each day, with the highest reached 37C!  Nice and toasty!  To say the least! hahaha 
We have made some  good decisions in this slow period though- we leave for BALI from here on the 19th and we will not be coming back to Jenolan.  It's a great place, and the people are amazing, but it's not where we want to be now.  SO...we are waiting on confirmation of new jobs -so until then I will leave you all guessing....

Another week in the mountains!

This week Tony and I had a day off together and were able to get to the self guided tour...almost 1000 stairs in total!  But wellworth it to the top!  Take a look!

our work and our home

grand arch entry

Tony at the Nettle Cave

Devil's Coach house

Us haha

The Top of the Grand Arch

View from the top- the street below

On the way down

The street to Sydney/Katoomba- note this is a two way street, yep that tight!

Blue Lake- blue because of all of the Lime Stone from the Caves- also home to the Platypuses!

Blue Lake waterfall

QLD FLOODING

 We DO NOT LIVE in Queensland- we live in New South Wales, and we have not been affected by any of the flooding! Thank gosh! We have had a few people asking about how we are- we are fine and business is as usual here!
But for those who dont know---
This week has been one of the worst natural disasters in all of Queensland.  It's incredible to see the photos, and video of the flooding.  The flash floods are the worst- the amount of water running though in mins is unreal.  Unfortunately there is a death toll of 15 at the moment- and there are still 55 people missing and unaccounted for, 60000 people are without power, and 1000 people are still in evauation.  Hopefully we will all be able to help in some way....now it's a waiting game- waiting for the river to decrease...and then they can start the clean up. 

another busy week!

It's been another busy week here at the caves!  Tony and I have been working very long days for the past week or so.  We have both put in over 60 hrs in the last week working for the xmas break.  It's feeling like we are working in hospitality again!  We love it!  Tony had two days off and went to Sydney with Justin (one of the fellow Canadian chefs) to check out a steak restaurant.  They had a blast exlporing the city, hitting up to Fish Market (the largest in the southern hemisphere!), and of course eating some great food (whether it was Pho, Korean BBQ, or steak- it was ALL GOOD!)  Sarah was busy at work for those two days!  We stayed really busy, both working on New Years Eve night as well- BUT- all the staff got together in the empty restaurant and counted down til the New Year together!  It was great, lots of fun, and prolly the only New Years Tony and I will be able to enjoy together!  This year has been busy already for us as well!  We have been working on moving our stuff to our new apt.  We have been giving an two bedroom apt in the staff wing of the hotel (as opposed to the one we had on top of the hill) It's great- there is two bedrooms (one is for all our stuff at the moment!) one with a double bed (woopwoop- finally no more twin beds that are different highs!) and a living room.  The only down fall- we dont have a kitchen :(  but we do have a fridge now!  wooopwooop!  It's great!  Love that we get to keep things!  LOVE LOVE LOVE the cold beer too! hahaha