The Argument Begins

Tuesday Febuary 9, 2010

Ok, so you haven't heard from anyone in a while, and this is mostly because there hasn't been much happening. So since Adam has been ignoring his computer this blog will be done by non other than I, Matilda. Adam and Chris arrived at Margret river 4 days ago expecting to get a job fruit picking. That didn't exactly happen as it has been 4 days and the only thing that has happened so far is Adam went surfing for 3 days and Chris sat on the beach sleeping for those same 3 days. It sounds like the grapes are late this year because of the cold weather this summer. It will be anouther 2-3 weeks apparently, which brings forth a glaring problem. In 3 weeks we have to head north so that we can finish our trip. As you can imagine, this puts anyone who only has 22 dollars in his bank account, in a rather small bind. Especially when Adam went and calculated that it was going to be abouth 2,000 dollars worth of fuel to finish the trip alone. This has caused some small arguments as one of them is as rich as the bank and the other isn't. So alas as Adam looks into taking scuba diving lessons Chris isn't. Which makes the discussion I overheard last night even more interesting. Chris wants to go see Ayres Rock, 2000km out of the way and about 500 dollars worth of fuel. Adam doesn't.

Chris "It is a big red rock in the middle of knowhere. We have to go see that.
Adam "Exactly, why the hell would you want to go see a big red rock."
Chris "It is the most idenifyable feature of Australia. It is like going to Paris and not seeing the Eifly Tower."
Adam "I went to Paris, and you know I never did see the Eifel Tower."



I think I finally found the big difference between the 2 of them, it isn't the money, it is what they find interesting. Chris loves seeing the sights, seeing big red rocks. Adam thinks they are cool but only to a point, what Adam finds interesting is, well people. He is more interested in the culture, the people who live hear or the people he meets. He never remembers the sights as much as he remembers the people he meets there. He takes pictures of the things he finds cool in order to remember them. Which won't help for Arey rock as you are no longer alowed to take pictures on top of the Rock, anouther reason why he doesn't really want to hit it. What is the use of driving 2000km and not be able to take a picture on top of the rock?

Ok, something stange just happened, Team Canada (as nicknamed by the British boys Pete and Chris) were debating weather or not to head north to look for work when they got a call for work the next day. They returned from Busselton to Margret River 59km away and went to the employment office. Christian was bouncing off the walls Adam was his usual self doing math and calculating how much money and so on. So they arrived at the employment office and proceeded inside. I stowed away in Adam's bag in order to completely hear the situation. They finished their paperwork and then got the detailes of the work. It was 3 days spread over the next week consisting of a 3-4 hour pick each day. I could see Adam raise an eyebrow as this was a little bit less than the amount of hours he was expecting. And then the the man layed a bombshell that struck Adam like a titlewave crashing over his surf board.

Man "Be there at a 5:45Am"

"What time?" Said Adam

Upon the return to the car Chris was excited, Adam wasn't. 9 hours of work is hardly worth haning around a whole week for.

Chris "It is better than what we had yeasterday."
Adam "Yeasterday I was able to sleep in past 5."

It sounds like Adam doesn't sound to excited to be up before the sun tomorow, as he continued to make some comments revolving around 3 hours being way to short, and that since it was going to be such a short time that why couldn't they start at a civilized hour. Chris replied that since it was such a short time that you could really go hard for a short time (especially since they are being paid by the bucket) and then have the rest of the day to do whatever you want. Adam killed the discussion by mentioning that at 5 in the morning the only thing he would be going hard for is a shot of speed or failing that a stiff faceplant into the ground. I think moneybags Adam was hoping to get some more decent work, with longer hours. If I didn't know better I would think that Adam was planning on saying the hell with it and sleeping in. But then again I know better as he already agreed to give a ride to 2 young ladies named Ella and Lena from England and Germany. I have a feeling that Chris's flat brokeness is really starting to annoy Adam as I think he feels that he has lost control of his holliday. That and he hates commision work, Adam was never really a good sprinter, he was always better as a long distance runner. I wonder if these 2 won't split for a while before they head North. Time will tell I guess.