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When I last left you I had decided to stick it out at Scotty's for awhile.  As a refresher Scotty's is a hostel in Mission Beach, Queensland, about a two hour drive south of Cairns.  Some of the guests are simply traveling through, but others work at a nearby banana farm. The quiet town of Mission Beach.  Unfortunately much of the year is jellyfish season and the water is off-limits.  Even when they aren't around you have to look out for the crocodiles! Citizens of most countries that qualify for the working holiday visa (most of Western Europe, Canada, Japan, and Korea) can get a second year visa by doing farm work in regional Australia.  This explains why the backpackers at Scotty's were toiling away banana 'humping' (carrying banana bunches), 'de-leafing' (cutting dead or dying leaves from the trees), 'injecting' (pumping tree stumps with gasoline to kill them off), 'sorting' (cleaning and cutting the banana bunch

For anyone still reading or wondering what the hell happened I am here to reassure you that I am fine.  No, I did not wander off into the Outback, never to be seen again.  As often happens during travel, I go through phases when I don't often update the blog. As so happened this time around, it was a long phase.  Well to be more precise I didn't really get many chances to update the blog.  I ended up taking a roadhouse job where Internet access was scarce and entertaining updates even scarcer still. Spoiler alert: not that much happens out here! Now that I am finished with the job and back in the States with time on my hands, I will try and fill in the gaps.  Keep an eye out for new posts - yes, I promise to update you on all those exciting times in the Outback - as well as my plans now.  (And they do involve more travel!)