Free Dinna

Although we had only expected to stay one night in Newcastle, we loved it so much we ended up extending out stay another three nights. The hostel we stayed in, called the Newcastle Beach YHA, is an old gentleman’s club and is one of the more historic buildings in Australia, so it was a really great place to stay. The hostel is only a two minute walk from the beach and a 5 minute walk from the town.

One of the best aspects about this hostel was that every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the restaurants in the area offered the backpackers free dinner (sub-par and minimal… But hey, it was free!) and trivia games! We ended up coming in second place in the music trivia and winning a bottle of wine. (If only you where there, SamSam, we would have rocked it fo sho!) The trivia games were really cool to be able to realise how much all of us backpackers had in common, even though we where from all over the world. After these free evenings we would head back to the hostel, soak up some goon and find some new, exciting adventures.

We ended making arrangements with the management at this hostel that, starting on Tuesday, we are going to work there for 2 hours a day: from 10 - 12 and stay for free. We have to stay for a minimum of 2 weeks. It should be really fun and relaxing to actually be settled somewhere for a fairly long time.