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The last week has been really interesting for us and we’ve had to work really hard applying for jobs but Thursday was a real turning point! After an interview for a security job at a bar I was offered the position and asked to start last Friday night, which was bloody great. We then went to view another place to stay for the season and we were offered it!! So our world in Queenstown was changed within a matter of hours! Vicki is searching for jobs and we’re hopeful she’ll get something in the next couple of weeks.

One thing that we’ve learnt here is that Queenstown is dog eat dog for jobs and accommodation so we feel really chuffed that we have started to make some progress here! Rooms in houses are in such high demand that there is almost an interview process to live there and the owner gets to choose from a panel of people. It’s like being on a really shit version of Britain’s Got Talent. We were lucky to get ours, obviously with some skill involved 😉 , as there were over 25 couples that viewed it! John, the landlord, chose us so we’re well happy to be moving in tomorrow.

There’s just so many people arriving in Queenstown and not enough rooms and jobs yet, although there should be more jobs once the season really gets going in a few weeks! The housing situation is almost becoming unbearable here so the local council and NZSki really have to do something about it in the coming years. There’s over 900 new people coming to work for NZSki with nowhere near enough places for workers to stay.

So in summary, things can really change so quickly in this town for anyone moving here for a short period of time and so many people have said that anyone looking for work just has to keep persisting. I’m sure we’ll see a lot more of this in the coming weeks.

Here’s a photo that I took from the lake this evening. The view makes all the hard work worth it.