After The Swim
I was to be the maintenance man at Trackers Mountain Lodge, I’d met Brian at a bar-b-que at my old house in Perth in the summer. When he told me he managed a ski lodge in Falls, I thought….It ‘s a sign!….I was going to Falls anyway, as sking was the first thing on the list of things to do. I would have arrived and rolled into the pub and started enquiring about work but that was now unnecessary, as he had given me the ok.
So the first morning there, I was shown where the paint, brushes and rollers were and I started to paint, that was the end of May. 1st of June is the first day of winter and I was told to down tools as there was to be a swim in the dam to celebrate the coming season. On with the budgie smugglers and off I went, there were all kinds of attire from boardies to super hero’s but I saw no one else with the budgies. My son has been telling me for years to get rid of them and after this day they went in the bin. It was now officially the skiing season,all we needed was snow! Over the next week the rest of the staff arrived, I would be shareing a room with Reece, a young lad from Perth, (barman, waiter, housekeeping).In the room to our right was Kim, from Adelaide, (housekeeping), and Ellen from perth, (housekeeping and kids club.) to our left there was Joel the chef and his partner Alice, who would end up getting work in a coffee shop and helping out around the lodge. Next to them, Tori from Queensland (Brians right hand.)
We were all set, bring on the guests!
I am ….THE LONESOME TRAVELLER….travelling east….BE HAPPY