Written by Daryl
My name is Daryl and I鈥檝e had lots of jobs. I鈥檝e worked in the Army, as a truck driver, on farms and as a gardener. I鈥檝e also worked in sales and in construction and landscaping. I鈥檝e done a variety of things to get by.
I don鈥檛 sit in the one place waiting for a job to happen, I chase the work. I鈥檝e traveled a lot of Australia just to get work.
I lived in a campervan for three and a half years and those were some of the best times of my life. I really enjoyed that.
I鈥檝e now got a job as a taxi driver. The reason I did this is that I鈥檓 new to Katoomba and I don鈥檛 know anybody really, I don鈥檛 know the place at all, so taxi driving is a way to learn all the streets, learn the area and to meet new people. To slide in and become a local. That鈥檚 the plan.
You can pick up information from the customers of what鈥檚 good and what鈥檚 not鈥攇o here, go there, try this restaurant, do this hike. Things like that. You learn all the back spots, I suppose. I鈥檓 pretty adventurous so I think it鈥檚 a good way to get in and see what Katoomba and the Mountains is all about.
I always put myself out there and extend the hand of friendship to people鈥� Sometimes it gets bitten off, but sometimes people shake it and you get to know people. Katoomba has lots of friendly people鈥攍ots of art and activities, something happening all the time. I鈥檓 looking forward to doing more hikes and maybe getting a metal detector too, to do some treasure hunting.
Link Wentworth wishes to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land on which we work and pay our respect to the Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.