Australia....an imminent takeover...Harry Kewell...cheating cricket players
This thread is not attached to any those....although Australia in general may become quite a central talking point on Charltonlife in the imminent future... it sounds like.
I'm flying to Melbourne in late August and have a working holiday visa that could stretch to 2 years as long as I work on a farm for 3months.
Australian people that I have met on my travels have always appeared to be generally nice pleasant laid back fun kind of people.
When I get there I will be looking to work and settle as soon as I can...and my personal plan that I'm hopeful for... is to work on a farm for 3months pretty soon after arriving.
Sounds boring and bit too direct...but for my own mental security...I'd like to know I have an income straight away and can be self sufficient instead of digging a hole in my wallet.
After that, I intend to travel about and head towards Malaysia to travel the land. I would like to go to Vietnam at some point. My initial stop off before flying directly to Oz is actually Singapore for just 3 nights.
Found a bargain of 180 quid flight...then the rest to Australia brings it up to £270 in flight costs.
The general idea is to fly to Melbourne (maybe get a train to Adelaide) and work my way up from the south east to the north. Hopefully rent an conomy motorhome at some point.
Does anyone know of any good places to try and get work in Australia? I have not got much direction or ideas at the moment in this sense. Im getting advice from people but always good to hear more
Anyone want to share any Australian holiday stories or ideas? Would love to hear.
Might be useful stuff for others in a similar position or who are interested.
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First always hide your polo mints from the Roos.
Second wear one of these. (The Aussies have a marvellous sense of humour and they'll chuckle along with you.):
https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/bars/the-best-pubs-in-melbourne
For me mate, can’t beat the Espy.
Get the balance right.
Based on previous experience though you can never be prepared enough....but I think that mentality may not be the Oz way.
Good stuff on the thread
Also a few stories about driving the Bruce highway from Port Douglas to Cairns then to Melbourne.
I also wrote about travel in Malaysia.
My grandson is currently enjoying the 'Full moon party' in Thailand on his way to Australia to do some farm work.
He travelled from perth to Sydney in a convoy with other backpackers, he found groups on Facebook, and said it was one of the greatest times of his life. He’s now in Sydney living and working in Bondi beach.
You will absolutely love it here Dave.
I can get in touch with my cuz if you’d like more details mate. Just PM me.
Make sure you try Baxters Inn if you make it to Sydney
In terms of diversity Australia is probably just as diverse as Britain, around 25% of citizens were born overseas and nearly 50% were either born overseas or had at least one parent that was.
Moreover, in around 20% of Australian homes English is not spoken as the first language, with around 300 languages spoken in the country.
Travel to Sydney or Melbourne and you’ll find a very different Australia.
By the way, given that the foreigner hating UKIP just got 4 million votes in a UK General Election and played the key role in forcing the UK out of the EU - principally on the issue of immigration - I’d probably ease off on claiming the UK is an oasis of tolerance!
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/lookup/Media Release3
I went for two years and always found work.
Deeply in love with Melbourne. Auckland is a great city, but nothing compared to Melbourne.
From my understanding, its a cheap accommodation route where you sign up to a service and sleep on someones couch.
I'm Researching online but would like to hear from any horses mouth that may have used it before.
I might also be completely wrong..... and it turns out that couch surfing is in-fact attempting to stand on a disposable sofa while it hits the waves. So its a sport.
ha....sofa