a working holiday?

yeah i have signed up for one of these in australia now. cost alotta money! i am pretty sure i am getting the visa though, i should know for sure soon. i really just made this topic to see if people knew any tricks like someone said about going on military planes or something, except something that sounds more realistic because that doesn't. maybe i should look into it for 2 seconds before deciding that though.

i've been to sydney once before and yeah i am really looking forward to going back. alot better than frigging scatchland!!!! that's for sure. also, i figure i could work quite a bit while i'm there and maybe get myself a little holiday within the bigger trip a few months into it.

i'm looking forward to all the kangaroos and racism i missed the first time around.

i assumed it was a bot but it seems travel related so....

also don't go to australia right now!!! it's too hot!!! if you're used to scottish weather you will vaporise upon landing!

I have a friend who's travelling and working around Australia for 7 months or so right now. I think he's hitchhiking a lot (something I've only done a few times and wouldn't completely endorse, but hey it's cheap! Also I wouldn't be surprised if he turned out to be a murderer, so it's the driver who should be worried) and is just falling into work. One of the guys he hitched with was a farmer and needed someone to help out, so my mate got a job there and then.

I've never been to Australia, so I don't know what transport is like there in terms of cost, but as far as accommodation goes if you're ever able to make friends and stay with them instead of a hostel, plus figure out a few cheap and easy recipes that you can buy ingredients for at supermarkets you'll save a bunch of money over time. If you're in a city, within reason I try and walk everywhere instead of spending money on the metro or buses. For flights I've used expedia.co.uk, if you return on the day you departed, ie. leave on a Monday, return on a Monday, it's usually cheaper. 

I don't know much about it, but I've spoken to people who have flown internationally on military planes, which I would have thought is cheaper, but I really don't know about that. Worth a look though. What are your plans? How long do you think you'll be going for etc? Is it definitely Australia you're going for, or are you just looking to go SOMEWHERE ELSE?

Particularly good if you don't really care where you're going.

yeah aside from petrol costs that rig would only cost you, what, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars?

I wasn't talking about buying the rig.  I was talking about breaking a window and riding around in the little house all day.

ryan air is awesome and you can't beat $12 flights

Some of them actually come furnished!

don't hitchhike

I don't care where it is and who you are don't do it, its dumb. Shit like that can get you into some serious trouble.

i don't know if i trust your authority on making that kind of statement there.

you're right jamie don't worry about it

you prolly don't have enough money for someone to rob you and you aren't really pretty enough to fuck either so I think you'll be fine.

true story

one time on the way back from n. carolina with some friends I almost hit the silouette of what looked like a woman standing in the middle of the road. I stopped and woke my buddy up and what I unwittingly picked up was some old, meth head who got in a fight at waffle house and lost a shoe.

my buddy bitched at me for picking her up but it was too late for me to hit the gas and take off because as soon as I stopped she had the door open and crawled in.

so I did the good christian thing and dropped her ass off at the first gas station I found before we caught something

just getting some hard knocks wisdom from yugoslavian ghoul here

meanwhile, when I hitched, I found myself in good company:


I know what I'd rather do ;)

just getting some hard knocks wisdom from yugoslavian ghoul here

ugh that stank. what i mean to say is you've got a rough big brother attitude whenever you say anything and often what you're saying is just mean rather than wise. i mean you are a sailor guy so what do i know maybe you have been around the old block a coupla times but i'm not just gonna take your condescending word for it!

anyway, i definitely wouldn't hitchhike. i've never even considered it but not because the first thing i would expect to get murdered or robbed. it just sounds awkward and lame for a start! and yeah actually trying to imagine it, it sounds possibly creepy and unsafe. if i was in a position where i was gonna do that i think i'd rather take my chances and steal a ride on a train for as far as i could get.  

Oh I'm not trying to be condescending, just come off that way sometimes I guess.

I mean, I guess if you kept a knife or something on you incase you ever needed it then you'd be ok but I'd never do it. I know I try to keep one when I drive long distance. In my opinion when you're traveling you've got to really keep your wits about you because there are just people out there that will try to take advantage of you if they know you're not a local. I'm sure there are a hundred good peeps out there that would be more than willing to give you a ride for every one crooked asshole. But still, that isn't a chance I or I would suggest anyone taking because when you get in a car with somebody like that you're entirely putting your lives into their hands. Whether you realize that or not.


The only cheap travel advice I think I can give you is, if you're traveling by land take the local transit system of course and if you're visiting a large metropolitarian area or somewhere where everything is close together try renting a small motor bike. I often see places like that all around in japan and even in the states where you can rent bikes like that for cheap to get around pretty conveniently.

Now I don't know about flying, but you can def try taking ferries if the areas you're trying to reach are fairly close together and you can get there by crossing a body of water.