Blogs from Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 12

In this article, we would like to explain why we have not found work in Australia on a Working Holiday Visa. After all Australia is perceived as the new Eldorado for a lot of backpackers. Many odd jobs are available for travelers: fruit picking, hospitality and pretty much everything that is related to tourism. Wages in Oz have a reputation for being better than in Europe, and many backpackers come back from their travel with more money than when they’ve started. Wow! What a dream vacation! In this post, we will tell you about our experience and our opinion regarding work in Australia. What were our goals when we arrived in Australia? Our project was to arrive in Sydney, to buy a van and to travel freely in the country. Work from time to time in ... read more

Hey guys, When I started writing this blog I wasn't really sure how regularly I was going to be posting because I realise I may not always have access to the Internet and I plan to be busy travelling, but as a promise I want to commit to posting at least once a week if not a couple times a week. So on the cards of misadventures this week I have been possessed by the devil in the form of the flu... It is flu season so it was expected I would get sick at some point in time and to be honest part of me is glad I got it now before I leave for Europe, that way I can be miserable at home in my own bed. Unfortunately misfortune usually comes in multiples and ... read more

I've decided it would be a good idea to keep some sort or record of my adventures and a blog is really the only way to go about it, in this day and age, so here goes... The Pre-trip to put it simply has been a rather long and interesting process, I decided that about 2 years ago I wanted to go to Europe for a holiday, in my head I was really only planning on going for a month or two, but after a few bumps in the employment road (meaning my employer sucked and wouldn't let me take the time off) I decided to extend my trip from 1 or 2 months to 1 or 2 years and decided when it came closer to the time I would just quit my job and travel ... read more

Geo: -31.9428, 115.844Not yet packed but do now have visas. No hurry... read more

Thumbs Up. Wow what a rock and roll time we have had, its been busy busy busy, and thought we better blog our recent adventures here down under.. Hopefully you enjoyed our amazing trip down to Fonty’s Pool for our Australia long weekend, and as soon as we got back we were flat out packing up our little Holiday Chalet in South Fremantle as we were just about to start a six month house sit in Banjup, We went straight back to work after the Fonty’s pool get away so had to pack up our stuff in the evenings as we were to be out by 10.00 am on Sunday morning the 1st February, by the time Saturday was upon us we were ahead of the game and by Saturday night we were 99% done and ... read more