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9 Signs You’re Slowly Becoming An Aussie

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Living/Travelling on a working holiday in Australia? Do you think you’ll return home the same person? Well here’s some certain signs that you’re becoming an Aussie!     1) You now call flip flops, thongs   2) You have a thong tan line on your feet all your round.   3) You can compare all the different drops of goon.     4) You responding “yeah yeah nah nah” to a simple question has become standard.   5) You have turned a garden hose into a bong rather than use it for something illegal such as watering the plants.   Read more

8 Lies Solo Travellers Tell Themselves

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Travelling alone can mean lots of different things, one in particular is telling yourself things while you “ find yourself” on the road. Here are 8 lies solo travellers tell themselves and we’re there’s plenty more,   1) I will not fall in love   Meeting the girl or guy of your dreams can often change your travel plans, changing your flight or missing that bus.   2) I will not get absolutely blind and pass out in a random place   Meeting new people while travelling can and will most likely lead to getting on the drink. Sometimes it Read more

6 People You Will See at Every Aussie Music Festival

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So you’re going to experience an Australian music festival while on you’re on a working holiday visa. Like back home there’s going to be people that will be at every Aussie gig, from Stereosonic to summadayze to rainbow serpent. Read our list of 6 People you will see at every Australian music festival,     6. The Mankini   Since the rise of Borat the mankini has never looked back and is bound to make a cameo at every music festival.     5. The Posers   Practicing their golden pose in the mirror is essential to the poser training. Read more

Greece Joins Australian Work and Holiday 462 Visa Scheme

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Greece Work and Holiday Australia 462 Visa Scheme

With the second most amount of Greeks in any one city being in Australia, ( Melbourne) it was only a matter of time before a work and holiday agreement was signed between the two countries. On May 14th, 2014 this reciprocal 462 Work and Holiday Visa subclass agreement was signed.There will be 500 places each year and will allow successful candidates from each country to work or conduct short term study in one another’s country. Work could include farm jobs or anything as simple as a bar in cairns or au par in Melbourne. As with all other agreements the Read more

3 Top Reasons Why We Travel

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Tomorrow morning I am taking the train into work and handing in my resignation. I will be wearing my ironed shirt and my shiny shoes as a weapon of courtesy, but my smile will be the one thing that is telling the truth and screaming with joy.   That alarm has been going off now on a morning for years. Sometimes the alarm is a good alarm, elephant trekking in Chang Mai for instance. Sometimes the alarm is a bad one, like catching the overnight bus through Laos and its many winding building sites. An alarm always has and always Read more

A Guide To Travelling When You Have No Money.

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A Guide To Travelling When You Have No Money.

A Guide To Traveling When You Have No Money   The main reason that people give, when it comes to the failure to broaden their own minds, is that they can’t ‘afford’ to travel, or that they can’t ever even think about travelling until they have X amount of pounds/dollars to ‘guarantee’ their safety. I’ve even met people on the working holiday in Australia who have been in the same city for their entire working holiday visa!     Guess what, You can go travelling right now, just up sticks and see the world. Grab a drink in Venice, dance with Read more

How to Get Work on a Working Holiday

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Some tips on getting a bar job Well the clues in the title, on a working holiday it stands to reason that at some point you are going to need to work. So what kind of job suites you the most? What about a working holiday job where you can lie by a beach all day long, meet loads of like minded people and get a little tipsy on a night, whilst saving money. Sounds like a dream doesn’t it?! Well it’s the perfect job for the off the plane, fresh faced foreigner like you! It’s bar work that you Read more

You Have A Visa, What’s Next?

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First off, congratulations on reading this. It shows that you are serious about wanting to get the very best from your working holiday and enjoy every moment of this unique (and expensive) opportunity that you have paved out for yourself. In 2012/2013 over 210,000 visas have been issued by the Australian government to people just like you. Firstly, its great to remember that you are not alone! There is a fantastic community of us offering both work and travel advice to help you out along the way. My name is Joel Mitchell and at the date of writing this I Read more

International Money Transfer : The Hidden Gem

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Working Holiday Jobs members ask us every day, what is the best way to transfer money between Australia and back home? After being asked time and time again we realised how little Working Holiday Makers actually know about transferring money internationally. We’ve decided to get to the bottom of it, Banks v World First FX: what is best for you. We believe the average Working Holiday Maker spends $13,000 during their time in Australia, ( 8,500 euro & 7,000 pounds) so we’ve done the calculations to see how much money you would save sending the money over with a leading Read more

5 Fun Things To Do in Melbourne

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Melbourne’s a vibrant and exciting city, with so much sport, culture and scenery there’s an endless amount of fun things to do Melbourne and we’ve narrowed down 5 must do activities when you’re in town.     5. Eureka Skydeck   The Eureka Skydeck is centrally located in Melbourne and a great way to soak up a great view of Melbourne and get a feel for the city. Located on Level 88 in the summit of the tower, the skydeck is the highest public vantage point in Melbourne, Australia and the Southern Hemisphere. Up on the Skydeck you can see Read more