14) Shorts and thongs won’t cut it all the time. It gets cold. Melbourne gets cold
13) Dry season in Darwin is really dry, but no one said how wet it would get in ” Summer”
12) Fruit picking jobs can be hard but I didn’t realise that hard.
11) Nobody drinks fosters.
10)Every thing is expensive. Travel and drinking! You will learn to love travel discounts
10) I didn’t realise my tax refund was going to be $2600. ( average Backpacker tax refund)
9) The time zone is a killer. Worse than you anticipated
8) There’s more flies than you can imagine
7) Petrol isn’t actually that expensive compared to some countries.
6) Australian coffee is amazing
5) People don’t have pet kangaroos. But you can see kangaroos on the beach
4) Working Holiday Jobs pay well, really well – minimum wage is around $18 dependant on your industry.
3) They said goon would taste bad but I didn’t think that bad.
2) People actually do say G’day mate.
1) But they don’t say lets throw another shrimp on the barbie. Unless they are having a bbq!
And Aussie’s like to Party, so get yourself a backpacker job and get to Australia!