Guest The Pom Queen Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 .... Or not:wideeyed: I must admit on my recent trip to the states we saw a number of prostitutes and the guys driving by to pick them up. Most of the guys made my skin crawl and no matter how desperate I was I couldn't imagine getting in a car with a stranger. How desperate would you need to be to go this far.:no: hey it is great money though:elvis: EXCLUSIVE: The backpacker who arrived in Australia looking for adventure... and became a $10,000 A WEEK high-class escort Sitting on a beach on a paradise island off Bali as the orange sun sinks into the horizon, Summer Knight sighs contentedly. The 25-year-old is mesmerised by the ravishing beauty of Gili Meno and is only too aware that it is thanks to her profession - from which she earns up to $10,000 a week - that she can afford the idyllic Indonesian resort. Summer is a high-class escort whose doll-like blonde locks, beguiling eyes and affable nature mean she charge $600-a-hour selling sex in Sydney to fund her wistful travels around the globe. High-class escort: Pretty Summer Knight charges $600-an-hour and can earn up to $10,000 a week selling sex from her home in Millers Point, Sydney, money she uses to fund her travels around the world Soaking up the sites: The pretty blonde is passionate about travel and has ticked off Darwin, Perth, Cairns, Canberra, the Gold Coast and Hobart from her list of hotspots in Australia, since she arrived ten months ago 'On a good week I can make $10,000 if I work hard,' British-born Summer told Daily Mail Australia, adding: 'I pay my taxes but otherwise every penny I make I get to keep as I don't pay commission to an agency. 'Sex work in Sydney is almost three-and-a-half times more lucrative than in the UK... It's easy and the money's amazing,' she says. Summer earns ten times the average weekly wage and with prostitution grossing $30 million in Australia annually, according to the Australian Federal Police, she is keen for a slice of the pie. Excited at the prospect of a fresh start, she arrived as a backpacker on a Working Holiday Visa doing temp work in call centres and as a waitress. It paid the bills but, consumed by wanderlust, she found she couldn't save enough to travel until she heard on the sex workers' grapevine that pickings are bountiful in the Land of Oz - where the age old trade has been legal in most states since the 1990s. Dream girl: Summer earns ten times the average weekly wage and with prostitution grossing $30million in Australia annually, according to the Australian Federal Police, she is keen for a slice of the pie Selling sex in the city proved quickly lucrative thanks to word of mouth on forums and advertising on websites. In sexually liberal Sydney, brothels, strip clubs and massage parlours abound, but Summer earns enough to work the circuit from the privacy of her riverside home in Millers Point on the edge of the CBD. The bubbly blonde, from the city of Liverpool, in Britain's north-west, said: 'It took a few months to build up business but I can now make enough money to rent a lovely apartment in a nice area and work privately. 'Guys will pay more if you're prepared to advertise what you look like. I charge $600-an-hour; sometimes it's just a date in a restaurant with a bored businessman and sometimes it's a lot more.' 'Sometimes it's just a date with a bored businessman, sometimes it's more...' Summer offers a range of services and no doubt her doll-like looks help She added: 'Sex work means I can afford Sydney, it's expensive but I love the lifestyle and I earn enough that it means I can work half the year and travel the rest. 'I have always loved travel, learning about new food, languages and customs. There is something really romantic about being totally alone in a place where nobody knows you or anything about your past, a totally fresh start.' A former dancer, Summer (her work name) first dabbled in the sex trade in Liverpool three years ago. 'I'm rebellious by nature and always knew from the age of 12 I would try it,' she explained. 'I didn't know anybody in the industry and I just called up an escort agency, a number I saw on a poster in the city centre when I was 18, a number I got from a poster in the city centre, and went for an interview. 'I knew I wasn't ready for it then but I went back three years ago when the time was right.' In Britain, she earned £150-an-hour ($180), and was obliged to give an agency madame 30 per cent of her takings, three times less than what she makes in Sydney. A stint travelling around India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and Nepal took her away from the sex industry months at a time, until she arrived in Sydney ten months ago and moved into private escorting as Summer Knight. She has learned 'the hard way' not to fall in love with clients. 'When I worked for an agency in the UK one guy, a gorgeous young pharmacist, always asked for me and I developed feelings for him. We got on really well and the sex was great,' she says. 'I was young and naive and missed him when I hadn't seen him for two weeks.The next time he came back I asked him where he had been and he said he was busy so he asked for one of the other girls. 'I was absolutely devastated that he had been seeing someone else. Now I never let feelings get in the way'. It is hard to believe such a sweet-natured woman is part of such a profession still largely stigmatised today, even though prostitution is first thought to have appeared in Australia in 1788 at the time of the First Fleet. She appears the charming girl-next-door, is softly-spoken and smiles a lot but it becomes quickly apparent she knows her mind. She charges $600 an hour and thereafter $500, with her advert promising everything from the girlfriend experience to fetish and domination sex. On a good day, she can earn $2,100 if a client requests four hours but often she will see between two and three men a day; typically taxi drivers, bankers, corporate workers and businessmen on work trips from China, Honk Kong and Singapore, as well as students. 'They don't have to be Brad Pitt,' she says, insisting: 'It makes no difference if they're fat, bald or ugly. It's my job. 'People come for all different reasons and from all walks of life. I love meeting new people and clients tell me I'm warm and friendly and easy to get along with. 'The guys go for someone who they're going to enjoy being with for an hour and that's not always the prettiest girl.' Despite the stigma surrounding the profession, Summer says friends and peers have been very supportive of her working in the industry. She has the support of the Scarlet Alliance, the national sex workers' association, which campaigns for the rights and discrimination of members. She said: 'My parents know, they didn't react well at first but I've stuck to my guns with them and told them "this is what I want to do". 'They would rather I did something else but they are proud of me for being able to fend for myself. You know, going home with a drunk man from a night club is dangerous, sex work in Australia is pretty safe because it's decriminalised; I can call the police and they won't judge me if something goes wrong,' she said. And what of the future? 'Maybe in 10 years I'll start my own business running a cafe, or do something where I'm my own boss. Everything I do is my choice.' Spokesman for the Scarlet Alliance, Candi Forrest, told Daily Mail Australia: 'Sex is a pleasurable experience and people stigmatise it too much. They believe sex workers are exploited, but it's a personal choice by two people who consent.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacaranda Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Apart from the obvious risks,I don't have a problem with it.If one of my mates told me she/he was a prostitute,I would'nt judge them.I'd be more interested in finding out what type of people their clients are!I watched a show a while ago,a doco on the more higher class of prostitute,and most of them were only in it temporarily.Saving for uni,buying their own houses or starting their own business's. From a personal side,I reckon I could do it.(I would'nt,but I think I could if that makes sense?)I once had a one night stand,and the guy meant nothing to me,so in that respect it would be easy (ish)to sleep with someone and it not being romantic.So really on that one night stand,I could of charged the guy!:laugh:I think safety wise,I'd be abit worried incase someone turned nasty,or had an std.In reality though I'm guessing alot of prostitutes probably don't have very nice pimps,maybe turn to drink/drugs?They're probably not living their own versions of "Pretty Woman"lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Apart from the obvious risks,I don't have a problem with it.If one of my mates told me she/he was a prostitute,I would'nt judge them.I'd be more interested in finding out what type of people their clients are!I watched a show a while ago,a doco on the more higher class of prostitute,and most of them were only in it temporarily.Saving for uni,buying their own houses or starting their own business's.From a personal side,I reckon I could do it.(I would'nt,but I think I could if that makes sense?)I once had a one night stand,and the guy meant nothing to me,so in that respect it would be easy (ish)to sleep with someone and it not being romantic.So really on that one night stand,I could of charged the guy!:laugh:I think safety wise,I'd be abit worried incase someone turned nasty,or had an std.In reality though I'm guessing alot of prostitutes probably don't have very nice pimps,maybe turn to drink/drugs?They're probably not living their own versions of "Pretty Woman"lol I've seen a few documentaries too, where the girls swear they are only in it for a short while and are doing it to pay a uni loan off or some other excuse. Great if they really mean that and manage to get out with some money, don't get a nasty pimp who takes most of it off you, controls what clients you get. Or you don't make the mistake of going on another girls patch or taking her clients. There has to be a certain kind of extras to it too I would have thought. A normal guy wouldn't go to a pro if he was only going to get the same service as he does from his wife would he? I've never visited one myself and wouldn't pay for sex. Your girl Summer in the story may be a lovely girl and earning $10,000 a week but that leaves her open to a lot of risk from physical to STD's. I bet she doesn't tell a lot of people in her resort of Gilo Mino that she's a prostitute, If she manages to get talking to anyone. Probably try to pass herself off as some sort of successful business woman. It's a short term career too. I would imagine if she's getting through enough clients to be making that sort of money her looks aren't going to keep her going a long time. Not a good thing to be if you are after a long term relationship either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERYSTORMY Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I wonder if I can get in on it. Middle age, slight paunch, losing a bit of hair. But fit - have to be to do heaving labour for $20 an hour in the desert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacaranda Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 From what I've seen on the doco's the "extra's"are charged accordingly!:unsure:Not sure Paul about a guy not going to a pro when he can get the same from his wife?I've heard men do,saw this other doco once about truckers?Apart from "dogging"(and that was a real eye opener for me,was'nt aware that sort of thing was going on tbh lol)they visit pro's because they're on the road so much and don't see their wives!I'm guessing other people (Its not just guys)with travelling type jobs or whatever would to?Maybe people get bored and need something different?Yes they could find someone to sleep with,but with a pro you don't get any strings attached! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Must admit, I have paid for it... A wedding ring and marriage licence.:tongue: Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Must admit, I have paid for it... A wedding ring and marriage licence.:tongue: Cheers, Bobj. Are you getting it though Bob?:wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Are you getting it though Bob?:wink: 38 years of wedded bliss.:tongue: Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Oh god I hope my gran doesn't read this in a paper or something.. This will be next thing she'll be going on about :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Oh god I hope my gran doesn't read this in a paper or something.. This will be next thing she'll be going on about :laugh: I have a mental image of your gran tapping the paper and saying "there you go Stacey, see what you can get paid in Aus.":wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Haha no lol she would say that I was going to end up a prostitute if I don't find a job over there. Nah she's not that bad lol but she's mentioned backpackers going missing and dodgy people! That case in Thailand didn't help me either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovingtoTasmania Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Good for her I say. I think I could give a man an interesting domination experience and I wouldn't even charge, if anyone is interested........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Good for her I say. I think I could give a man an interesting domination experience and I wouldn't even charge, if anyone is interested........... :shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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