joannayoung1984

New update, I left Sydney for Perth on 25/08/2014 and found a flatshare the next day. I'm currently living Northeast of Perth (in Maylands) and while I love that I was able to find a flat with a private room for a good price, I have to say I miss Sydney. For the last 3 days, I've sent out my resume to probably over 20 companies on seek.com.au for a temp receptionist position and have only gotten back generic responses - none of it good. I also applied for my TFN, got my RSA, and going for a barista & latte art 5.5 hour course training this Friday on 5/09/2014. Not sure how well I'll fare with seeking jobs in the hospitality field as I have no experience whatsoever. I've only ever worked in admin and accounting/finance fields and have had 0 luck with job offers so far. A little disheartening but still waiting for good news from the other companies so fingers crossed.

Hi Lianne, I'll be arriving in Sydney on August 22 and will still be there when you arrive in September. Hope to meet up with you and some of the other backpackers on this thread

Hi everyone! Nice to meet you fellow backpackers! I'm Joanna, age 29, and from NYC~ I'm currently on a 1-year sabbatical from work (since middle of July) and decided to take advantage of it by travelling to Australia. I'm leaving for Sydney on a WHV on 8/20/2014 (and arriving on 8/22/2014). I'm lots excited and a little nervous as this is my first time travelling overseas by myself for a period over a month. So far my itinerary at arrival is to take the train from the airport to Central Station and head to Chinatown to pick up my bank cards, grab dimsum or lunch around the area, get a prepaid phone plan, and find an a shop/cafe with wifi so I can apply for a TFN. (I'm also hoping on obtaining a RSA license sometime later.) Does anyone know if amaysim (on Optus 3G network) has good service in Sydney and maybe in Perth? Does anyone have other recommendation for an affordable prepaid plan with lots of data? I have already found a houseshare rental in Greystanes which hopefully will be the place I can stay for about 5-6 months. I was told the property about 40 minutes away from the CBD. Does anyone know what would be the most affordable way to travel around Sydney? Subway? Bus? I do sort of wish travelling by subway/bus is as inexpensive as the MTA here in NYC (which is $2.50 each fare no matter the distance and not calculated by the station). Is anyone else in Sydney that would like to meet up?