Quokka2005

On 10/01/2024 at 08:00, Cheery Thistle said:

Aberdeen? Not been for years but it was a hell hole back then. They don’t call it the granite city for nowt. 

No the Union street in Glasgow. Beside central station 

It’s bad but I’d still rather spend time there than Union street

Chicken - Wish I'd worked at yours  I might have lasted longer lol  

i think it was 170 I was paying to share a room with another girl and the unit wasn't nice at all  although to be fair it was lovely compared to that picture lol. The guy owned 3 different "hostels". So 4 people in each unit at 170 each  but he had around 6 units where I was.  Then the same at the other locations. Made a fortune for doing nothing really. Hired us out to contractors.   When I got there I found out that he was paying the backpackers $20 each to tell other backpackers to come 

Get the ferry over to south Perth and  it's a nice walk along the river. Take lots of pics for me  there's places to have dinner and there's a nice ice cream place in the little shopping centre bit nearby. 

Yeah the Harry Potter studio was cool, if you're a fan then you would really like it.   Go see the lion king musical and secretly film it for me 

I got Medicare and insurance. I used go walkabout but didn't have to claim in my 10 months there 

In the 10 months I was there all I bumped into was 2 golden orb spiders outside, some sort of green spider, one spider that just looked like a UK house spider and a dead tiny huntsman. I was hoping to see a proper huntsman to scare people back home    

I was worried I was going to find them in my shoes or in my tent etc but it wasn't bad at all. In the outback we had these things that they called stink bugs, they were like cockroaches but they spray you. Was the stuff of nightmares, I'd handle a spider over that any day lol 

Congratulations! Well done 

Healthcare Australia has a few jobs but I don't know what type you are.   https://www.healthcareaustralia.com.au/jobseekers/job-search/?category=Nursing&sub-category=&type=&location=QLD+-+Sunshine+Coast&Keywords=

I used a company called ultimate oz. they help with that stuff but I just used them because I wanted to meet people straight away. I don't know if it was worth the money though, probably not because I didn't travel with any of them after the week.  It's easy to set up your bank account, I applied for mine while I was in the UK. 

I can't help with farm work really, there's some good links on this site that the admin have put up. There's also some agencies etc.  

Have fun! I'm sure it'll be a great 1 or 2 years 

The job shops a good one. I spoke to a hostel in busselton that do farm work. Can't recommend them because I didn't use them but maybe it's a option to try. Check out gumtree if you haven't been already but just be extra careful with that one.   There's another 2 agencies that I got told about, I'll try remember/find their names for you 

Totally regretting this haha 

I had one. But I didn't use it in shops etc, just at the hostels. Never even thought of using it other places, oops 

My suitcase has been through quite a lot lol i think it's covered in red dust.  It's coped well though! I think if I was doing it again then I'd get one of the wheeled backpacks just so that when it comes to stairs I could carry it. If I was going to Asia I'd get backpack too but you really don't need one for Australia and if there's health problems then they aren't ideal 

Haha yeah I caused a bit of a stir with this topic in 2015. I went with a suitcase and for the majority it was fine. Pavements are decent etc. It even went to the outback lol.  The only time it gets a bit of a pain is when it comes to stairs. Maybe you could compromise and get one of those backpacks that have the wheels. I think osprey do a good one. My travel buddy had one and he could take it places like Thailand etc. But I'd say my suitcase was fine for 90% of the time 

I didn't have much luck in Perth either but both of my jobs were in WA. I just had to leave the city and go more remote 

I think I commented on the other thread about it, hopefully It posted 

Don't take too many clothes, you'll buy stuff here. I brought quite a lot that I never even wore and ended up buying stuff from target and Kmart. 

For 2nd year check out the harvest line.   

Places to check out - freo, kings park, rottnest island, get the boat over to south Perth, hillarys harbour. Maybe some day trips to pinnacles etc.   Have a great time, I'm jealous! Wish I could do mine all over again. Let us know how you get on  

Haha yeah I had even missed it when I went to aus lol. I'll get there one year! 

Wish I was going! 

Usually I'm awful at pics so I was quite impressed with them lol that was just on my phone. I want to buy myself a good camera to try and improve 

First two are of Perth. The other two are Broome. The other two are coral bay. And the last one is Perth too 

It's a bit risky, loads of weirdos. I got one guy asking if I'd be a dancer or give him a massage. Another guy wanted me to come to a remote place to SA, I got a really weird feeling off him and so did other girls 

I'm really sad at reading this, he seemed a lovely man and I enjoyed his posts. I'm very sorry x