Travel buddy for Australia Jan 2013 :-)
Travel buddy for Australia Jan 2013 :-)
Hi, I’m looking for a travel buddy for 2 months to travel Australia starting jan 2013. I have posted before but thought I’d start a new topic as plans have slightly changed!
I quite fancy doing Sydney to cairns, Melbourne, Brisbane etc but am totally flexible on plans! The reason i’monly doing 2 months is because I’m meeting a friend in new Zealand for 4 weeks at the end of march. Obviously any travel buddies are welcome to join us in new Zealand also!
The rough plan after that is to either stay in new Zealand a bit longer after my friend flies back (as she’s just going for a holiday rather than travelling) or fly back to oz to work, maybe back to the east coast or possibly Perth, again I’m flexible! Would be great to hear from anyone who would be interested in joining me as I’m too scared to go it alone! Xx
Hey Tracey, I’m also going to Sydney in Jan ‘13. Haven’t been travelling before and going on my own so wouldn’t mind meeting up with people whilst over there! What date are you thinking of heading out? I’m thinking about doing the Oz Experience as I haven’t travelled before, don’t know if your doing that too?x
Hey Tracey,
I’m planning to do a trip 2nd Jan until 25th Jan up the gold coast to cairns before i fly to New Zealand. I don’t know what your plans are, but I’d love to here from you :]
HI Tracey,
I am a solo traveller all booked and going to Sydney for NYE staying 5 days then flying down to Melbourne for a few weeks then not sure.
I have my working holiday visa, so prop do some work at some point but no plans yet.
Let me know if you want to chat before we both go, i live in Manchester and have email and Facebook.
Thanks
Paul
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Hi guys,
flying in to sydney around the 15th of january, first time travelling and im going solo so it’s all a new experiance.
Trying not to plan too far ahead but think of going up the east coast towards Cairns.
If any one wants a chat or has any adivce just message me i guess.
Chris
Hey Tracey, I’m also going to Sydney in Jan ‘13. Haven’t been travelling before and going on my own so wouldn’t mind meeting up with people whilst over there! What date are you thinking of heading out? I’m thinking about doing the Oz Experience as I haven’t travelled before, don’t know if your doing that too?x
Hey Grace
im heading out in Jan too
my sister lives in Sydney so ill crash there a few weeks but want to go traveling and meet new people
http://www.facebook.com/jay147
Add me on Facebook and maybe we can chat plans/ideas
x
Hey
I’ve been travelling for over two years now, started with Fiji, New Zealand and South East Asia. That took me 6months, and then I booked a flight to come to Aus. Seriously, it is SO EASY to meet people while travelling, not just in Aus but anywhere.
Book the first week or so in a hostel here and you’ll make friends in the first day or two. As soon as someone new comes into a dorm room people introduce themselves. And if not sit in the common room and someone will say ‘hey, hows it going!’.
There’s so many backpackers here it’ll be hard not to find a bunch of people who want to do the same route as you. I’ve met girls who came travelling after meeting on here and they’re ‘BFF’s’ now, but they also didn’t get along with the other two girls they met beforehand. But it doesn’t matter because within a few hours you’ll have met someone else.
Just go for it, don’t be worried, it’ll seem weird that you lived any other way once you get into the flow of it. I’ve been in Aus now for 18months and have just booked a flight to Hawaii and onto Vancouver, from there travelling down to Brazil. That’s how much money you can save in Aus, get a working visa for sure. Sorry for going on :)
Hey
I’ve been travelling for over two years now, started with Fiji, New Zealand and South East Asia. That took me 6months, and then I booked a flight to come to Aus. Seriously, it is SO EASY to meet people while travelling, not just in Aus but anywhere.
Book the first week or so in a hostel here and you’ll make friends in the first day or two. As soon as someone new comes into a dorm room people introduce themselves. And if not sit in the common room and someone will say ‘hey, hows it going!’.
There’s so many backpackers here it’ll be hard not to find a bunch of people who want to do the same route as you. I’ve met girls who came travelling after meeting on here and they’re ‘BFF’s’ now, but they also didn’t get along with the other two girls they met beforehand. But it doesn’t matter because within a few hours you’ll have met someone else.
Just go for it, don’t be worried, it’ll seem weird that you lived any other way once you get into the flow of it. I’ve been in Aus now for 18months and have just booked a flight to Hawaii and onto Vancouver, from there travelling down to Brazil. That’s how much money you can save in Aus, get a working visa for sure. Sorry for going on :)
Hey Tom,
Have you got any good websites or advice on finding jobs when i get to Oz?
Cheers
Chris
It depends on what type of work you do. I got my data entry/office assistant jobs through recruitment agencies. I didn’t have any experience but I told a little lie on my CV and emailed it to them. Then I phoned them up a day or two later and got an interview, where I had to do a few tests on Microsoft Word/Excel and a words-per-minute typing test. They got me a job within a few days then, and it was pretty easy from then on.
If you have a trade then you should have no problem over here, just post an ad or apply for jobs on Gumtree and you should be sound.
If you’re straight out of high school and can’t blag your way into office work then backpackers do jobs like door-to-door sales, kitchen-hand work, waiter, bar jobs etc…
There’s plenty of work out here, as long as you look for it
Some useful websites:
www.seek.com.au
www.mycareer.com.au
www.careerone.com.au
www.gumtree.com.au
AGENCIES
www.hays.com.au
www.tmcagency.com.au
www.ontheballpersonnel.com.au
www.manpower.com.au
www.juliaross.com.au
www.recruitmentcentral.com.au (Brisbane)
CHILDCARE:
www.selecteducation.com.au www.hayseducation.com.au
www.expectastar.com.au www.childcarecrew.com.au
NURSING/HEALTHCARE:
www.hahnhealthcare.com.au www.dialanangel.com.au
www.mhr.com.au www.drakemedox.com.au
ADMINISTRATION:
www.davidshave.com.au www.hallis.com.au
www.morganconsulting.com.au www.employment.byron.com.au
ACCOUNTS/FINANCE:
www.charterhouse.jobs www.cherrysolutions.com.au
www.michaelpage.com.au www.coxpurtell.com.au
ENGINEERING/CONSTRUCTION/LABOURING:
www.australiawide.com.au www.michaelpage.com.au
www.harrythehirer.com.au www.dialanangel.com.au
HARVEST/SEASONAL WORK:
www.jobsearch.gov.au/harvesttrail www.seasonalwork.com.au
Hiyaa Guys!! :)
im flying to Melbourne 16th Jan! first time im going travelling and by myself too! little nervous but exciting too!! iv decided not to plan too much ahead..know where im staying for the first 4 nights then thats pretty much it! xx
thanks for that Tom i’m an electrical engineer office based in design etc…. although to be honest i’m not really interested in doing that over there.. going for a change and to do different things.
I fly to Sydney on the 14th land on the 16th i think the only thing i’m planning on doing is heading up the east coast so if you fancy it let me know :)
Chris
I arrive in Sydney on the 4th January and staying there until the 15th. Apart from that I’ve made no plans whatsoever.
If anyone is around Sydney at the same time, let me know on here or on the facebook group
http://www.facebook.com/groups/Australianbackpackers2013/
You can also find travel buddies on the travellers point website :)
