iphammer 11:01 Wed Oct 14
Travelling Australia on a WHV
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Anyone on here travelled Australia on a WHV? ( Working Holiday Visa) What was the experience like?
Looking at going out there September/October time next year with my partner.
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dry roasted
12:53 Thu Oct 15
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I went out on a WHV 12 years ago and I'm still here..best thing I ever did!
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misterRon
8:24 Thu Oct 15
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It's a shit hole, don't do it, New Zealand's much nicer according to Trip-advisor
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Whitester.
8:05 Thu Oct 15
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I did a year on a working visa and had a fantastic time. I landed in Perth and ended up staying in Freemantle for Three months.
Did two months grape picking in Margaret River then bought a camper van and followed the coast road to Broome where I worked for pearling company for three months. I had saved enough money to travel to adarwin and the across to the Aeast coast eventually ending up working in Sydney.
I found work easy to get but as others have said it is expensive to travel about and good luck going with your partner you'll need it.
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Sydney_Iron
5:41 Thu Oct 15
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Its how i ended up living here!
Came for 12 months, worked, traveled, shagged and loved it, got back to the UK and thought fucks this, 6 months later had a permanent resident Visa.
More than a few working holiday makers end up staying,
Trust me, you will have a great time, even if your happy to go back at the end of it, its also very geared up for working holiday makers/backpackers, so were ever you go you will have no problem with budget accommodation, getting work and having a good time.
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wtf
4:02 Thu Oct 15
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Don't do it. Stay where you are. You won't regret it for long.
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chevy chase
3:44 Thu Oct 15
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Came out here with 8 mates back in 2000 for a year on a WHV. Best year of my life. Met an Aussie bird, married her and now i'm living here.
Best time was leaving Sydney during the Olympics (too expensive) and heading up the East Coast.
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Jammers
3:03 Thu Oct 15
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In terms of the experience its incredible. I hated the hostels so very quickly relocated to Byron bay and rented a room. Now I'm immersed in the local culture, part of the community and its awesome.
If you want to do the backpacker gig then I recommend you hire a camper and do it that way, there are some proper loose cunts in the hostels and you won't wanna drag your partner around through that.
It can be expensive so be mindful. You'll pay around $6-7 for a schooner which is somewhere between a half and a pint. The beer is pretty good though, my recommendation is stone and wood Pacific Ale. (Thank me later). The exchange rate is super for us though so its a good time to come over.
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Jammers
2:58 Thu Oct 15
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I left the UK in April this year, left my girlfriend back home jntending to stay together and for her to come meet me in November. We split up and now I'm with a gorgeous Canadian girl living in Byron Bay. Doesn't get much better in my opinion.
Do it, be open minded, take every opportunity that comes your way. Its changed my life completely and I have no idea what I was thinking coming out here with a girlfriend back home. Keep it simple lad
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my left foot
2:38 Thu Oct 15
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Do it for as long as possible, they extended it to 2 years after I came back damn it. Do as much as you can to take your mind off blighty because you'll probably be back.
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team boaty
12:47 Thu Oct 15
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"my partner"
Ha !!
Unless you are conjoined twins that fight crime together that term is massively cuntish
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Ronald_antly
12:13 Thu Oct 15
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Significant other?
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Joke Royal
12:12 Thu Oct 15
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I hate the term partner
Just call him/her your girlfriend/boyfriend
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The Fonz
12:09 Thu Oct 15
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Got back just over a month ago from spending a year down under. Went to a meet with the Sydney hammers and worked in the bar that he Melbourne hammers drank and watched the games at.
It's a lot of fun and I definitely recommend you doing it, problem is is that you will want to stay out there for good. Australia is the dogs bollocks! Can't wait to go back.
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Ronald_antly
12:08 Thu Oct 15
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Are you and your partner homosexuals?
Not that there's anything wrong with that!
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MonkeyVulgaris
11:34 Wed Oct 14
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Practice hand stands before you go to get used to being upside down
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Banjo
11:29 Wed Oct 14
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Nurse Ratched 11:09 Wed Oct 14
Ag, ag,ag.
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Jonah Lomas
11:15 Wed Oct 14
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Have you seen Wolf Creek?
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worm
11:14 Wed Oct 14
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Yes. Best thing i ever did.
Don't go with your partner.
I went on my own but every person i met who left home as a couple went back single or with somebody else.
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yogib
11:13 Wed Oct 14
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Take plenty of wedge....that's why there are so many of the fuckers over here, and why go with a partner? 99% guaranteed to end in tears...but depends on whether you are 2 women, 2 blokes or an unsure bloke with a girl etc. etc.
If you have to ask on here whether to go or not you're a bit of a limp wristed wimp really and are a bit fucking stupid....Maybe go ask mummy while sucking your thumb!!
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mallard
11:10 Wed Oct 14
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I went with my partner of four years.....
.....we split up out there
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Nurse Ratched
11:09 Wed Oct 14
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Yes. Don't call your partner your partner.
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