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How much money to take? |
 Posted: Sun Nov 1, 2009 11:43 pm |
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| Hi eveyone I am thinking of going on a woiking holiday to Australia in March 2010 for a year. I was wondering how much money I would have to take? | |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 2, 2009 6:48 am |
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| Depends on how long you want to wait before finding work and how long it takes to find work.
I'm landing in OZ in December after 3 weeks in Malaysia. I'll be lucky to have the required amount for proof of funds should I be asked. but thats another matter. I was aiming to have £3500 to get me going. But all depends on what you want to do before finding work. |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 2, 2009 3:16 pm |
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Hey, You need about £1000 a month to get by in OZ. If your happy to find work pretty much straight away then I guess you dont need a lot. But you do need £2k in a bank account or a return ticket booked to be allowed in the country. I am hoping to have 5k after 3 weeks in the US. I am also hoping to work as I can find it. x |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 2, 2009 4:13 pm |
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| Hi,
Not speaking from personal experience but I've spoken to people who been over there recently and says its getting pretty expensive. A few people have said £1000 a month to just to cover basic food and living costs, this doesnt include trips or anything like that. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 3, 2009 3:33 am |
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The simple answer from someone who is already here - shit loads 
I know that the poor exchange rate doesn't help at the moment but it came as quite a shock to me how expensive everything is here. I had originally planned to work for 6 months and then travel for 6 months but I don't think that is going to be possible. Good luck with your travels. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 3, 2009 6:15 pm |
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| to visit/stay in the cities sydney and melbourne and to actually do anything, and eat and drink more than baked beans your probably going to need over £1000 a month now.
outwith these cities prices are much better and its a more feasible option to live on that. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 3, 2009 6:21 pm |
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| hiya
im going too be backpacking for 6 months and im taking 5000 with me hope that will be enough for the first few months , then im planning on finding work while im traveling. but i guess it all depends where and what your going too be doing while your out there x |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 4, 2009 11:26 am |
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The simple answer from someone who is already here - shit loads
I know that the poor exchange rate doesn't help at the moment but it came as quite a shock to me how expensive everything is here. I had originally planned to work for 6 months and then travel for 6 months but I don't think that is going to be possible. Good luck with your travels. Jeezz thats depressing ...... are you actually able to earn more than a £1000? Im planing on staying in big cities much but I also was hoping my 5-6k might last about 4 months with some trips. x |
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