been back for 6 weeks now so thought id share the photos

Jimbeam3678

Jimbeam3678

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here just a few of the snaps hope you like them



This on the west coast of Australia best thing I did in my 12 months in Australia



Looks fake but trust me its real :D



Mad Darwin people with there annual beer can regatta




The very sad side of Darwin where it seems no one has a solution :(




My future wife met her on my 18 month holiday :o



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Maybe the best picture of the lot taken in Indonesia which is such a awesome country. this was taken in Gilli Air
 


Again in Indonesia this at the top of mount bromo again a pain to get to wow was it worth it




This one is diving in Flores does it get any better then this? this manta hung around for the full 45 minute dive! If anyone wants the video I can supply it




A colourful sweet lips fish




Awesome looking sky again Indonesia




Prawn fishing in Taiwan Taichung as you do!!!



Top of Taipai 101




Earthquakes are a real problem in Taiwan

Hope you enjoyed looking at these , really posted them for anyone who is thinking about travelling , just do it its the most amazing thing and you'll never regret it
 
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That second one of Aus is crazy :o and the forth is just =/
Nice sky in Indonesia aswell. Hope you had a good time :)
 
sigma said:
Did you work as you travelled? Video of the manta would be cool!
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Certainly did in IMO its part of the fun , you get to meet new people and expreince some cool stuff. For example I worked at V8 touring cars at the casino in Darwin , one of the best seats in the house and getting paid 20 quid a hour for serving some casino Execs beer etc

Hunders said:
Wow. Nice one!

I wish I had the balls to travel alone like that.
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Its as easy as saving some money and booking the flight you will always always meet people. I think I had a low 2 weeks in total from a 18 month holiday. Sure most people feel low for a total of 2 weeks in everday life.

I'll try and upload the video to clued up on youtube though
 
Guessing you were unemployed before you went out then? 18 months is quite a long time.

So you did 12 months in Aus and 6 in Ind? Did you start out with any sort of plan?

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sigma said:
Guessing you were unemployed before you went out then? 18 months is quite a long time.

So you did 12 months in Aus and 6 in Ind? Did you start out with any sort of plan?

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Yes no job just a CV smartish clothes and a smile ;) I planned to follow the sunshine , and that is the truth. I started in Perth moved on from there in may (started out in Feb 09) travelled up the west cost to Broome , then based myself in Darwin for 8months and Took 2 x 4 week holidays down the East coast.

The money and job in darwin was just to good to pass by and the people who worked there were fine with me taking time off etc etc. then I had 8 weeks in Indo , 8 weeks in Thailand which I thought was okish and then 8 weeks in Taiwan .
 
divaboy said:
Yes no job just a CV smartish clothes and a smile ;) I planned to follow the sunshine , and that is the truth. I started in Perth moved on from there in may (started out in Feb 09) travelled up the west cost to Broome , then based myself in Darwin for 8months and Took 2 x 4 week holidays down the East coast.

The money and job in darwin was just to good to pass by and the people who worked there were fine with me taking time off etc etc. then I had 8 weeks in Indo , 8 weeks in Thailand which I thought was okish and then 8 weeks in Taiwan .
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How easy was it to get a work visa for all the places you visited?
 
Me personally found it easy , I chose to work in bars etc good money and good hours if you like the sunshine:)

i just tried to think out of the box in big cities , I.e in perth forgot the backpacker areas , I went to a suburb's of perth victoria park and things like that.

As for tourist places I.e Darwin I just got there a month or so before the main season started spent a day handing Cv's out and got offered over 4 jobs over the next week or so :eek:

I found the trick was to talk to them about other anything and just sound happy to be there and they tend to remember you from the other 15 Cv's they will have on there desk :p

Remember in Australia they pay top wages for bar/bottleshop jobs so can easily save money very quickly
 
divaboy said:
Me personally found it easy , I chose to work in bars etc good money and good hours if you like the sunshine:)

i just tried to think out of the box in big cities , I.e in perth forgot the backpacker areas , I went to a suburb's of perth victoria park and things like that.

As for tourist places I.e Darwin I just got there a month or so before the main season started spent a day handing Cv's out and got offered over 4 jobs over the next week or so :eek:

I found the trick was to talk to them about other anything and just sound happy to be there and they tend to remember you from the other 15 Cv's they will have on there desk :p

Remember in Australia they pay top wages for bar/bottleshop jobs so can easily save money very quickly
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I meant how easy was it to get the work visa, rather than the work itself :)
 
divaboy said:
Me personally found it easy , I chose to work in bars etc good money and good hours if you like the sunshine:)

i just tried to think out of the box in big cities , I.e in perth forgot the backpacker areas , I went to a suburb's of perth victoria park and things like that.

As for tourist places I.e Darwin I just got there a month or so before the main season started spent a day handing Cv's out and got offered over 4 jobs over the next week or so :eek:

I found the trick was to talk to them about other anything and just sound happy to be there and they tend to remember you from the other 15 Cv's they will have on there desk :p

Remember in Australia they pay top wages for bar/bottleshop jobs so can easily save money very quickly
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How did they contact you? Email? Or I guess you had an Australian mobile/phone line handy?

I've been thinking about a working holiday for a while.
 
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