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Working Holiday in Australia? You may need additional Certification!
YES! you have done it! You have received your working holiday visa, bought your ticket, found the perfect pair of boots and you are ready to go. You figure you will- like thousands of people- just sort out a job when you get here. That, in fact, is what
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The Australian Spirit in Elle Macpherson!
Do do dodo do doo dooo… refrains of MC Hammer’s Can’t Touch This are running through my head! Elle Macpherson, Australia’s very own “Body” and supermodel is too fast for a London mugger. Australian’s are known as
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How to get to Byron Bay. Transport Options
How to get to Byron Bay. Transport Options
by for timetables, fares and online booking. Tel 13 22 32
Webjet.com.au lists available fares from most airlines. The best places to fly into are Ballina and Brisbane.
Once you arrive into one of those airports, here are a few useful link
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Cool Stuff in Sydney- Chauvel Cinema and the Hola Mexican Film Fest.
If you are in Sydney and enjoy foreign films, or you know someone that does, I recommend you go to the “Hola Mexico Film Festival“. The Festival starts on the 21st November and will play at the Chauvel Cinema.
The Chauvel Cinema is a newly
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Watch out for the Tax Man! Working in Australia you guide to Tax matters.
Watch out for the Tax Man! Working in Australia you guide to Tax matters.
by (www.ato.gov.au).
In the search box select individuals and in the for box type online TFN
From the results select online individual tax file number (NAT 4157)
select Apply for a tax file number.
If you don
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Sydney- Need Internet? Head to the Rocks!
Everyday Thousands of people visit and conduct business in the most Historic Precinct in Sydney- The Rocks. Honestly- this is one of my favorite parts of town. When I first arrived I avoided it because I thought there would be too many tourists. Man wa
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Yea! I’m off to see U2 in Adelaide!
Hello Hello…. There’s a place called Vertigo! Hey gang- I am utilizing a concert as a GREAT excuse to go visit a part of Australia I have not yet been to. This is actually a really good strategy (in my humble opinion) for two reasons.
First
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Australia Forum Thread for the week of November 13, 2006
Check out this topic currently being discussed on the Australasia forum at BootsnAll:
Badly Drawn Girl is living and working in Auckland… And wants to go to Sydney for New Years. She asks, “Anyone got any rants/raves about the city this time of
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Yeee Haaaa! Learn to be a Jill-a-Roo or Jack-a-Roo!
Giddy up little doggies! Grab your RM williams and your best cowboy hat! No Horseback riding experience necessary! If you ever had a dream as a child be a real Jill-a-roo or Jack-a-roo, here is you chance! You can take the class to fulfill those childho
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Daily Dose- G-20, Aussie’s top Box Office, and The Opera House: 7th Wonder of the World?
Melbourne’s G20 summit has been hailed a success and the friendliest held since the group’s inception seven years ago
Australian director George Miller and his troupe of fluffy tap-dancing penguins in Happy Feet, earned an impressive $US42.3 m
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Aussie Translation Guide #2
One of the fun things of Travel is learning the local lingo. Australia has innumerable terms that are as unique in the world as their very own Platypus (which I saw in the wild just recently- fascinating little creatures!). This is the second in a series
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Microsoft Office To include Aussie Slang! S’truth!!!
Fair Dinkum! Believe it. Microsoft Australia has decided it is high time to add Australian slang to it’s dictionary. Nothing is more pitiful than an Aussie trying to write about chucking a Sickie, his Ute, or Trackies and not knowing how to spell
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MMMM Tuurrkkeeeeyyy! See you in December!
OK Gang! Happy Thanksgiving! I will be State Side until the beginning of December. But don’t worry! I’ll be working on new and exciting things to post for when I get back to OZ!!! if there are topics you would like to see covered, please feel
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Australia Forum Threads for the week of November 27, 2006
Check out these topics currently being discussed on the Australasia forum at BootsnAll:
Cjun is considering renting a car in Australia next year for an extended period of time. Is this a cheaper option than relying on trains and buses to get aruond? And d
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Australia Forum Threads for the week of December 4, 2006
Check out these topics currently being discussed on the Australasia forum at BootsnAll:
Sohniye will be ending her travels in Oz in Melbourne, and is looking for suggestions for how to spend her four days. What do you recommend for the best four days in M
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Ending Work in Australia- Temporary Residents Get your Tax back!
Oh no- That time has come! You have picked your fruit, drank all the beer you could handle, haven’t slept in months due to all of the fun you are having, have a rockin’ tan, thought about (or did) get dread locks…and it is time to leave&
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Christmas in Sydney! This Weekend! 16 DEC 2006
It is hot and steamy and yes it is Christmas time in the land down under. Personally I think OZ should rally and start all of it’s own holidays since none of the traditional ones make sense here. But Hey- it is a chance to party! December is load
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Update: Christmas Pub Crawl in Manly 16 Dec 2006
If you are in Manly this weekend- here is where you need to be! An opportunity to dress up, run around with a couple hundred other crazy folks, drink beer and raise money for charity… what more do you need! I’ll be there if anyone cares to me
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Free Stuff! Christmas in Darling Harbour! 16-24 Dec 06
Darling Harbour is gorgeous at the most normal of times, however it is down right stunning during the holiday season. If you are anywhere near Sydney check out Darling Harbour and all of the free Christmas events that it is offering. Not just Christmas
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Wicked Dude! Calling young drivers! Irreverent Campervans.
Wa ha ha ha! What a way to travel! Do you like to play on the irreverent side of the road? If so- Wicked campers are just the thing for you. These little Combi Vans just crack me up every time I see one.
Trust me- they are unmistakable. The trademark ca
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