Live, Work & Travel in Australia
Travelling in Australia Continued...
Accommodation & Getting Around
Groovy Grape Getaways Australia - Groovy trips in vans. Backpacker companies have the best names, don't you think?
KEA Campers Australia and New Zealand - Campervans, motorhomes and 4WD's to explore Australia and New Zealand at your own pace, experienced multilingual staff and an extensive network of rental depots.
The Kings Cross International Backpackers Car Market - We met a number of people proudly travelling Australia and New Zealand in a VW Combi. The vehicles are often brightly coloured and eccentrically painted with pictures of frogs, kangeroos and even Austin Powers. The Combi owners - sometimes a couple, sometimes a group of lads or girls - extol the flexibiltiy their Combi gives them in travelling and stopping where and when wish and feel part of a club or fraternity, particularly on the long deserted roads that connect distant towns and cities in Australia. Most buy their van equipped with beds and a cooker, pay for fuel and sell the thing at the end of their trip, usually for the same price paid at the start. The Kings Cross International Backpackers Car Market in Sydney is a good place to meet travellers, hear some advice and stories and buy a Combi or car for your own journeys.
Needaride.com.au - Australia's biggest virtual message board for lifts. There were plenty available from various departure points when we last looked.
Northern Territory Tourism Commission
Nullarbor Traveller - Road tours across the Nullarbor connecting Adelaide and Perth.
Oz Experience - Backpacker bus service.
PURE Australia - An independent backpacker guide to assist anyone interested in Australian backpacker travel. Share experiences, ask questions and offer advice to new travellers.
Sydney Aquarium - It's difficult to believe but sharks are one of the less dangerous critters in Australia compared to the crocs, spiders, snakes, stonefish, buffalo, jellyfish.... the list just goes on and on. The Sydney Aquarium has a world famous shark display among its attractions that also include seals and penguins, crocodiles, platypus, underwater tunnels and a Great Barrier Reef complex. Travellers arriving in Sydney and heading up the coast will find the display of over 11,000 aquatic animals, open 9am to 10pm every day, a good grounding for what they may see later in the wild.
Tamworth Jackeroo and Jillaroo School - Many people think all Australians live on farms the size of Belgium. They don't, but you can and for around the price of a double room per night. Among the things you'll learn on your way to becoming an Australian cowboy or cowgirl are horseriding, shoeing, mustering sheep or cattle, milking, whip cracking and lassoing and calf throwing and marking. At the end of your stay you may even have a skill that can be used to find a real, paid job on a cattle station.
Travel Australia with Frog and Toad - It takes a little while to load the bells and whistles that make this site so attractive and easy to use but those willing to wait will find an excellent and informative guide to travelling around Australia. Even more impressive is that the thousands of pages, photographs and contacts were the work of one person, Abi, who spent over 90 hours a week crafting the site. The site is kept up to date by new owners.
Travellers Auto Barn - Car and campervan sales and rentals. There's also a page of employment opportunities at TAB.
Traveller's Mate - Cars for backpackers
Travelodge - Accommodation. Includes a careers page.
The VanExchange - A place to buy and sell backpacker vehicles in Australia. Whether you're looking to buy or sell they have listings of cars, campervans, 4x4's, Utes, SUV's and more.
VIP Backpackers Resorts - Accommodation and services for backpackers heading to Australia. VIP also sells a discount card and orientation packages.
Wanderers Travel - A Gap Year for most is about work and play. If you've been working in Australia and you're now looking for a bit of play, the East Coast is the destination for you. There's the reef, the rainforest, three cities and of course the beaches, beaches, beaches of three distinct coastlines. Wanderers Travel's East Coast Mega Deal takes in the lot and includes 14 nights accommodating at some of the best hostels along the coast, plus a 3 day / 2 night Fraser Island camping safari and a weekend sailing cruise in the Whitsundays. If you're working Wanderers can also help you make arrangements to enjoy your free weekends to the max. There are weekend Learn to Surf Safaris, dive trips, skydives, and any number of day trips all to be enjoyed. They can also assist with any kind of package for travel in Australia, New Zealand or around the world. If you're in Sydney just pop in to see them to find out more at 477 Kent Street in the city.
Western Australia - 'The Real Thing' - Travel information from Tourism Western Australia.
Wicked Campers - Campervans for backpackers to rent. Great pics of entertainingly painted vans including a very chummy Darth Vader and a Stormtrooper ready to take on the open road. Includes a jobs page.
Other
Culture, News...
The Australian - Newspaper.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Cool Country Radio - Sydney country radio station.
Educaedu.com.au - Search engine for higher education courses in Australia.
Extrafilm Australia - Camera film and developing.
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