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3 months in Melbourne?

  • 16-07-2008 4:17pm
    #1
    youcancallmeal
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    So me and the GF are heading off round the world this November. Starting in SE Asia for 3/4 months, Fiji/NZ for 2 months and then on to Oz. We weren't planning on stopping in Oz for long, maybe a month or two to travel from Sydney to Perth where we are due fly out to Africa. We are thinking now of maybe going to Melbourne for around 3 months to work and live. This is mainly because we both have friends(Irish and Australians) who live there. What we would be worried about though is whether it is easy to get half decent temp work and a short term lease on an apartment? Theres not much point in staying if were working crap paying jobs and then hemorrhaging money from paying rent etc. Also if we were to spend 3 months there then we may have to leave out some of the stuff we had planed to do due to time constraints. Anyone done anything like this even in Sydney maybe?


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  • #2
    hussey
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    youcancallme>al wrote: »
    So me and the GF are heading off round the world this November. Starting in SE Asia for 3/4 months, Fiji/NZ for 2 months and then on to Oz. We weren't planning on stopping in Oz for long, maybe a month or two to travel from Sydney to Perth where we are due fly out to Africa. We are thinking now of maybe going to Melbourne for around 3 months to work and live. This is mainly because we both have friends(Irish and Australians) who live there. What we would be worried about though is whether it is easy to get half decent temp work and a short term lease on an apartment? Theres not much point in staying if were working crap paying jobs and then hemorrhaging money from paying rent etc. Also if we were to spend 3 months there then we may have to leave out some of the stuff we had planed to do due to time constraints. Anyone done anything like this even in Sydney maybe?

    Yeah jobs are not a problem, the closer you leave it to Xmas the harder accom is, end Dec can be pretty much mission impossible.
    So by your calculations you'll hit Melb May next Year??? If so IT WILL BE COLD, and cold in Sydney too ... you shouldn't have a big problem then with accommodation as there is a mass exodus when it gets cold


  • #3
    Spud83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,608 ✭✭✭Spud83


    Yep I spent 4 months in Melbourne, managed to get accommodation easy. I found getting a job a bit tough but then again I wasn't that motivated to get one, and it was also a very busy time of year when the commonwealth games and grand prix where on. I did get a job after about a month and a half, two months.

    As above if you are going to be in Melbourne in May it will be cold and wet. Sydney will be the same. Perth is warmer at that time of year, would that be an option for you for three months?

    Maybe fly into Melbourne/Sydney do the traveling to Perth and then stay there for three months?


  • #4
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,066 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    Yeah the weather around then will be a bit depressing but we reckon were better off trying to sit it out in one spot so then we can enjoy the spring while finishing off our travels. I think Melbourne is our only option really because we have so many friends there who will help us get set up and who we can socialise with!


  • #5
    Larianne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    I lived there for 8 months and absolutely loved the place! So easy to get around, always something to do and the pay is better there than in Sydney. Well that's what I found.

    I found it hard getting a job at first. Joined about 10 agencies but then got the best job I've ever had. Got promoted within a month and got paid really well, doing a very easy job and worked with some lovely people!!

    I'd go back in a heartbeat.

    Weather wil be awful as said before!! Always have an umbrella with you!!


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