I Do believe Im booked and on my way on the 9th of Oct! anyone else?

shakencat

slight confusion over money,
but hopefully i wil have it sorted by the time i go!!


flying from dublin - london - bangkok - new zealand - aus

only two of us going,
hope we make plenty friends on the way!

C0N0R

Weird I fly to aus then nz! Who are your flights with and what sort of cost?? I'm headin to nz solo on 5th of October. Can't feckin wait!

jockey#1

Yep heading to Melbourne 5th October, can't wait. Flights booked, accommodation setup, car sold, moved home to save money.

Trying to save money while on the dole isn't easy, but hopefylly good times lay ahead

C0N0R

Jockey what route are you taking? Solo or group of yee

shakencat

jeez ive no car or accomadation set up yet..
makin me think i should!?

aido06

cant ****in wait either heading out 11sept

shakencat

aido06 wrote: »

cant ****in wait either heading out 11sept

i was meanta be goin the 10th!!

its real soon for you!

jockey#1

C0N0R wrote: »

Jockey what route are you taking? Solo or group of yee

London-Kuala Lumpur-Melbourne. Just the three of us. Gonna be awesome!!

fullback4glin

C0N0R wrote: »

Weird I fly to aus then nz! Who are your flights with and what sort of cost?? I'm headin to nz solo on 5th of October. Can't feckin wait!

I'm heading early January to NZ, have u a plan for when you get over, accommodation, work, travel? I'm looking at teaching jobs at the moment, have applied for a few, I'll probably be in Auckland for the first few months apparently more work there

Slunk

Two of us headin out the 24th oct, dub london kuala lumpur sydney. Jus need to sort accom. Seems rooms are goimg fast from checkin around lately.

C0N0R

Yea I've a job sorted out working on a farm so that covers accommodation. Will be based near Christchurch. Have intentions to buy a car when I get out there.

shakencat

is no one else just going and hoping to get a room somewhere?

or should i be looking into booking some where to stay>?!
in each country!

bobbi

Heading to Oz on the 25th August

Checked in to a hostel for 2 weeks after that hope for the best!

Going on my tod too

Hope you have a great trip

NoQuarter

shakencat wrote: »

is no one else just going and hoping to get a room somewhere?

or should i be looking into booking some where to stay>?!
in each country!

Just got back from travelling oz and NZ and not once did we have trouble finding a room.

CabanSail

aido06 wrote: »

cant ****in wait either heading out 11sept

What could possibly go wrong? :rolleyes: :pac:

aido06

CabanSail wrote: »

What could possibly go wrong? :rolleyes: :pac:

very cheap flight happy days

ddgadgets

going solo on the 17th Aug, gonna land in sydney and wing it, booked into the wake up hostel for the first week!

eightyfish

shakencat wrote: »

:)only two of us going,

Heading with my girlfriend also. Dublin-London-Mumbai (3 weeks)-Singapore-Sydney arriving on 4th October.

Just ordered the Lonely Planet (€13.70 inc delivery on bookdepository). Can't wait!

NoQuarter

Can i just say to all, im just back from dublin-LA-Tahiti-NZ-sydney-hong kong and by far the worst place was sydney, we only spend 5 days there but we were bored! it was just like any other city with nothing to do! I know others will disagree but that was our view on it for what its worth!

Doc

Welcome, welcome one and all, make sure you all rent places in St.Kilda if you coming to fabulous city that is Melbourne or Bondi if you plan on going to that mediocre city Sydney as there aren’t enough Irish in either of those suburbs and we need to up our numbers in each.;)

Seriously though good to see all you guys willing to step out into the unknown. I’ve loved my time here and I’m really glad I decided to come. I’m sure you all will be too!:)

Tigerandahalf

The weather is pretty bad in sydey and melbourne right now..cold and wet a lot of the days...dark at 6pm and not bright til after 7am. Once the weather improves though you will find you have a lot more to do and can get out a lot more. Being up further north is prob the place to be right now at this time of year...Darwin or even Brisbane. Keep it in mind if you are going to do seasonal work.

ozzy jr

Heading over there on my own too. Hope to head to Bangkok and Vietnam in September and Australia in October. Anyone got any tips for special offers on internal flights in Oz?

I'm going to bok flights this week.

shakencat

eightyfish wrote: »

Heading with my girlfriend also. Dublin-London-Mumbai (3 weeks)-Singapore-Sydney arriving on 4th October.

Just ordered the Lonely Planet (€13.70 inc delivery on bookdepository). Can't wait!

im going with my friend conor =]
coool!
im arriving in nov to to cairns..

whats lonely planet for?

eightyfish

shakencat wrote: »

im going with my friend conor =]

Sorry didn't mean to presume! :rolleyes:

shakencat wrote: »

whats lonely planet for?

For the travelling around. Had one in India last time and found it to be brilliant. The Australian one is a new (2009) edition and gets good reviews here.

shakencat

eightyfish wrote: »

Sorry didn't mean to presume! :rolleyes:



For the travelling around. Had one in India last time and found it to be brilliant. The Australian one is a new (2009) edition and gets good reviews here.

im a girl aswell haha!
ooh should i invest in one eh!

eightyfish

shakencat wrote: »

ooh should i invest in one eh!

You'd probably get along fine without it, but it is helpful for recommendations of hostels/places to eat/things to do wherever you go. Go into a book shop and have a look.

m83

12th of October and i'll be landing in Melbourne.
Cannot wait!

jank

Doc wrote: »

Welcome, welcome one and all, make sure you all rent places in St.Kilda if you coming to fabulous city that is Melbourne or Bondi if you plan on going to that mediocre city Sydney as there aren’t enough Irish in either of those suburbs and we need to up our numbers in each.;)

Seriously though good to see all you guys willing to step out into the unknown. I’ve loved my time here and I’m really glad I decided to come. I’m sure you all will be too!:)

Ah, I see you have caught the Melbourne bug called "Upmyownass"!

Doc

jank wrote: »

Ah, I see you have caught the Melbourne bug called "Upmyownass"!

Its warmer up there then outside.;)

eightyfish

What's people's plans immediately on landing?

We intend to rent a serviced apartment for a week out in suburbia to get our bearings. Takes a week to get tax number so we'll use that time to find work somewhere. Looking at regional work initially, preferably south of Sydney.

aido06

eightyfish wrote: »

What's people's plans immediately on landing?

We intend to rent a serviced apartment for a week out in suburbia to get our bearings. Takes a week to get tax number so we'll use that time to find work somewhere. Looking at regional work initially, preferably south of Sydney.

when do u get out their, im heading out the 11th of sept i was thinking of doing a week in a hostel, look for a job tax num etc landing in sydney then like your self finding somewhere to stay.

Zambia

eightyfish wrote:

We intend to rent a serviced apartment for a week out in suburbia to get our bearings. Takes a week to get tax number so we'll use that time to find work somewhere. Looking at regional work initially, preferably south of Sydney.

That sounds pricey

Slunk

Zambia232 wrote: »

That sounds pricey

How much is it to rent an apartment approx. Heading over to Sydney in Oct, meeting up with a few people so there will be enough of us to rent an apartment between us. There will be 6 of us.

Also @eightyfish, can you not get your tax file number before you go. Think the place Im going for my Visa sorts out tax numbers too. Unless you have to do something when you get over Im unaware of.

eightyfish

Zambia232 wrote: »

That sounds pricey

It's actually cheaper than a hostel.

Slunk wrote: »

How much is it to rent an apartment approx. Heading over to Sydney in Oct, meeting up with a few people so there will be enough of us to rent an apartment between us. There will be 6 of us.

Also @eightyfish, can you not get your tax file number before you go. Think the place Im going for my Visa sorts out tax numbers too. Unless you have to do something when you get over Im unaware of.

We found one for about $600 for the week, but it's a 2 person apartment and cheaper than a 2-person room in a hostel (that I can find). Not sure if larger apartments are cheaper than large dorms.

TFN takes a week and you can only apply when you get there AFAIK.

Slunk

Usit and a few others offer a tax number in the visa/insurance packages.
Hopefully we can get an apt between us cheap enough. Anyone got any good sites for looking for apts in sydney?

Doc

Slunk wrote: »

Usit and a few others offer a tax number in the visa/insurance packages.
Hopefully we can get an apt between us cheap enough. Anyone got any good sites for looking for apts in sydney?

Seriously guys its much cheaper to do everthing yourself and you will have to fill out the exact same information to get it through USIT or any other similar agency. Just check out the Stickys in this forum or googel it and you will find all the information to do it yourself.

Slunk

Oh Im not going through USIT, was just using this as an example regarding the tax number before you get there

eightyfish

Doc wrote: »

Seriously guys its much cheaper to do everthing yourself

Agreed. It's easy, too.

Slunk wrote: »

Anyone got any good sites for looking for apts in sydney?

Manly. It's a peninsula suburb about 30 mins from Sydney by ferry. Really nice area. Accommodation is cheaper.

Chet Zar

Slunk wrote: »

Usit and a few others offer a tax number in the visa/insurance packages.
Hopefully we can get an apt between us cheap enough. Anyone got any good sites for looking for apts in sydney?

Gumtree is an option for finding a place, also letting/rental agents.

poodles

jockey#1 wrote: »

Yep heading to Melbourne 5th October, can't wait. Flights booked, accommodation setup, car sold, moved home to save money.

Trying to save money while on the dole isn't easy, but hopefylly good times lay ahead

it's not meant to be

claire*

hey there

headin out in march, how much do ye reckon ud need goin out for a year? saving not goin wel at the moment!!

Zambia

Sorry claire but I dont really know your needs. Heres the thing have you booked tickets and sorted the visa for march?

delljm

bobbi wrote: »

Heading to Oz on the 25th August

Checked in to a hostel for 2 weeks after that hope for the best!

Going on my tod too

Hope you have a great trip

exact same as boat as u except i'm headin over a week before ya! wingin the whole accommodation stint so if i hear of anywhere that's not great or the like i'll post up here!

eightyfish

delljm wrote: »

exact same as boat as u except i'm headin over a week before ya! wingin the whole accommodation stint so if i hear of anywhere that's not great or the like i'll post up here!

Do. We should keep this thread running as we're all starting out in the same few weeks. 11 days to go!!

mandrake04

claire* wrote: »

hey there

headin out in march, how much do ye reckon ud need goin out for a year? saving not goin wel at the moment!!

They say $5000 is the requirement but this is not often checked, to be honest you probably need that and more to get yourself going. Not much of a holiday when your flat broke.

The Au $$ is still pretty strong.

shakencat

4 weeks to go!

C0N0R

Three weeks and six days! Wahoo!! Out of curiosity has anyone heading round then actually done anything to get ready to go?! I bought a rucksack that's about it.

shakencat

il count my days now!
what date are you going oct what?


i dont have my rucksack yet haha

or changed my money..

or got travel insurance.

all in sweet time

C0N0R

I'm flyin to nz on the fifth of October. Haven't changed money, spoke to the bank they said give them a weeks notice so that's cool. As regards travel insurance, is that a necessity?! Hadn't really looked into that one! What sort of price are we talking?

shakencat

150 if you have health insurance already

how much did you pay for your bag?

im goin on the 9th of oct.

31 days!

Slunk

Its gone down in recent weeks, was 1.43, today its at 1.38. Hope it doesnt drop any further. Will be changing a few thousand in the coming weeks