Get Australia Ready

Get Australia Ready

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Get in the right mindset for Australia with tips to help you set a goal, make small deadlines, figure out when and where to land and how to simplify, save and pack. With your visa approved and 12 months to activate it. It’s time to change the way you think, push yourself out of your comfort zone and achieve the most out of your year away. Follow the steps below to uncover the best way to make the most of your Australian Working Holiday Visa. But if you haven’t already I strongly suggest you follow my Travel Hacking Baby Steps before moving forward. This way you know you are saving the most amount of money every time you book anything to do with your travels. STEP 1: Your Australian goal: Find your…
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Your Australian goal: Find your spirit of adventure

Your Australian goal: Find your spirit of adventure

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The Spirit of Adventure is the aircraft Charles Muntz flies in the Pixar movie UP!. Likewise, after setting up and understanding your visa and work essentials, the next step is to find your spirit of adventure, your aircraft of hope and exploration. Find an aim for your adventure that drives you. Don’t sit around waiting for that money jar to fill up, find ways to fill it. (more…)
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What’s an Australian life or death bucket list?

What’s an Australian life or death bucket list?

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Imagine you have just landed in Australia, what’s the first thing you want to do? Write it down right now!Now, imagine your on that long-haul flight home, what is the one thing you would seriously regret not doing? Now write that down.And, hey presto! You now have yourself an Australian life or death bucket list. Things you would like to accomplish in Australia that give you the feeling you can’t live without or you would die trying. (more…)
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How to work out where & when to land in Australia

How to work out where & when to land in Australia

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By now you should have a visa, a plan for your work essentials, set your spirit of adventure on the right track and started your life or death bucket list. Now it is time to take the final leap and book your flights. From the day your working holiday visa is approved you have one year to land in Australia and activate it. (more…)
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The ultimate packing list for Australia

The ultimate packing list for Australia

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When packing for Australia you need to try and be as simple as possible. With your goal in mind, be tough on yourself. Try and minimise as much as possible. Start by writing down a list of what you think you need,  then cut it in half. Ask yourself, can you buy it if you are really, really desperate for it? (more…)
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