Selling up.. Auz here I come!

[JAMSXR]

Well, I'm leaving the Mrs of 5 years, selling my bike, renting out the house, quitting my job and fucking off to Australia for a minimum of 12 months... I plan on getting a working visa so I don't spend all of my savings as well as stopping off in a few other countries on the way.

The reason, I've been in full time employment since the age of 15 and now at 25 I've spent the last 5 years in IT sales and although the money is OK I've become board of life and unmotivated. Now I don't expect traveling to suddenly change everything but I feel that it may be the last chance I get to do something like this!

Anyone else done something similar?
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[mistergixer]

Yes, I left your wife a few years ago too.


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[JAMSXR]

[Deckx]

i spent a year in Oz on a working holiday when I was 21/22... worked as a sparky on a couple sites in the city.....wasn't into the backpacking/traveling scene and had a brilliant time in Sydney drinking and shagging as much as i could .... enjoy

[Rogerborg]

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[Robby]

My woman is half Australian, spent a year out there when she was 19. A lot of my (British) friends did a similar thing at the same age. They were all backpacking, but with you being older and with some money you'll hopefully have the sense to do the right thing, and replace a backpack with a credit card.

They all enjoyed it, the Brit friends more than the woman, seeing as it shiny and new to them. Key things they noted were:

1. They came into contact with more Europeans and Israelis and Australians, seeing as they were backpacking and came into contact with backpackers.

2. Shit loads of Israelis do their national service then go to Oz for a year, being mental and shagging everyone. They made Swedish girls seem calm, restrained, and uninterested.

3. It is easy to end up stuck in a hostel miles for anywhere for weeks, with no money, living on 10 cent noodles and canola oil, gradually going insane.

4. The place is massive. You can be on a plane for 6 hours and still going over land, nowhere near the sea yet. 48 hour bus trips to go a tiny distance on the map are commonplace.

5. Despite the country being massive, you would only want to go to about 2% of it.


The general tone of the backpacking was quite relaxed, not like Americans doing Europe. None of them wanted to go and live there permanently, once you run out of stuff to do near where you are, its a long way to anywhere else. Could be good to settle down with a family, or would be good if you want to cut all ties with home and start again.

Oh, the people out in the country can be really, really strange. Think Deliverance, but two weeks drive from civilisation.

[mistergixer]

My brother attempted to emigrate to Australia a few years ago (his wife has dual GB/AUS nationality)
He returned after about 6 months, when I asked him what was wrong with Oz, he replied:
"The people. The nicest way I can describe them is 'intellectually limited'".


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[Al]

I did exactly the same thing at the same age, although I had no wife or house to leave Went to the USA for a month doing a road trip from California to Texas and back in a big loop, New Zealand for a few months and rode the length of it on 50cc mopeds, 6 months in OZ and then a couple more traveling around some of SE Asia.
I didn't go with the intention of emigrating or on any grand soul searching mission, I just went for a year long holiday of getting drunk and meeting cool people. I did get a working holiday visa and had a few jobs though.
Met some really nice people that I'm still in contact with now 5 years later and had a great time, I lived out of a 20 odd year old Toyota Corona travelling with a mate for 3 months and we never stayed in the same place for more then a night. I think you actually learn quite a lot about yourself living like that. No TV, very few possessions, little money and way to much time to reflect on things.
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[Andy_Pagin]

[Rogerborg]

[Al]

I have a fishing rod for catching my own food and a cowboy hat for looking cool on the rear parcel shelf, I think I should really be credited my man point back.
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[mistergixer]

Hat on parcel shelf automatically equals shit driver. Therefore subtract a further 5 man points.
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[Im-a-Ridah]

[Mehty]

[Al]

[mistergixer]

[Al]

I have looked over your advice and whilst I can't thank you as it would not comply with rule 1. I will raise an eye brow in acknowledgment of your vast wisdom on all things buttsecks and man related.
Although the constant talk of man2man buttsecks coupled with my knowledge of your MR2 ownership does leave me feeling slightly uneasy.
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