Hi Marjo!

Well we arrived in Augusta about 12ish and went in and had a chat with Colin and Brad and it all looks good.
Olivier starts in the morn and ill start in a few days, we...

Hi Marjo!

Well we arrived in Augusta about 12ish and went in and had a chat with Colin and Brad and it all looks good.
Olivier starts in the morn and ill start in a few days, we have a beautiful room here, a big change from our little tent and illegal camping spots!

Thanks you guys so so much, the last few days have been the toughest ive had for a long time, so youre phone was a total god send, really.
you deserve your award ten times over!

Enjoy your weekend
All our love
Liz & Olivier

.. thank you so much for your mail, the weather was very bad here and my phone was cutting off too.... I didn't want you to think that i hung up on you!!!

And YES, Tony got in touch...

.. thank you so much for your mail, the weather was very bad here and my phone was cutting off too.... I didn't want you to think that i hung up on you!!!

And YES, Tony got in touch with me just now and I have the job!!! I am so excited!!! Thank you again for your help, your great!!! :) take care and I will DEF recomend you to everyone I know!!! Thank you very very much!!

Kerry
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Sky,

How are you? It was good seeing you and your co-workers in Etro the other day and if you need me to be an example of what The Job Shop can do for backpackers, I'm down. Thanks so...

Sky,

How are you? It was good seeing you and your co-workers in Etro the other day and if you need me to be an example of what The Job Shop can do for backpackers, I'm down. Thanks so much for helping me find the job. Etro is a great drama free environment with great owners, a wonderful staff and awesome food, and even though I wasn't keen on the idea of a restaurant at first, I couldn't have found a better place to work.

Thanks so much for everything,

Keegan

(i think thats a georgeous name, by the way) thanks for the email, yeah having a quality time. made some friends for life and its all goin well. geraldton is beautiful and mingenew is just ........

(i think thats a georgeous name, by the way) thanks for the email, yeah having a quality time. made some friends for life and its all goin well. geraldton is beautiful and mingenew is just ..... out there!! anyway, thanks for everything you did for me, you really helped me when i was in dire straits. enjoy your day and keep on rockin in the free world. stay beautiful, xxxxx ben

Hey Marjo, Whooooo hoooo ye won, im delighted, and its only right ye won, ye are great to backpackers if my experience is anything to go by!!! Pemberton is great, fitting in nicely, the...

Hey Marjo, Whooooo hoooo ye won, im delighted, and its only right ye won, ye are great to backpackers if my experience is anything to go by!!! Pemberton is great, fitting in nicely, the till and getting to know ALL the drink is a bit tricky but it wont take me too long, met some of the locals the old men are the best craic, very funny, even got offered to load cattle, ha ha! Iv been warned that irish girls when they come here they never leave. Theres irish girls here that are here years, some have married locals or are pregnant so its quite amusing, they all think im next!!! Em....no i dont think so!!! So all is good in the land of huge trees!! Thanks again for setting me up here!!! Take care Denise

Congratulations!!! I just got the email from Jobshop that you won the "Golden Backpackers Reward", we know how you work hard and help all of us to find our careers, you deserve...

Congratulations!!! I just got the email from Jobshop that you won the "Golden Backpackers Reward", we know how you work hard and help all of us to find our careers, you deserve this glory! :D

It has been a week since we got here. Farm working is difficult in first week, especially the high temperature, it's hot outside everyday, but we get through and getting better and better.

People who live here and all the colleagues are so nice. There are many Taiwanese. It make me feel like home but I think it is not so good to learn English. :P Eva and I come with the other six people: David(Swedish), Linda and Marlin (the German sister), Lisa (German), Darlia and Fred (Taiwanese couple). Everyone get along with everyone whatever where you are from. Sometimes we pick peaches, sometimes do pruming, we work as a team everyday and supervisors are very friendly to all of us. The best thing is we can have peaches for FREE! Yummy!!
About the accommodation is clean and cozy, each room has own reg., air con, TV and DVD player, some of them have own bathrooms. It's quite nice, isn't it?

Eva and I, we are happy to work here and so appreciate that you sent us to this position. We would finish our work at Xmas and so see u then ~in Perth.


Love U

Gwen (Ya-ping, Huang) @ Dandaragan
16.10.2009

Hi Sky!

You had asked for an update about how things are going for Matt and me at the Roadhouse. We've been here for about 2 and a half weeks, and it's going very well so far. The work...

Hi Sky!

You had asked for an update about how things are going for Matt and me at the Roadhouse. We've been here for about 2 and a half weeks, and it's going very well so far. The work is nothing difficult and I think at this point Matt and I have gotten everything in the kitchen all straightened out. The roadhouse was remodeled a couple of years ago, and it's very clean and modern. We're near the Boddington Gold Mine, so a lot of our customers are miners/related to the mine work. The Bibbulman Track, which runs from Perth, past us, and on farther south so we catch a good number of hikers who come in for warm greasy food and beers. The staff housing in the back is pretty decent, especially after being in hostels for so long! It's so nice to have a double bed and a wardrobe. The showers aren't anything to brag about, but they have warm water and good water pressure, so there's nothing to complain about either. We get to make anything we want in the kitchen with any of the food from there, which is pretty awesome, again especially after using hostel kitchens, which tend to have two burners that sometimes work and one pan with a wobbly handle.
There's always fresh salad around which is super welcome, though my intake of fried foods, especially french fries (which I have to refer to as 'chips') has shot up about 200%. I probably get asked about my accent 2-5 times a day; I think it's the word 'dollars' that gives me away the most. The managers live in the house next to the staff house and they are quite pleasant. They have a German Shepherd who is a big sweetheart, but Matt is a little scared of her. There is one girl living in the staff house with us, and she's brought her cat who really loves Matt. Also, Laundry is free (!!!!!) but we have no phone service as only Telstra works right here. Probably the biggest issue is just being stuck here for all of our off time. There are a couple places to go running/hiking around, so we've been doing that, and then if someone is going into town on our days off, we'll catch a ride with them for internet, phone service, and any fruit and vegetables we want. The girl in the house with us has been lending us her car whenever we're off and she's working and she loves to take us out and into town. Last weekend was the rodeo in Boddington and she took us out which was pretty great. So, all in all, it's going pretty awesome. I think we've got a couple weekends away planned for Perth and Albany, so that we can actually see some of Western Australia, and then be leaving sometime in mid-January.

Hope everything is going well for you!

Aimee and Matt

Hi,

 I just wanted to let you know I have found a job thanks to the excellent team at the Perth office of The Job Shop

I applied for aposition in karratha and have just...

Hi,

 I just wanted to let you know I have found a job thanks to the excellent team at the Perth office of The Job Shop

I applied for aposition in karratha and have just spoken with Arelene this evening. She was happy to confirm that I have been offered the position.

I am soooooooooooooo happy! I have booked my flight and fly out tomorrow morning.

Thank you for all of the hard work.I am looking forward to starting my new job. I have already recommended you to my friends at the hostel.

 Many thanks

Mark Sanderson

Me and my partner spent seven weeks at Lyndon station and had the best time ever! We came to Australia looking for a real experience and that's what we got at Lyndon! It really gives a new...

Me and my partner spent seven weeks at Lyndon station and had the best time ever! We came to Australia looking for a real experience and that's what we got at Lyndon! It really gives a new meaning to the term " in the middle of no where!"

We were doing various jobs such as fixing windmills and moving cattle on motor bikes which was cool! ( we were on the motor bikes not the cows!!)

I would highly recommend to anyone looking for work in Oz to try a few weeks on a cattle station! It's proper mental!! Thanx to the job shop for getting us the job!!

Emma Gillespie 25. British

s on Munda cattle station. It was by far and away the most interesting backpacking experience I have had.

The work was pretty hard but each day was different. Riding motorbikes through...

s on Munda cattle station. It was by far and away the most interesting backpacking experience I have had.

The work was pretty hard but each day was different. Riding motorbikes through the bush one day and processing cattle the next.

There were eleven of us up there all of whom got the job through the job shop. All of us had a great time and learned heaps of stuff you just would not get exposed to in a city job.

I would defiantly recommend a trip up to a station to anyone. It's a great way to see rural OZ. Plus your food and accommodation is usually taken care of so it's a good way to save money as well.

Tom Giltinan

It is a lot of work and I`m pretty busy from Monday to Saturday evening, but it`s so much fun and everybody is incredibly nice and the Outback is absolutely stunning. Life out here is so very...

It is a lot of work and I`m pretty busy from Monday to Saturday evening, but it`s so much fun and everybody is incredibly nice and the Outback is absolutely stunning. Life out here is so very different from everything I had experienced so far.
I will stay here for 6 more weeks and leave in early September. I know I will miss it a lot, for I really feel like being part of a family.
What`s my work like? I cook 3 meals a day (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner) for varying amounts of people, for there are always pilots coming and leaving, and I work 6 days a week. Food comes out on a food truck, I can order pretty much anything I like, but my food budget is 400 Dollars a week. Usually, there is something of my order missing, but I`ve gotten really good at improvising, making my own sour cream and ricotta for example. I will send you pictures as soon as I get to a computer with a proper USB-port attached (this one is very, very old)! Thank you so much for making this awesome experience possible, I`m having a great time out here!

Cheers,
Antje.

Hi Andrew

Ive just left Coral Bay after being there for 3 months as housekeeper (found the job through you guys).

It was an amazing experience, I loved it there and miss...

Hi Andrew

Ive just left Coral Bay after being there for 3 months as housekeeper (found the job through you guys).

It was an amazing experience, I loved it there and miss it already.

Im now on the east coast spending my hard earned cash.

If I cant find work over here I'll be routing around on your site again and coming back to WA.

Thanks

Jennifer Noyes
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Erfahrungsbericht Borden WA

Katharina Jäger

Lieber Leser,
als ich in Borden WA ankam wusste ich nicht recht was mich dort erwarten würde. Es war erst mein zweiter...

Erfahrungsbericht Borden WA

Katharina Jäger

Lieber Leser,
als ich in Borden WA ankam wusste ich nicht recht was mich dort erwarten würde. Es war erst mein zweiter Job in Australien und die Stellen-Anzeige besagte nur, dass ich in sechs Farmhäusern arbeiten solle um die Hausfrauen zu unterstützen. Untergebracht sei ich mit zwei Jungs, die für Erntearbeiten schon da sind.
Und so packte ich meinen Rucksack und machte mich auf nach Borden, von Perth ca 450km mitten ins Nirgendwo. Als ich Gnouwanarup passiert hatte und auf die Chester Pass Road abbog fiel mein Blick das erste mal auf die Stirling Ranges, diese wundervolle Bergformation, die sich aus der Ebene erhebt. Der höchste Berg ist der Brown Bluff mit 1100m.
Ich hatte etwas Schwierigkeiten die richtig Farm zu finden, da ich nicht erwartet hatte das das Farmhaus so weit von Borden entfernt liegt, aber als ich erst einmal angekommen war, wurde ich herzlich von Natalie empfangen. Sie ist eine sehr nette, junge Mutter von 3 Kindern und lebt mit ihrem Mann in einem wirklich schönem neuen Farmhaus. Sie erklärte mir nun endlich was es mit den 6 Haushalten auf sich hat und wo ich wann sein sollte. Sie sagte mir ich solle mich ruhig auch als Babysitter für die Abende anbieten. Alle Familien für die ich arbeite wären gerade in der Erntezeit und diese Zeit ist immer sehr stressig und hektisch für die Farmbetriebe. Die Farmen auf denen ich arbeiten sollte seien alle nicht weit entfernt, nur eine sei etwas weiter weg, was sich als 45km herausstellen sollte. Dann zeigte sie mir das Häuschen wo ich mit den Jungs leben würde und erzählte mir, das einer der Jungs wie ich aus Deutschland sei, der andere aus Holland. Im Haus gab es alles was man braucht.
Am nächsten Tag legte ich gleich mit der Arbeit los. Ich verrichtete alle Arbeiten, die meine Mama liebend gerne von mir gesehen hätte als ich noch zuhause gelebt habe, wie Staubsaugen, Staub wischen, Fenster putzen, waschen, Betten machen, bügeln... Aber ich musste feststellen das diese Arbeiten lange nicht so langweilig sind, als wenn man sie Zuhause macht, einfach weil man in dieser wunderbaren Umgebung ist. Die Kinder sind um einen und helfen und manchmal ist keiner da und man kann die Musik laut machen. Bei einer der sechs Familien habe ich nie die normalen Sachen machen müssen. Hier habe ich Schränke abgeschliffen und neu gestrichen oder den Inhalt neu sortiert. Einmal sind wir nach Albany gefahren und haben Renovierungsarbeiten in einem Beachcottage vorgenommen. Natürlich hatte ich mich als Babysitter angeboten und nach einiger Zeit bekam ich Anrufe ob ich am Abend kommen könne um die Kinder ins Bett zu bringen.
Das Leben im Häuschen mit den Jungs war sehr angenehm. Wir haben zusammen gekocht und gegessen. Hin und wieder waren wir im Pub in Borden. Einen Samstag haben wir genutzt um den Brown Bluff zu ersteigen, was sich als richtige Herausforderung für mich herausstellen sollte und ich glaube ohne die Jungs hätte ich es nicht bis auf die Spitze geschafft. Weihnachten waren wir bei Neuseeländern eingeladen um ein richtiges australisches Weihnachten zu haben. Ich habe nur knapp überlebt. In Borden habe ich Überschwemmungen gesehen, wir hatten Nächte die so kalt waren das wir vor dem Ofen saßen und Tage so heiß das wir freiwillig in einem der Dämme schwimmen waren. Das braune Wasser sieht nicht umbedingt einladend aus, ist aber angenehm kühl.
Eigentlich war geplant das ich vier oder fünf Wochen in Borden arbeite, doch am Ende war ich fast acht Wochen da und als ich alles gepackt hatte um loszufahren, war ich tatsächlich ein bisschen traurig. Ich habe sehr nette Menschen kennen lernen dürfen mit denen ich noch immer in Kontakt bin. Die Zeit in Borden hat mich inspiriert ein kleines Kunst Projekt zu starten und ich werde im März wieder nach Borden fahren um es um zu setzten.
Viele Grüße
Kata

Katharina Jaeger (German - 26 years)

hi Andrew,

Just to say thank you for encouraging us to work in Leonora. we were a little apprehensive in the beginning as it is situated in the heart of the gold fields.
but...

hi Andrew,

Just to say thank you for encouraging us to work in Leonora. we were a little apprehensive in the beginning as it is situated in the heart of the gold fields.
but what a fantastic time we had there, we worked for the most wonderful people, Robbie and Susan, we were made part of the family as were the others that worked there.
it amazing to think that a little town like Leonora can leave such a major impact on your journey.
highly recommend it to any backpacker, wanting to save heaps of money, and get free accommodation, and good food, and not to mention the locals, these are the truly great aussies.
and lets not forget the amazing scenery,
but you'll have to go and check that out for yourself...............
thanks again,
Esther & Michael waitress and yardie
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about 8 weeks ago weeks ago you helped me to find a job in the karijini eco retreat and on sunday I'm leaving this place. I have had a really good time up here, experienced the outback,...

about 8 weeks ago weeks ago you helped me to find a job in the karijini eco retreat and on sunday I'm leaving this place. I have had a really good time up here, experienced the outback, were living and working with australian and international people, enjoyed the landscape of the national park and saved a lot of money. I learned some many new things and made some new friends.
I really appreciate that you gave me the chance to work up here ecspecially in times where it's hard to find a job.
All the best and a big "Thank you".

Ann-Christin Schaefer

PS: Check this out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aenna/sets/

Its scott bates i got the job at rottnest for the cocktailbarman,thanks marjo for all your help and I'm looking forward to startingon monday any time you want to come over to the island give me...

Its scott bates i got the job at rottnest for the cocktailbarman,thanks marjo for all your help and I'm looking forward to startingon monday any time you want to come over to the island give me a call and i'll buy the beers:-) ps, note to the boss or future customers: I always enjoyed coming into the jobshop always a friendly welcome from the amazing marjo and always goes that extra mile to get you into work, not only that she is true to her word which makes her a special person too and a great assett to the company and was a pleasure that you were one of the first people ive met since I came to oz.

all the best and thanks again

scott bates

I got the job through the jobshop in Perth. I was really lucky. I just dropped in while I was walking the Street. I did actually not really need a job right now (I could also have gone to...

I got the job through the jobshop in Perth. I was really lucky. I just dropped in while I was walking the Street. I did actually not really need a job right now (I could also have gone to Melbourne first), but people said, that it would be easier here in Perth. So I tried and got this job as a farmhand within a day. So I was really lucky.
The farm, where I worked was 100km from Esperance, 600km South East of Perth. They had grains, as well as cattle. The cattle are kept in feedlots, i.e. they are locked in pens, where they get fed with a tractor.
In the beginning, it was not that easy. It took me about 2 weeks, to really adapt to the work (and the boss). I somehow was in a struggle more often with him, and he was not satisfied with my work at first. But I stood those two weeks, and then it was really good.
During all the time, there was still another farmhand working there, so it was not too boring.
My jobs included: pulling over an old fence line, fix the breaks on a road train trailer, fix the suspension of a car, drive all the machines....
We got in the first cattle before Christmas, so we still had to fix some of the fences before and clean out manure of the pens. So it can get really dirty as well.
Often I had to find out myself, how a job works, because I only got told what had to be done. And the boss could not really give a hand because of his age. So a little experience beforehand, e.g. for how to handle a machine or work practically, does not hurt.
So we had to vaccinate the cattle, when they came in, and give them hormone in the ear.
After that, I did the feeding, which means filling a mixer with a 2 ton mix of grain, straw, water and minerals and feeding them out with the tractor. Before I left we eventually had about 1100 cattle in.
All the other time I had to do all the smaller jobs, which turn up on a farm. Fixing different things, milling grain, .....
So the job included bodily hard work as well as driving machines, which was fun for me.
For me it was a really good experience, because I learned to adapt to a really different, in the beginning hard, environment. I learned to see the jobs, which have to be done, to find out how to fix it, even if I had not done it before.
It also topped up my traveling budged: I saved $6000 in 7.5 weeks, after tax. I worked between 54 and up to 84 hours per week. So it is lots of work, but it is worth it. I had free accommodation and food, and I was really in the middle of nowhere, so I could save every dollar. Even with "only" $15 an hour.
The hard work was really worth the experience even more than the money!!!
Manu 20 yo From Germany

working on a Cattle Station in The Kimberley. I am just emailing to say hi and thank you for finding me the job. i have never worked on a feedlot before so i didnt really know what to expect,...

working on a Cattle Station in The Kimberley. I am just emailing to say hi and thank you for finding me the job. i have never worked on a feedlot before so i didnt really know what to expect, but i am having an amazing time.

the people are great, mostly my own age and their is a great social scene with BBQs and spit roasts, a bar, internet, pool table etc. The work has been pretty mixed - everything from sorting cattle and tagging calves to fixing troughs and driving tractors.

Its hot and hard work and very dusty and dirty but i am really loving it. they have a cattle fertility expert here at the moment so he is teaching me all about pregnancy testing and bull fertility, which is really interesting and very useful for my vet studies. I can only say that i wish i could stay longer! thanks so much for getting me the job, i was pretty stuck when i came into the office and was thinking i would have to go home if i didnt find a good job soon but you got me one in less than an hour! all the best.

Vikki

Tuesday morning, went straight into The Job Shop and by Wednesday I was working as a Melon Packer. Thats what I call service! The Job Shop in Kununurra is one of the best job agencies I come...

Tuesday morning, went straight into The Job Shop and by Wednesday I was working as a Melon Packer. Thats what I call service! The Job Shop in Kununurra is one of the best job agencies I come across so far. Other agencies are unfriendly and anonymous, but in Kununurra I felt welcome

Thanks a lot

Frauca Kruse 27 Germany

of august this year I arrived to Perth after been traveling around Australia for more then 6months. Loved it!

But as everyone know, it is quite hard to live in a backpack for more then 6...

of august this year I arrived to Perth after been traveling around Australia for more then 6months. Loved it!

But as everyone know, it is quite hard to live in a backpack for more then 6 months in one go.
So I decided to come over here, to Perth to kind of settle down for a wile and find my self a job, so that was exactly was I doing.
Love traveling, don't get me wrong and it is so much to see and do here in Australia, and for me that gone all the way from Sweden just loved it=)

Found my self walking around the street of Perth one day, and went to an area called Northbridge. Wonderful part of Perth!
Walking past The Job Shop on 224 William Street and as everyone knows that has been traveling or going to travel, you always going to need money, so work was the only right thing to do after 6 months of holiday.
Thought I could get a job for a couple of months just to get going again, and that is why I Talked to Andrew in The Job Shop.
Because I was kind of broke, it was perfect that I could register for free, so that is what happened.
Two days after I talked to Andrew, they called me up and asked if I wanted to go for an interview for a company called Easy Rider, and of course I wanted to!
Normally I work as a tourist guide in Europe, so for me to work in a travel agency was just perfect!
Went to the interview the day after they called me and 4 days later I got the job=)
So my plan to stay for another couple of months in Perth just when out the door...been working at Easy Rider for over 2 months now and cant be happier=)
So I applied for my second year visa, and with some help from Andrew from The Job Shop I got it!!
So Elisabeth will be staying here in Perth for the rest of her stay.
Just love my job and have Andrew and The Job Shop to thank for that!

Cheers,
Elisabeth Elwing Aged 25
Sweden.

... the seedless watermelon

I have been to this melon farm near Waroona (about 150km south of Perth) for 7 weeks.

7 weeks that meant to me over 400hours of work in total, up...

... the seedless watermelon

I have been to this melon farm near Waroona (about 150km south of Perth) for 7 weeks.

7 weeks that meant to me over 400hours of work in total, up to 82hours a week. It is hard, it is hot and it makes you feel every single muscle in your body, but it is also huge cash for your future traveling plans as the farm company pays you for overtime work (82h = $1600 in one week) and as the guys managing the farm are very friendly and funny people you can have a lot of fun while working!

If you are for example able to play Texas Holdem you are always welcome to join the managers pokernight on Fridays or if there is some free time available these guys will as well take you out for fishing, go crabbing or hang around on the beach which is just 15min down the road.

The bad thing about this is just that free time is pretty rare - I had two days of in 7 weeks.

If you don't mind to have a hard but honest job and want to earn a lot of money while spending none you are going to love this place!

The accommodation provided is a small house in the middle of nowhere right on the farm with all facilities needed - kitchen, shower, toilet, TV- and lunch room - and it is just 30 bucks a week! As there is nothing around you might think don't really have a lot to do, but after a long days work you just want to eat and sleep anyway =)...

Thanks for that great job to the Job-Shop!

Ludwig Bundscherer 20yo German

Me and the lads are at work on the vineyard every day now, alls well we are doing contract work making alright money- up to $240 a day- pretty happy with that even though we get paid bi weekly...

Me and the lads are at work on the vineyard every day now, alls well we are doing contract work making alright money- up to $240 a day- pretty happy with that even though we get paid bi weekly and this week we have to survive on tuna and 2 minute noodles .

After this saturday we will be in sweet. the hostel on the info sheet is real good and we are having a ripper time. we have even got two blokes in our room jobs!

so cheers for the jobs and we will see ya when we com back to perth on the way north.
take it easy cobber
Mik and the boys in bunbury.

Dear Andrew,

I hope that you are well. Back in January you helped me get a job at Shamrock Gardens, in Broome. I started there on the 18th of January, and have now been working...

Dear Andrew,

I hope that you are well. Back in January you helped me get a job at Shamrock Gardens, in Broome. I started there on the 18th of January, and have now been working there almost 3 months.

I would like to let you know that while working there, I have had a wonderful time and experience, and have also met a lot of great people. Phil (the manager) is a great person to work for.

While at Shamrock, I have learnt how to drive a tractor, and have also been doing general farm work.


Once again, thank you for all your help.

Mark Hayden

Leonora. It was a great experience and I had so much fun. I never worked in a bar before but I had no problems at all to get used to it. You meet a lot of different people who are really...

Leonora. It was a great experience and I had so much fun. I never worked in a bar before but I had no problems at all to get used to it. You meet a lot of different people who are really nice.
It's a great place to safe money because you can't spend much. You get free accommodation and free food.
It's a great experience to live in such an area, to do bar work and to meet so many different kind of characters.
Inger Siebke 20 Germany

........ me a position at Mount Augustus Cattle station. It's positioned in the upper Gascoyne, far from the shops and the madding crowds, but is somewhere that i learned to call home!
I...

........ me a position at Mount Augustus Cattle station. It's positioned in the upper Gascoyne, far from the shops and the madding crowds, but is somewhere that i learned to call home!
I Had such a wonderful time working as a track rider, that is riding racehorses around the bush, in preparation for Landor the big Bush Race meeting, one of a kind, in October.
I learned so much about a part of Australia that is sometimes overlooked in our quest for adventure. I worked for and with great people, who were warm and kind and made you feel right at home. There was never a dull moment!
The landscape is amazing in the Gascoyne, Looking out at Mount Augustus every morning over breakfast...Now that's the life. So, my advice to other travellers is this, get out of the trap of the city and have the experience of a lifetime. Realise what chilled-out-living really is!! Meet wonderful salt of the earth people, doing ordinary things in extraordinary ways.
Australia is a tale of 2 countries for me. The cities and the bush. Mount Augustus and the bush is another world that travellers shouldn't miss out on.
Next June is mustering time again so I hope others take the opportunity to that i wouldn't have missed for the world!

Cheers Andrew,
Best wishes,
Catherine Moynagh. 28. Ireland

for getting me a job in Northampton.
I had an awesome three months there, working as a barmaid in the pub of the Miners Arms Hotel
The people are very friendly and took me to all kinds...

for getting me a job in Northampton.
I had an awesome three months there, working as a barmaid in the pub of the Miners Arms Hotel
The people are very friendly and took me to all kinds of places in the surrounding areas like Kalbarri and Port Gregory.
Even though I hadn't done bar work before, I absolutely enjoyed doing it and getting in contact with the locals.
The food was delicious and I was able to save a good amount of money.
All together it was an absolutely great Australian experience that I will always remember!

Lisa Reinhardt 20 Germany

Hey Andrew,
Ya well were still here but are leaving in 10 days just want to thank you for hooking us up with the best job ever weve had an amazing time and will be sad to leave. We are...

Hey Andrew,
Ya well were still here but are leaving in 10 days just want to thank you for hooking us up with the best job ever weve had an amazing time and will be sad to leave. We are flying over to the east coast with 2 of the other barmaids an english and an estonian to buy a van and travel up the east coast.

so excited my brother is also flying in to sydney on the 9th and will be travelling with us for 2 months 5 girls and him hahaha! So not looking for work at the moment but we will see how long the money lasts. Really nice to here from you and well keep in touch could possibly be back to the west may or june.

Jade and Kindy

Hi Andrew,

Just thought i'd send you a quick mail regarding the Darkan hotel beach party at the weekend. First of all thank you for a very different experience of Australia. I...

Hi Andrew,

Just thought i'd send you a quick mail regarding the Darkan hotel beach party at the weekend. First of all thank you for a very different experience of Australia. I didn't realise how small a town Darkan was but the beach party was great fun.

The people at the hotel were really nice and friendly and made us feel very welcome. The banter at the bar was priceless.

I must admit i was a bit wary at first but i had no need to be. I would def recommend it to any backpackers next year.

Thanks
Karry Coulter. 27 British
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At the beginning of December, I took off to Balladonia not really knowing what to expect. I ended up having a great time for 2 months.
Balladonia is a roadhouse on the Nullabor, the...

At the beginning of December, I took off to Balladonia not really knowing what to expect. I ended up having a great time for 2 months.
Balladonia is a roadhouse on the Nullabor, the highway going to South Australia. I was working mainly in the bar, but I also did a bit of work in the shop, in housekeeping, I even did some concreting for the new shed. Paul was a great manager and would always do his best to keep the staff happy. I saved a lot of money there because there was nothing to spend it on, and because I was the one working in the bar, I didn't drink much! The bar wasn't too busy so I had lots of time to talk with the customers and I learned a lot about every corner of Australia. Accommodation was great, I had my own cabin with TV and AC (you need it in the day!) with a small bathroom. But, who could complain when you pay $50 a week for your own room and all your meals?! I learned to live without my mobile and a very hard access to internet...

Thanks again for the great experience.

Katerine, 22, Montreal