Australia itinerary

October 2022

My Australia Itinerary Planning trip: Australia Budget planning/Tips & To do list :) 🇦🇺 * Budget: 4K / working out there * 6 to 8 weeks travelling up the east coast recommend * 3 months Travel before working Booking flights: Flights - kiwi scanner or sky scanner find, google flights, cheapest flights: Use incognito browser when looking for flights because of cookies Financial/Legals: - [x] Create Australian gov account - Get Visa work Holliday 217 - pending - [x] Get wise debit card - [ ] Set up Australian bank account - [ ] Make sure to fill in the DPD form from the Australian Government before travelling - [ ] Get travel insurance (medi card). What to do In first week: - [ ] Set up bank account - commonwealth bank, westpac, nab, ING (online) - [ ] Apply for tax file number - get sent to hostel - through gov.au - [ ] Apply for your own super-annuation - [ ] Get Australian SIM card: Optus, Telstra - [ ] Apply for medi care card Monthly budgets: e.g. Average hostel prices work out how much for a month - hostels:£720 Per month - Excursions: £200 - Food:£200 - Transport:£100 - Other:£100 Travel - [ ] Get an Opal card to travel on trains (like an Oyster card) * The greyhound travels (coaches) * Use city mapper Where to travel to on trip: New South Wales: - Sydney, Bondi beach, manly & Shelly beach (use ferry) Royal botanic gardens, Newtown & Inner west - Blue mountains: Hostel: Blue Mountains YHA £15per night - Yamba - Jervis bay - dolphin/wale watching - Blue mountains: Hostel: Blue Mountains YHA £15per night Recommend Hostels: wake up, bounce, X base Queens land: - Byron Bay - Gold Coast - Brisbane - Sunshine coast - Noosa - Hervey Bay: Hostel: Flash packers - Trip to Fraser Island - Whitsunday Islands - Townsville - Cains: Hostel: Gilligans Recommended hostels: Victoria Melbourne: Philip island Recommend hostels: backpackers united, space hostels, YHA Australia Islands of Australia: - South Island: stay in queens town - Northman queens land port Douglas Working: - Bars - require RSA certificate different for each date, (complete when out there). - Work away - pay for a yearly subscription and find e.g. free accommodation and food for work - Agencies: Packing - [x] Rucksack 65L - [ ] Travel towl microfibre body and hair Padlocks: - [x] Big lock from locker in hostels - [ ] Cable lock - [ ] Bag locks - [x] North face thin rain jacket - [x] New knickers and bras - [ ] Thin clothing that you can layer - [x] Earplugs mouldable ones - [x] Pillow case - [x] Eye mask - [x] Tupperware - [x] cutlery - [x] Backpack - [x] Water proof phone sachet - [x] USB(CV) - [x] Water bottle/flask - [x] Bumbag - [x] Packing cubes - [x] Printed/ laminates passport picture - [x] Printed visa - [ ] Laptop and charger - [ ] Fix phone and get phone case/ screen protector - [ ] First aid/medicine: Savalone, anusol, sleeping tablets - [ ] Carabiner clips * Cheapest supermarkets in Sydney Colls, Woolworths and Aldi * Free walking tours (Sydney) - Places not to stay in: New Cross Before leaving: - [x] Pre-book hostel in advance first - [ ] Make sure phone is unlocked - [ ] Get travel insurance (World Nomads) - [ ] Get IUD - [ ] Dentist - [ ] Haircut - [ ] Change - [ ] Transfer pictures onto remote storage Excursions: Free walking your up to bondi beech Blue mountains: stay in x hostel Sydney opera house Ku-ring-gai chase park Jobs: Research jobs in conservation parks Regional work sights Other destinations: - New Zealand 🇳🇿 Research: - check what the common tourist scams Average tourist taxis etc.