Leaving for Australia

[Paradii]

Got laid off so I am leaving for Australia tomorrow morning to go on a walkabout. Never been and going solo. Has anyone ever been down there and able to offer suggestions for can't miss things?

I am going to be down there for about 6 weeks, and I am more of an outdoors kind of person, so going to shows in the city aren't my cup of tea.

And cups of tea are also not my cup of tea.

Good hostels and good bars are things I am looking for as well.

[AnticorRifling]

You must be single if you can afford to go for a 6 week walkabout after just being laid off.

[thefarmer]

Single, or OK living like this..

http://gravitando.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/bum.jpg

[Paradii]

Of course I am single, I ain't no sucker. I saved up the money to go by not paying rent for the last 4 years.

edited: that homeless picture totally got me good. I swear there is normally a roof over my head, I just don't have to pay for it. House sitting and squatting FTMFW

[thefarmer]

He can make money doing this!

http://www.rtl.nl/programma/shockdoc/components/images/bum_fight_210x186.jpg

[CrystalTears]

Of course I am single, I suck.Fixed.
I saved up the money to go by not paying rent for the last 4 years.By living with mom? GG

[Paradii]

Fixed. By living with mom? GG

:(

I am not going to get into how I live, but my family lives six times zones away on the mainland. I make certain life choices involving my living situation that most people can't live with, but I am able to save money.

Yes, some times people pay me to live in their house while they are on vacation.

Yes, I had a real job as a biologist, and I will have another in a few months

Yes, sometimes I have to sleep in my car

Yes, sometimes I camp out for a few days

and yes, sometimes I pay for housing by offering trade skills, ie carpentry, auto-repair, ect.

So quiet down, bitches

[Some Rogue]

Cabana boy

[AnticorRifling]

:(



and yes, sometimes I pay for housing by offering trade skills, ie carpentry, auto-repair, ect.

You forgot head.

[Paradii]

You forgot head.

I am sure it was implied.

[Parkbandit]

Take care hippie.

[Warriorbird]

Come back awesome like he did. Don't let anybody tell you what you can't do.

http://oldcoyote.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/lost-locke.jpg

[Paradii]

Take care hippie.

Thanks Dad.

Just so you know, I cut off 7 inches of hair yesterday. I now look like a respectable member of society and will be taking advantage of all the drunken college girls on travel abroad programs paid for by their parents.

[Parkbandit]

Thanks Dad.

Just so you know, I cut off 7 inches of hair yesterday. I now look like a respectable member of society and will be taking advantage of all the drunken college girls on travel abroad programs paid for by their parents.

Looking like and actually being are two different things, as you clearly illustrate.

But hey.. have fun.

[Sean]

I was talking to CT and to settle something we need to know if everyone got laid off or just the scuzzy guys who don't always have access to running water and electricity?

[Paradii]

I was talking to CT and to settle something we need to know if everyone got laid off or just the scuzzy guys who don't always have access to running water and electricity?

Just me, but 1.) Budget cutbacks have reduced the staff from 10 to 3 in the past 5 years, 2.) I was the last full time hire and 3.) I was leaving in 2 months. So it wasn't a real shocker.

And do I look that bad?

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q169/dnonne1/n701958616_548661_1898.jpg

[AnticorRifling]

Regardless have fun I'm jealous.

[iJin]

LOL.

"And cups of tea are also not my cup of tea. "

Hahaha, you're such a nerd. Have fun and take care of you, hippie.

[StJimmy]

Depends on where you're going and where you're traveling. I live in Australia so if you want specifics lemme know. It's a big country, approx the same size of the continental US so without specifics would be hard to tell you where to go or what to do.

[Moist Happenings]

You forgot head.

Don't be so suburban. It's the new millennium. Gay, straight... it's all the same now. There are no more lines.

It's the first rule in the book.


..The unwritten book of the road.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Hope you have fun!

[Miscast]

You could always teach English there.
Lord knows they could use it.

[Malvadere]

Ooooh Australia! Have fun. Few tips...Before you go around blasting the kangaroos from your rental truck, make sure you do it in non agricultural areas where the Animal Welfare Organization of Australia will likely monitor. Other than that you'll most likely want a shotgun because its a lot more fun to nail them on the go in your car, save the sniping skills for the koalas.

Secondly, while you're in the non agricultural areas (just avoid them, really), go to Wester Australia or Queensland for the best prostitutes. They get a lot of island and Thai slave women there and they'll do whatever and the police has your back. However, bring your own coke since its like $400/g there.

Other then that have fun, Australia is full of fun.

Good luck,
Stephen

P.S. if you know you're going to pass out, don't do it outdoors (and definitely not near any undeveloped land).

[Sean of the Thread]

W T F MATE?


p.s. Can I tag a long?

[Paradii]

since you are single and unemployed. Yes.

[Moist Happenings]

You two obviously haven't seen Brokeback Mountain. This will all end in tears. Mark my words.

[Warriorbird]

They just wish they knew how to quit Fosters.

[diethx]

Ooooh Australia! Have fun. Few tips...Before you go around blasting the kangaroos from your rental truck, make sure you do it in non agricultural areas where the Animal Welfare Organization of Australia will likely monitor. Other than that you'll most likely want a shotgun because its a lot more fun to nail them on the go in your car, save the sniping skills for the koalas.

Secondly, while you're in the non agricultural areas (just avoid them, really), go to Wester Australia or Queensland for the best prostitutes. They get a lot of island and Thai slave women there and they'll do whatever and the police has your back. However, bring your own coke since its like $400/g there.

Other then that have fun, Australia is full of fun.

Good luck,
Stephen

P.S. if you know you're going to pass out, don't do it outdoors (and definitely not near any undeveloped land).

I'm guessing this post was a joke, and lol. If it wasn't a joke... LOL.

[Sean of the Thread]

since you are single and unemployed. Yes.

I was being serious.

[Paradii]

I was being serious.

pshh, so am I. This trip will be a disaster of epic proportions, and more people should be able to document it.

[Atlanteax]

Make sure you watch out for the dingos!

[Proxy]

Wish I was going w/ you, but my exodus to Australia isn't due for another year or two :( even then I'll be heading there by way of sail and I won't be comeing back. So have fun, stay buzzed, and keep out of jail(unless thats your thing). You should really consider blogging your trip. check in every now an again and say, "Hey! I just pissed in a kangaroo's pouch today, and man was it ticked!" or "Hey guys! Who would of guessed but wallabies are F'n awesome when they are drunk and/or stoned!" or some such.

Best of luck.