Mart101t

how much money do i need to take to australia on a working holiday visa i am 18
years old and a carpet and floor layer and have a year long visa plus work
contacts there so i wont be sponging off the country

Raffi Balmanoukian

in article , Mart101t at
wrote on 2/17/04 4:38 PM:

    > how much money do i need to take to australia on a working holiday visa i am
    > 18
    > years old and a carpet and floor layer and have a year long visa plus work
    > contacts there so i wont be sponging off the country

um....

Will you be working continuously or just when you run out of coin?
will you be moving around a lot? Your own car or public transport?
Do you generally eat day-old bread or at white-linen restaurants? And do
you have a pint with that?
Will your 'contacts' find you a place to crash with a multi-share or will
you have to rent a flat or bunk on your own?

"How much money" is a little like asking "how much does a dog eat?"

Terry Russell

"Mart101t" <> wrote in message
news:...
    > how much money do i need to take to australia on a working holiday visa i
am 18
    > years old and a carpet and floor layer and have a year long visa plus work
    > contacts there so i wont be sponging off the country

$30 to $40 a day

Such figures are very rubbery given that much
depends where you first stay , how soon before work
and what you want to do.

Living cheap/share near a capital city $150 pw , rent $100, food $50
$1500 for 3rd hand car to get about and to work.

State charges and regulations for cars vary a lot and drag the price and
availability
of cheap cars with them.
http://www.trading-post.com.au/
Most capitals have decent public transport services at around $8 a day .

Karen Marshall

mart?
can you please send me some info on how you obtained your working holiday
visa? i too am planning to go to aussie for a trip and need some help with
setting up some details...

thanks heaps,
karen
"Mart101t" <> wrote in message
news:...
    > how much money do i need to take to australia on a working holiday visa i
am 18
    > years old and a carpet and floor layer and have a year long visa plus work
    > contacts there so i wont be sponging off the country

Raffi Balmanoukian

in article 7rK_b.4323$, Karen Marshall at
wrote on 2/24/04 11:52 AM:

    > mart?
    > can you please send me some info on how you obtained your working holiday
    > visa? i too am planning to go to aussie for a trip and need some help with
    > setting up some details...
    >
    > thanks heaps,
    > karen
    > "Mart101t" <> wrote in message
    > news:...
    >> how much money do i need to take to australia on a working holiday visa i
    > am 18
    >> years old and a carpet and floor layer and have a year long visa plus work
    >> contacts there so i wont be sponging off the country
    >
    >


http://www.immi.gov.au has all the details - most if not all Australian
embassies / high commissions are online as well and have this information
for your country (by your address, I assume you're Canadian - if so, the
Aus. HC in Canada is in fact online - you need to be 30 or under, among
other things).