Jun 19th, 2009 at 4:30PM:
Whether you're on a working holiday while backpacking or on a more tradition vacation, if you're in Australia, you'll want to make your way to the Great Barrier Reef. Being that it's massive, there are several locations where you can go to explore the GBR, but perhaps the most beautiful is the Whitsunday Islands. Home to 74 islands, crystal clear waters and some of the best sailing, snorkeling ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Work and play in Queenland, Australia: Whitsunday Islands
Jun 19th, 2009 at 4:30PM:
Whether you're on a working holiday while backpacking or on a more tradition vacation, if you're in Australia, you'll want to make your way to the Great Barrier Reef. Being that it's massive, there are several locations where you can go to explore the GBR, but perhaps the most beautiful is the Whitsunday Islands. Home to 74 islands, crystal clear waters and some of the best sailing, snorkeling ...Work and play in Queensland, Australia: Aborginial Nature Tour
Jun 18th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
Many things make Queensland different from the other Australian states, including its tropical climate, the presence of the Great Barrier Reef and the fact that its population is the fastest growing in the country. However, the aspect that intrigued me the most while I was there was its indigenous population. The size of the aboriginal population in Queensland is second only to New South Wales. ...Work and play in Queensland, Australia: Farm Work
Jun 17th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
So, you have your visa and you're ready to head to Australia for to earn some money while backpacking for a year or two but fruit picking just doesn't sound that interesting to you. Well, if you've been paying attention this week, you know that the Australian government considers many forms of manual labor to be Specified Work, and that's what lets you get a second visa (if you are from a ...Work and play in Queensland, Australia: Fruit Picking
Jun 16th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
Most people go on vacation to avoid work. But, as I discussed yesterday, many young people are going to Australia on Working Holiday visas and participating in Specified Work to extend their time in the country and put extra money in their pockets. One of the most popular forms of Specified Work is fruit picking. In Queensland, the fruit picking opportunities exist year-round because of the ...Work and play in Queensland, Australia: Visas
Jun 15th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
Australia is a tremendously easy country through which to backpack. It has superb infrastructure, seamless transportation systems that allow you to traverse its massive landscape and a surplus of affordable accommodations. It's no wonder that so many European and American teens are delaying their entrance into college or the "real world" for a year and are working their way through extended ...Work and play in Queensland, Australia
Jun 12th, 2009 at 2:00PM:
The mere mention of Australia typically steers a conversation in a few cliché directions. Most likely, the Sydney Opera House, koalas and kangaroos, the outback and/or Crocodile Dundee will be discussed. Sadly, for many Americans, those few snippets of Aussie culture (and bad American cinema) are all that is known about the land down under. But, for more and more young people from Europe ...
