Backpacking to australia?

Travel Info
hi, hopefuly plan to go there jan/feb of next year 08,for about 6 months, just wanderd if anyone knew roughly how much money i would need each week and also i am going by my self, do alot of people do this? is it safe? help me please

Travel Tips

as well as Sydey and Melbourne, make sure you go to Western Australia...that's awesome...

and as well as gapyear.com, check out the lonely planet Thorntree - worlds largest backpacker / independant travellers site!

For budget, whilst not fruit picking and working in bars (make sure your VISA let's you do that so you don't get thrown out early!), you can take the cost of a hostel in Sydney for one night, and treble that - that will give you a comfortable daily budget including food, some drink, museums etc and bus travel or domestic flights!

I've put the link to Hostelworld.com below so you can find out how much the decent (highly rated) hostels are... there are 4 or five really good ones like The Asylum Sydney, the Blue Parrot, Wake Up! Sydney Central and The Big Hostel and they all cost around 拢12 GBP an ight, so your average budget for Oz when not working could be around 拢25 to 拢35 a day...

Hope that helps...

Happy Trails
Philip Source(s): LP Thorntree - Gap Year & RTW Travel:
http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/catego...

LP Thorntree - Australia, NZ:
http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/catego...

Lonely Planet Worldguide - Australia:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/d...

Hostelworld.com
http://www.hostelworld.com/countries/aus...
http://www.hostelworld.com/findabed.php/...

Other Travel Tips
Been twice on my own, awesome place, if in Sydney stay in Glebe at the YHA, about 拢12 per night.

Enjoy.
just stay away from ' Ivan Milat's backpacking tours '

:P
Ivan Milat was a backpacker serial killer !
when you run out of money just go fruit picking. i met some realy top people when picking fruit in bundernburg
we went up to magnetic island together .
i have best memories from then

bannanas - tully

melons tomatoes capsicums ayr/bundenburg

sydney is good but its another town like here but better with and it has beaches EVRYWHERE

get up the coast to queansland
lots to do what you cant do in england

my advice is just be aware and try to travel in a group, if you are alone you will be ok anyway.

if you want to meet likeminded people then go fruitpicking for a week or two, then see where that takes you

you will have a great time and dont worry it is safer there than here (uk)
www.gapyear.com

Most people on there are backpackers that go to Australia at one point or another!!

go to the boards as well...

Brilliant site.