Quote Originally Posted by pevergreen
As per the Australian Dollar, you picked a bad time

At about 92 US cents, highest its been in over 20 years. Over 40c gain in about 5 years

As for jobs, it depends where you go. Lots of places have short term jobs, especially over the holidays (We are about to start our 8 week holidays in 4-5 weeks)
They have euros in the Netherlands...