The "The Stranger Goes Down Under Trip Fund Idea Box" Thread

[Moros]

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...

[LittleGrizzly]

medical experiments... blood donation.. depends what country your from..


theres not too many ways to legally get money without getting a job... that sucks!

have you got any skills you could put to good use ?

like antique expert.... diamond miner.....

move to the country with the diamonds! you now that one in Africa which doesn't actually sell any diamonds

[pevergreen]

They have euros in the Netherlands...

Oh, i know that, just that US currency is used to exchange in everything ive seen.

I posted US as im unsure of the Euro conversion. It was AU$3 to 1 Euro. Now the AUD has gone up

[Pharnakes]

Start up a website saying you are going to cycle to Australia to raise money for a charity.

Charity gets lots of money, you skim 20% off the top, get some excersise ad see the world, every one happy all round!