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10-07-2013 , 01:21 PM

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cardsharkk04

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Originally Posted by 1aday

What kinds of work could one do on a working holiday visa?

How easy is it to get a WH Visa?

How about live poker? Does $5/10 Aussie Dollar run very often? Where are the best places for live poker with loads of drunk fish?

Umm basically any work you can find I suppose. Although you can only have the same employer for 6 months. It's especially popular among European backpackers. Hospitality, construction, and farm work seem to be the most common lines of work.

I don't know about everyone, but it was very easy for me to get a WH visa. I just had to supply a chest xray and pay the $340 and I was good to go.

In Perth 5/10 never runs, but we do get some good 5/5 games, which play like 5/10+. I believe Sydney and Melbourne should have 5/10 games more regularly, but I'm not positive. Perth has by far the easiest games in Australia from my limited experience.

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10-07-2013 , 01:33 PM

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cardsharkk04

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Originally Posted by boddicker

Any advice for someone wanting to visit Melbourne/Perth/Sydney for two weeks and play poker without spending crazy money? The prices you quoted on food and the $100+ hotel prices kind of scare me. It sounds like a lot of the casinos only have 2/5nl, so you'd be eating up a lot of profit with food/hotels....standard I guess.

If you want to stay in hostels and occasionally cook your own meals its really not too expensive. Depends on how you feel about staying in hostels.

Sydney and Melbourne should have 5/5 and up. The games were pretty competitive when I played though. I like Perth's super soft 2/5 games.

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10-07-2013 , 01:40 PM

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cardsharkk04

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All: I see plenty of fatties of here. Not like mega obese scootering ones, but still plenty of very healthy guts on both sexes.

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10-07-2013 , 01:55 PM

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HodgesAndy

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Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 8

Even if I am not from Australia or America it is very interesting to read the about the real life and real experiences of life in these different countries. Has anyone thought about writing a book about it from personal view? I know there must be more than few. I have read about 5 similar books but they were not so good written.

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10-11-2013 , 07:56 PM

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DrunkTilt

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Nice post. I just arrived in Sydney and seems like a pretty accurate description so far. Haven't got into any poker yet.

Are there home games to be found in the city or is the casino your only bet?

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10-11-2013 , 08:33 PM

#31

nutsfl0pper

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Originally Posted by HodgesAndy

I have read about 5 similar books but they were not so good written.

Have you offered to edit their books to make them gooder?

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10-11-2013 , 09:28 PM

#32

Chriseddy999

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Really good post. Agreed with everything. I've lived in Perth my whole life and recently got back from 45 days in the states. I couldn't get over how rude in general the people are over there. Like when ordering food or something there is no small talk, no please or thank you. Just, "yeah gimme a double quarter pounder". Aus is more chatty like, "hey how are you going? Could I please get a....".

That Hershey's **** is so ****ing good

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10-28-2014 , 01:05 AM

#33

Pokertrotter

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American who used to live in OZ and is moving back to Perth this time. I'm really looking forward to spending $10 for a bagel with egg, cannot wait.

Did you said a $15 cap at a 2/5??? WTF??? What about 5/10 and 10/25? Do those games go?

Are you missing out on the SCUBA and snorkeling?

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10-28-2014 , 01:44 AM

#34

PokerSpiv

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Good luck getting anything to eat for under $10

My ex-girlfriend lives in Perth. The cafe she works in sells 2 poached eggs on toast for $12.50

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10-28-2014 , 05:36 AM

#35

royalhd

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Originally Posted by cardsharkk04

Availability of the working holiday visa: It nice that I have the option to live and work here for a year. And Euro's have the possibility of extending it to two. The Aussies and Euros always bitch that we don't offer this option. Suckas!

Question about this working holiday visa. If you booked a ticket out of the country already, do you still need a certain amount of $ on your bank acc when entering? I believe if you only have a single ticket into the country you need to show like a $5k balance, right?!

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10-28-2014 , 09:42 AM

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PokerSpiv

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Just showing a credit card is usually fine.

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10-29-2014 , 04:32 AM

#37

royalhd

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Would NETeller card do..?

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10-29-2014 , 05:09 AM

#38

PokerSpiv

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It would have to be an actual credit card rather than a debit card, the reason for that being that the credit limit on most cards satisfies the "$5000 available" criteria.

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10-29-2014 , 11:51 PM

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Spudhead

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$5k is the rule but in my experience the immigration wont ask to see proof of funds when entering on a working holiday visa even if you don't have a return flight.

However if you are worried about this then you can always try and get someone to transfer the money into your account, print off a bank statement and then give them the money back.

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10-31-2014 , 06:49 AM

#40

royalhd

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Originally Posted by Spudhead

Yeah that's what I figured as a solution aswell. Also, is there any way for them to know NETeller is a debit card? I guess if I just show them the card when asked it should be alright, right?

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10-31-2014 , 07:19 AM

#41

vUWS

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Telstra (main telecommunications company in Aus) is pretty much a monopoly. Was government owned and then privatised in the 1997. Ever since we have been gouged from fixed line to wifi to broadband and mobile. That's the main reason why internet access prices are so high in Australia. Monopoly. Telstra has very limited competition and the government does little to protect consumers.

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