Help My Aussie Dream
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*Update: I need help again!
So I have been in Australia for 5 and a half months now. I have been in Perth for nearly 3 weeks and have been struggling to find a job. I've applied for SO many, put ads on gumtree and Facebook, even putting one up on Instagram and tagging the crap out of it in the hope that some business in the area will see if think it's an original way to find a job and message me. The reason I am updating this page is because my Aussie dream is in big trouble. My money is now extremely low and I'm panicking that I won't be able to pay my rent soon because no one wants to give me a job. I'll have to move out this great house I've found, I only have limited money so it won't last me long even if I go in the crappiest hostel dorm, then ultimately I will have to come home. I do not what my life here in Oz to end. *
People who follow my blog will know that I am moving to Australia in May to travel for a year.
I have been planning this for a few months and as the time draws nearer and nearer I'm starting to realise that I'm really not going to have enough money to take with me.
I'll break it down for you.
The Australian Government advise you take $5000 which is the equivalent to £2500.
I've already paid £230 for the visa, I have £700 currently saved, £550 of which will be going on the flight. I get paid weekly so I have 14 pay days left until I leave. Even with scrimping and saving, cutting back on everything (I had planned to visit blogging friends in Scotland, Birmingham and London before I leave but won't be able to afford to) I can put away £100 a week, that's £1400!
And when you consider I still have things I need to buy to take with me, a day pack, some proper walking trainers, travel insurance, I need to get a proper bag for my camera. The prospect of going to Oz with barely any money seems to be my anxiety filled future.
My work is so quiet that they aren't offering overtime like I was promised they would before I started the job, I can't get a second job because my shifts vary between the times of 8am - 8pm Monday to Sunday, I am selling all my possessions, I'm even doing online surveys in the hope to raise more money but it's just not enough.
So here I am, doing something I really don't want to do but desperate times call for desperate measures, it's either this or sell my dirty knickers online and you really don't get much for them!
I know asking for people to help fund my trip to Oz is a huge thing, believe me I did not make this decision easily, I feel quite horrified that I'm doing this but my anxiety about this trip has reached an all time high and I need to try every available option.
I'm really not asking for a lot, just £1 from each of my followers would be over £1000 and getting even a quarter of that will blow my mind and help me so much.
I know I'm not doing this for a good cause or for charity, I'm just trying to make my dream of a new life come true.
Thank you.
X
P.S. I will be blogging while I'm away so watch this space, just need to think of a blog name.
So I have been in Australia for 5 and a half months now. I have been in Perth for nearly 3 weeks and have been struggling to find a job. I've applied for SO many, put ads on gumtree and Facebook, even putting one up on Instagram and tagging the crap out of it in the hope that some business in the area will see if think it's an original way to find a job and message me. The reason I am updating this page is because my Aussie dream is in big trouble. My money is now extremely low and I'm panicking that I won't be able to pay my rent soon because no one wants to give me a job. I'll have to move out this great house I've found, I only have limited money so it won't last me long even if I go in the crappiest hostel dorm, then ultimately I will have to come home. I do not what my life here in Oz to end. *
People who follow my blog will know that I am moving to Australia in May to travel for a year.
I have been planning this for a few months and as the time draws nearer and nearer I'm starting to realise that I'm really not going to have enough money to take with me.
I'll break it down for you.
The Australian Government advise you take $5000 which is the equivalent to £2500.
I've already paid £230 for the visa, I have £700 currently saved, £550 of which will be going on the flight. I get paid weekly so I have 14 pay days left until I leave. Even with scrimping and saving, cutting back on everything (I had planned to visit blogging friends in Scotland, Birmingham and London before I leave but won't be able to afford to) I can put away £100 a week, that's £1400!
And when you consider I still have things I need to buy to take with me, a day pack, some proper walking trainers, travel insurance, I need to get a proper bag for my camera. The prospect of going to Oz with barely any money seems to be my anxiety filled future.
My work is so quiet that they aren't offering overtime like I was promised they would before I started the job, I can't get a second job because my shifts vary between the times of 8am - 8pm Monday to Sunday, I am selling all my possessions, I'm even doing online surveys in the hope to raise more money but it's just not enough.
So here I am, doing something I really don't want to do but desperate times call for desperate measures, it's either this or sell my dirty knickers online and you really don't get much for them!
I know asking for people to help fund my trip to Oz is a huge thing, believe me I did not make this decision easily, I feel quite horrified that I'm doing this but my anxiety about this trip has reached an all time high and I need to try every available option.
I'm really not asking for a lot, just £1 from each of my followers would be over £1000 and getting even a quarter of that will blow my mind and help me so much.
I know I'm not doing this for a good cause or for charity, I'm just trying to make my dream of a new life come true.
Thank you.
X
P.S. I will be blogging while I'm away so watch this space, just need to think of a blog name.
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