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Sydney Hostels: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Posted by Kerry

I fancy myself a bit of a Sydney hostel expert after my month-long stint of being homeless. Since one of my initial objectives for this blog was to offer helpful information to people thinking of doing a working holiday in Australia (but let’s face it… I’m not much for goals, as this has turned into [...]

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Hulkamania

Posted by Kerry

Tonight’s our last night in this shitty hostel. I’m kind of sad to be leaving it. Between the Dutch hookers fighting outside at 4 am, a helicopter circling over us in the middle of the night, and the monkey I’m convinced lives in a tree outside our window, it’s kind of grown on me here. [...]

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I Ate Maccas 3 Times in One Day and Other Fun Facts

Posted by Kerry

Holy hell, apartment hunting in Sydney is a nightmare! The horror stories are true. I can’t get over just how different it is here than in the states when it comes to that.
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Here’s how it works. Each property has an inspection time. This is a 15 minute window when EVERYONE interested in that property comes [...]

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