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GloryyaGriona
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Hi all.
I'm planning on going to Australia on a one year working holiday visa in the summer. I'm not exactly sure how long I plan to be there, if I'm lucky with the job front hopefully a year, if not then a few months anyway.
On the way from Scotland to Australia I'm planning on visit Bali for a week or two and then before landing up in Adelaide (I've got some relatives there) I'm planning on travelling by bus from Cairns to Adelaide, stopping off and staying at a few places along the way.
My question is whether I should take a suitcase or a backpack? Would the suitcase be a big burden on the initial part of the journey to Adelaide (Expected to last 4-5 weeks)? The only thing I am worrying about taking a backpack though is that I will need more clothes etc. for the rest of my time in Australia. I suppose I could pick up stuff along the way, but I just don't know!
Any views or experiences would be a great help as I've never done anything like this before.
Thanks,
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ngc1981
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Thanks for that.
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Tranbrokizit
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I used to be a backpack-only traveller. Now, after some travel with my family, I've come to a new assessment of what I need on a trip. First of all, let me tell you what my family's ground rules are. First, we use backpacks as carry-ons and suitcases for checked luggage. Our suitcases (duffel bags, actually) have wheels but none of our backpacks do
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ngold
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My plan was to leave the suitcase at relatives in my departure city and carry on with a medium backpack.
One point - a suitcase signals to immigration that you are not a serious backpacker and they may think you are planning to hang around???!!!
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growlzor
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If you use a BackPack, you may want to go to an Office Supply Store and purchase one of t hose small fold-away-luggage-carts,<very small> you can open it up and put your back pack on it and use the wheels, if not, fold it back up and bungie it to your pack.
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El Shatan
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Backpack !Backpack !Backpack !Backpack !Backpack !Backpack !Backpack !Backpack !
also only take a weeks worth of stuff and pack as lite as possible.plan on running out of stuff and ripping pants or ruining shoes , that way you go through the experience of buying replacements along the way .
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EuroManser
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also with the exchange rate too, buying clothes here in Aus. with your UK money would be a great option
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