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48 years ago today I boarded a ship in Australia for a 6-month trip to England.

Posted by MojaveMeg (aka Mojave) Apr 24 '12, 07:06

I probably should go home :/

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Perth is lovely this time of year. -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 07:30 2
- I know. Do you have plans for tomorrow? Used to be parade in the morning, drink in the afternoon :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 24, 07:38 1
  - I considered the dawn service, but I think parade and drinks will be about it (plus laundry squeezed in somewhere). -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 07:55
~a three hour tour~ -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 07:15
It must seem like grand adventure. - Mel Profit Apr 24, 07:09 1
- It was fun - of course I did get addicted to travel. Too bad RL got in the way :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 24, 07:25
Do you miss it? - colin Apr 24, 07:08 5
- Why Scotland? -- nm - J Apr 24, 07:09 4
  - Me dad is Scottish. -- nm - colin Apr 24, 07:57
  - there is one SINGLE good reason why -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 24, 07:20
  - FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Colinski si Apr 24, 07:10 1
    - gotts find nessie. nm -- nm - Colinn Apr 24, 07:10
wow, 6 months?!? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 24, 07:08 8
- You have to understand how isolated (and how provincial) Australia was back then. A lot of Australians went to the UK to work - it was basically the - Roger More Apr 24, 07:27
- Young people back then went on "working holidays" - kind of like the old grand tour, but taking temp jobs along the way. Air travel was expensive so - MojaveMeg Apr 24, 07:21 6
  - there's actually still a bit of a remnant of this. you can still get working holiday visas (that's how I first came), but also long service leave. - mafic Apr 24, 07:34 5
    - it's a Commonwealth thing, isn't it? Americans can't get those, I don't think. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 07:38 4
      - Americans can, now, provided they have a college degree. Australia also negotiated a bunch of reciprocal arrangements for working holidays with - Roger More Apr 24, 07:52 3
        
        I don't think you even need a degree, provided you're 30 or under. I do know Americans can only stay for a year at most, and most others can renew - mafic Apr 24, 07:58 2
        
        There are two visas - the working holiday visas, which are open to anyone between 18 and 30, if you're from the right country - Roger More Apr 24, 08:05 1
        
        that is great. My working holiday in the UK was an amazing experience. wish we had had the Australia option at the time. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 08:17

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48 years ago today I boarded a ship in Australia for a 6-month trip to England.

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