From experience I know that finding accommodation in Australia is a very delicate matter. Once youve saved the money to pay for your flying trip to Australia, you might think that nothing can come to you as a surprise anymore. (Yeah, thats exactly what I thought). In Australia I was confronted with the brutal facts that made me realize that things aren’t that simple.
They do things a little different down there my grandmother said before I left. Just because they speak English in Australia doesn’t mean that you won’t be surprised once you get to the Land of Oz!
When I was there I learned that most popular types of accommodation in Australia are Australian hostels. I think this has to do with the fact that people down there travel a lot more than Americans.
A great share of the country is an amazingly beautiful and unspoiled wilderness and some places are rather remote. You can also find some kind of ruggedness in the Australian spirit that we Americans and Western Europeans have lost many years ago.
Most Australians dont mind living in what I like to call Spartan environments if they can live relaxed and on the cheap, and...