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Geret Koper

Ringan geret koper, Berat kasih porter






I went to Auckland just 2 days after a big earthquake hit North West of Christchurch on Nov 14th 2016. At first I wasn't so sure about this trip, but I decided to keep my trip on schedule. However I have to change some of my itinerary and I cancelled my trip to South Island.

SkyBus Shuttle - It will take you to Airport from city and vice versa (N$18 one way) 

 some of lanes on CBD area already covered with Xmas knick knacks

 Sky City Tower - Icon of Auckland

 One of street art I have found in New Market

 One Tree Hill - One of my favorite area in Auckland, where you can meet sheep, cow and see Auckland city from above

posing in the middle of twin oak drive, One Tree Hill

 Parnell Village - themed shopping village

a trip to Devonport with ferry

beautiful view on Devonport

 Rocky Bay in Waiheke Island, you can reach Waiheke Island by ferry (35mins) and ride local bus to this area

BONUS PHOTO: One of beautiful corner in Hobbiton Movie Set (I will write separate article about this one)
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Whenever weekend comes, the first thing come up in my mind is "Where should I go this time?" I rarely have day off on Sunday but when I get one, I really want to maximize the day. Another good news is Opal Card daily cap limit on Sunday only A$2,5, so I can travel quite far and it will just cost me A$2,5. 

Three months ago, my friend came to visit Sydney before she moved back to Indonesia. I came with an idea to visit Watsons Bay in Eastern suburb and she agreed. Watsons bay can be reach easily by ferry or bus from city and this area is part of Sydney Harbour National Park. I might say Sydney Harbour national park is a unique national park which located on 4 different area, Watsons bay, Manly, Mosman and Balgowlah height.

That was a quite hot day even the winter hasn't come to an end. It was good thing since we got a really blue and bright sky which is perfect for taking picture, but the bad thing was we still wear our heavy jacket, super wrong outfit hahahaha.

wrong outfit

Ferry from Circular quay to Watsons bay leaves from wharf 4 every 30 minutes. I would say trekking path to the lighthouse is level 1 since it was quite easy path unlike the one I've done in Palm beach.

If you come to Watsons bay around lunch hour, you can grab your lunch from some food store near the Ferry wharf. I had Fish and Chips as my lunch and some seagulls as my companion, what a perfect annoying lunch hahahaha.    

Fish and chip by the beach


 oops I visited nude beach by accident



Tips:
1. Read sign correctly before enter some area, I was accidentally downhill to nude beach on my way to the lighthouse, hahahahahah when I realized, I quickly came back to the main road
2. See the weather forecast first, you dont want to get wrong costume
3. I bet you want to go to this place on Sunday since it will cost you A$2,5 on transport :) and you will save your money on ferry or you can take 324/325 bus from Park street, Town hall
4. Bring some water and snacks if you want to stay a while on the top, because there is no food stall up there and don't forget to throw your rubbish on trash bin provided


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I had 3 days holiday in Hobart and I regret it so much, yess I regret it, why it was just 3 days? I should spent one month or more in beautiful and calm Tasmania. Some people said Tasmania is little New Zealand and I could not agree more. New Zealand famous by its greens and beautiful nature and so is Tasmania, they even share some suburb's name. 

I will not write so much in detail about Hobart in this article yet, but hopefully these pictures can tell you so many things.

 City center, those are bus mall bus stops where bus stop glass's facing the street. On the left hand side is Hobart grand post office.

Make sure you visit Hobart on Saturday for Salamanca Market, located at Salamanca Place. You can literally find almost everything you need there. From groceries to clothes, from art craft to handmade soap.

You will fall in love with Salamanca Market, you can find almost all local food here, so you dont have to go anywhere else. On the picture is Salmon sausage in toasted focaccia roll with lettuce and mayo.

Don't forget their local performance, you can see the schedule on the alley.

 One of church on Brisbane street

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 


 One of the unique street sign on Queen Street Mall

Picturesque Franklin Wharf with Mt Wellington on the background


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Have you read the part 1? Here are Sydney Travel guides part 2 covering Transportation around city, Where to stay, What and Where to eat

Transportation around city
Sydney's light rail

Public transportation in Sydney are reliable. If you already have Opal card, you can simply tap on and tap off on the pad provided on each transportation. You can travel around by train, bus, light rail and ferry. Most of the tourist attractions can be reach easily using public transportation. If you want to check route and time table you can download mobile apps called TripView lite on your Android phone or Iphone.

double decker train

Sydney has double decker trains which has moving-direction seat that reminded me with the one I found in Japan. It also has double decker buses on some routes. You can also bike around the city, there are some bike rental shop near The Rocks and city center.

Where to stay?


There are many types of accommodation in Sydney, I always be friend with booking.com, Agoda.com or Hostelworld.com for hotels deal.


Hostel
The most favorites one is YHA chain hostel which has around 5 properties around Sydney; Railway square YHA, Sydney central YHA, Sydney harbour YHA, Glebe Point YHA and Bondi Beachhouse YHA. Try to create YHA's membership card for getting discounts and benefits around Australia. 

During my first week in Sydney, I ever stayed at 790 on George backpacker hostel which close to Central station or you might want to check for Wake up hostel, Nate's Place backpacker and Bounce hostel too.


Budget Hotel
In CBD area there are some Budget hotel like Ibis budget, Woolbrokers hotel, and Sydney Central hotel.


Hotel & Boutique Hotel
one of the room in Old Clare Hotel

There are also big chain hotels like Sheraton, Four Season, Shangri-La, Sofitel and Intercontinental. In case you want to try some others great accommodation than the big chain, I might recommend you to take a look to Ovolo Hotel, Old Clare Hotel, The Urban Newtown, Pensione Hotel, QT Sydney and 1888 Hotel.


Serviced Apartment
If you travelling with families and need apartment type accommodation, you can try Meriton Serviced apartment in city area.


AirBnb
living room and kitchen in AirBnb property in Narrabeen

The last if you want to stay as a local, you might one to try book airbnb property in Sydney. I have some experience on staying in airbnb in Pyrmont and Narrabeen area, you can read it here.

What and where to eat & drink?
This one is quite tricky, if you really want to try local food to be honest I can't named many local food in Sydney as it seems like Sydney surrounded by Asian restaurant. Yes..yes.. Asian restaurants (Japanese, Korean, Thailand, Malaysian even Lebanese) are easier to be found than the local restaurant. I tried to ask some local for suggestion but I just found some.

1. Fish and chips

The first food come to my mind definitely this one and this is my must buy item when I visit beach and don't forget to be accompanied by seagull as the perfect frenemy LOL. 

2. Meat Pies


This snack can be found in many places form specific pie store such as Harry's cafe de wheels, pie face, the pie tin to local supermarket and convenience store like Woolworth, Coles and Seven eleven. It is basically a pie with savory filling like minced beef or minced chicken. Some of store served meat pies with mashy peas and mushroom gravy, it so yummy.


3. Sausage roll

It is a puff pastry with sausage inside and perfect for grab to go breakfast. I found store in Wynyard station which sells sausage roll, meat pies and another pastries with cheaper price starts from A$1.

4. Kangaroo steak

It might sound weird for me, as I never think that Kangaroo's meat is can be eaten and to be honest I still don't brave enough to try some as I always think Kangaroos are cute animal hahahaha. Hey but why don't you try some and explain to me how does it taste?

5. Emu, Kangaroo and Crocodile jerky

I found these jerky packages in Woolworths and Metro, some people said these are good as souvenirs for families and friends back home but I don't think they have a gut to try it.

6. Vegemite

Here come the most famous spread in Australia and the most hated spread by Australian at the same time (based on my Australian corespondents). I ever tried it once and yesss I don't like it, some of youngster in Sydney said it tasted really good. If you curious enough, you should try this spread when you visit Sydney.

7. Craft beer
Sydney is famous for its craft beer, well since I don't drink alcohol I think I can't tell much about it but I have some reference from local for good breweries in Sydney. 4 Pines brewhouse located in Manly area, this brewery serves the entire 4 pines range (Kolsch, Hefeweizen, Pale Ale, Stout and Extra Special Bitter). The Brewing Company located in Alexandria, it has 'Boxer' Red Ale, 'Hangman' Pale Ale, Butcher Porter, 'Governor' Golden Ale, The Convict Lager. Willie The Boatman located in St Peters, famous for its Willie The Boatman range, 'Foo Brew' Golden Ale, 'Todd's Trailer Ale' Pale Ale, 'Crazy Ivan' IPA, 'The Bulger' Pacific English special bitter and many others. You can also find wide range of local craft beer on bottle-o shop (caller for liquor shop in Australia).

8. Lamington Cake

Lamington cake is basically a sponge cake coated with chocolate and covered with desiccated coconut. It usually can be found in local supermarket like Coles and Woolworths or even in convenience store like seven eleven. 

9. Pavlova

When it come to dessert, I will definitely love this dish. Well, it basically a meringue based dessert topped with fruits and whipped cream. This is actually the easiest dessert I can make in Sydney, because you can buy Pavlova based in local supermarket and just add the topping creatively.  

10. Tim Tam

Ok this is not local food, you can actually find Tim Tam almost everywhere, but here in Australia they have unique flavors. If you come to Sydney, you might want to buy some special limited time flavors Tim Tam, such as Toffee apple, Pineapple, Mango, Coconut cream, Espresso Martini, Pina Colada and many more. Well not only in Sydney, you can also find those flavors on Coles and Woolworths around the country.

11. Doughnut Time


 Central Park Mall store

This local donut was originally from Brisbane and spread out to Sydney, Gold coast and Melbourne. It has weekly special flavors and limited area flavors. In Sydney it has special flavor called "Blue Crush" which was exclusive to Doughnut time store in Bondi Junction. 

12. Gelato


Messina
Left: Coconut Lychee, Right: Raspberry

I don't know what is going on with Sydneysiders but it seems like gelato has become a habit. Even on windy and winter, you can see line up on some gelato seller. Some of famous Sydney's gelato bars are Gelato Messina (you can find monthly special flavors), Cow & The Moon, Anita Gelato, Ciccone and Sons and RivaReno.

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As one of largest city in Australia, Sydney has become one of favorite city to visit for holiday. It's easy to use public transportation to reach most of major attractions with complete public facilities. It's been 8 months living in this super multicultural city and I think I wanna share some info and guides for you who wants to go to Sydney. 

First thing first
Here are some important info you might want to read:

Currency used in Australia is Dollar Australia, for bank notes there are A$5, A$10, A$20, A$50 and A$100 notes meanwhile for coins there are two materials silver for cents and gold for dollars. 

Power socket used in Sydney is type I, just make sure you bring your universal socket.
pic from worldstandards.eu

Water tap in Sydney is safe for drinking and there are many water tap available on tourist attraction sites and if you go to cafe or restaurant you can ask for tap water for free.

Opal travel card is used to pay public transportation (bus, train, light rail and ferry). It easily to be purchased or top up in every train stations or convenience stores. The card is free, so for the first time you purchase Opal Card you just need to fill the amount inside.

Best time to visit Sydney
I would say Sydney is nice to be visited at anytime, because it has different excitement on each season. I might say you have to visit Sydney during Autumn or Spring, well beside I am a big fans of those seasons you might want to see the flowers bloom (jacaranda, cherry blossoms and so on) and the color changing leaves during Autumn.

If you love to go to beach and do some 'ocean' things, from the end of winter to spring you can take cruise for whale watching in the ocean, while during summer you can go to beaches for sun bathing. The peak season for tourist is during summer, which is actually have a good weather but maybe Sydney will become too crowded. Well, you can still visit non touristy beaches so you can still get tanned too without being worry to get cramped with people. Ah don't forget the Vivid Sydney around June every year, where there are so many Sydney's building being illuminated by lights and animation. 

Transportation from Airport
The easiest way to travel from Airport to city is by using Airportlink train. It will cost you around A$13 - A$14 one way using Opal card. You can also buy single trip ticket too but it more expensive, so I suggest you to purchase Opal card. One more thing, if you buy Opal card in any Airport train station (International or Domestic terminal) they will only accept payment by card.

Beside Airportlink, there is a cheaper way to go to city from airport. You can catch bus route 400 to Bondi Junction from International or Domestic terminal and alight near Mascot Train station to continue your journey by train. It will cost you around A$2.10 - A$3.50 for bus plus around A$1 - A$2 for train (with the new opal fare calculation) well I don't really sure about the exact fare but it cost you more than half price compare to Airportlink. I don't recommend you to use this bus + train option if you bring heavy luggage or you have too many stuffs with you.

If you travel in a group, Taxi or Uber ride might be a best solution for you too since you can split the travel fare with your friends. It will cost you around A$20 - A$30 to city.
     
What to see?
Most of the tourist attractions in CBD area are can be easily reach by walking. You can also join for free guided walking tour operate by I'm Free start 10.30am or 2.30pm EVERYDAY from Town Hall square, juat take a look for person who wear green shirt with I'm Free tour on it. 

[Around city]


many faces of Sydney Opera House

1. Sydney Opera House
As a city icon, I think most of the people have to put Sydney Opera House as first thing to do in Sydney. This unique building with shell roof shaped situated in Circular quay which is near ferry terminal, The Rocks and Sydney Harbour Bridge which indirectly makes this area become one stop entertainment.

2. Sydney Harbour Bridge
Another icon of Sydney is the harbour bridge. it connects Sydney CBD area with North sydney area. You can basically walk, ride a bus, take a train or ride bicycle on it. You can also climb up Pylon Lookout to see the city from above.

3. Royal Botanical Garden
This large botanical garden located near Sydney Opera House where we can found many varieties of trees, cacti, flowers to herbs collection. It also the best place to go picnic on summer day and the best part this garden is FREE.

4. Mrs. Macquarie's Chair
beautiful sunset from Mrs. Macquaire's chair

This area is part of Royal botanical garden which actually one of the best spot to see sunset and New year's eve fireworks.

5. Darling Harbour
Darling Harbour is a great place to spend your weekend, you can visit Sealife aquarium, Madam Tussaud, Wild life Sydney zoo and watch free Fireworks every Saturday night.

6. Queen Victoria Building
This Victorian architecture building is one of shopping center in the heart of Sydney and located next to Sydney Town Hall.

7. Sydney Town Hall


Every capital city in Australia's state has their Town Hall. Sydney town hall is my second favorite beside Brisbane town hall. It has Victorian style architecture on its interior and exterior. It located alongside St Andrew's Cathedral.


8. Luna Park, Milsons Point

Well to be honest, I never come to play in this theme park as I think it is really overrated. I just come to see sunset near the ferry station or taking photo on the gate. I still wondering why Sydney doesn't have a great and big theme park like Disneyland or Universal Studios.

9. Sydney Fish Market
This is the place where you can eat and shop fresh seafood in Sydney. Try their fresh or cheese scallops if you visit it.


10. Paddy's Market
If you want to buy some souvenir to families and colleagues at home, you can visit Paddy's market in Haymarket next to Chinatown. There are a lot of kind of souvenirs can be found in this market. From key-chains to shopping bags, shirts to jackets. Don't forget haggle for lower price if you buy many stuffs.

11. Bondi Beach
Bondi beach is the famous beach in Sydney, well it is not located in CBD area but you can take bus 333 or 380 from Hyde Park or St James station to the beach. In Summer days, Bondi beach will be full of people who want to go for surfing or sunbathing.



12. Sydney Tower
Located on Westfield Pitt street, Sydney Tower become one of the easiest landmark to be found. You can see Sydney CBD and surrounding from above but make sure you check weather forecast first. You sure don't want to climb up on cloudy day because it is not the best time. I prefer to visit this tower on bright summer day and don't forget to try its Sky Walk, feel the excitement walking on 268 meters above Sydney CBD.



13. Sydney Aquarium
Since I know I bad at swimming, visiting Aquarium become the best way for me to feel and to know how underwater life is. Sydney Aquarium is located in Darling Harbour area, next to wildlife park and Madam Tussaud museum. 

14. Taronga Zoo
Taronga is the closest zoo to Sydney CBD, you can reach it by Ferry from Circular quay or Darling Harbour or you can catch a bus from Wynyard bus stop. I consider this place quite expensive for a zoo and I think I recommend you to visit Featherdale wildlife park in Doonside or Symbio Wildlifepark in Helensburgh to get closer to Australian animal like Kangaroos, Wallabies, Koalas, Quokka and many more.

[Outside city]
Here are also some great places to visit and can be reach easily by train and bus from Sydney CBD.


1. Blue Mountain
three sisters from Cliff view lookout

You can reach blue mountain by train from central station. It take around 2,5 hours travel time. You can go trekking to Wentworth falls, three sisters or just see the beautiful scenery from Cliff view lookout or Scenic world. There are also limestone caves area in Jenolan which you can reach by car, it will take 1,5 - 2 hours ride from Katoomba.


2. Palm Beach

The view from Barrenjoey Head in Palm Beach is really cool but the track to reach the Barrenjoey Head is quite challenging as it is steep and slippery when wet. You can read more about Palm beach on my previous post.


3. Royal National Park
This National Park is quite huge, you can trekking to wedding cake rock, figure eight pool or taking picture on Seacliff bridge.


4. Kiama
Kiama blow hole

Kiama is known for its Kiama blow hole and light house, it located around 2 hours by train from Central station.

5. Featherdale Wildlife Park
feed the wallaby

Actually there are zoo and wildlife park near CBD but I recommend you to visit this one in Doonside. You can meet and interact with most of Australian animals like Kangaroos, Wallabies, Koalas, Wombats, Echidneas, Dingos, Tasmanian Devils and Emus. I even took a video when I was giving a wallaby some snacks, he was so adorable.

Some others places below might be not major tourist attractions, but these are my favorites too.
  • Narrabeen Lagoon & Beach
  • Woolloomooloo Bay
  • Watsons Bay
  • Newtown
  • La Perouse
If you like to visit museums, you might one check some of these out
  • Museum of Contemporary Art
  • New South Wales Art Gallery 
  • Power House Museum
  • Australian National Maritime Museum
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Udah pada tau dong kalo negara kita ini surga kuliner banget. Indonesia memiliki beragam kuliner di tiap-tiap daerah. Salah satu kuliner di tanah air yang memiliki cita rasa khas serta banyak peminatnya yaitu kuliner daerah Yogyakarta. Tidak hanya gudeg dan krecek, di perjalanan liburan kalian ke Yogyakarta juga boleh loh mencicipi aneka destinasi wisata kuliner lainnya. 

Bakpia Pathok
Bakpia ialah makanan yang terbuat dari kacang hijau, gula dan tepung. Makanan yang menggunakan proses pemanggangan pada pembuatannya ini merupakan salah satu makanan yang populer dari keluarga Cina dan Tionghoa. Dinamakan bakpia pathok karena bakpia yang diketahui oleh masyarakat luas itu awalnya berada di daerah Pathuk, Yogyakarta. Seiring bertambahnya jaman, bakpia kini juga berisikan cokelat hingga keju. Bakpia yang terkenal di Yogya yaitu Bakpia 25, Bakpia 75 dan Bakpia Kurniasari. Kalo saya sih lebih sering beli bakpia 25 sampai langsung ke toko yang juga merangkap pabrik pembuatannya.

Yangko


Makanan khas Yogyakarta yang terbuat dari tepung ketan ini memiliki cita rasa yang manis dan tekstur yang kenyal. Awal mulanya yangko berisi campuran cincangan kacang dan gula, namun saat ini yangko juga sudah memiliki variasi rasa baru seperti strawberry dan durian. Makanan khas ini banyak ditemukan di wilayah Kotagede, Yogyakarta.

Geplak
Satu lagi cemilan manis yang cocok buat oleh-oleh dari Yogyakarta adalah geplak. Geplak dibuat dari kelapa yang dimasak dengan campuran gula. Makanan ringan yang satu ini biasanya dibuat berwarna-warni dengan ukuran kecil-kecil. Biasanya dijual dalam kemasan besek kotak anyaman bambu dan cocok banget buat jadi teman minum teh.

Soto Lenthok Pak Karjo
Tempat makan ini selalu ramai peminat terutama pada saat pagi hari. Akan banyak masyarakat sekitar yang menikmati sarapan di tempat ini. Soto Lenthok Pak Karjo memiliki ramuan khusus yang dapat mebuat anda selalu ingin kembali dan mencicipinya lagi. Warung soto ini terletak di Jl. Prof. Herman Yohannes, Sagan, Yogyakarta.


Soto Sulung Stasiun Tugu
Masih seputar dunia persotoan, satu lagi soto yang terkenal adalah soto sulung yang terletak di dekat Stasiun Tugu. 

Sate Klathak Pak Pong
Sate yang satu ini pasti udah sering kalian dengar deh namanya. Sate klathak adalah sate kambing muda yang disajikan 'beda' dari sate lain karena dagingnya ditusuk menggunakan jeruji besi jari-jari sepeda. Kenapa namanya sate klathak? Jadi saat satenya dibakar terdengar suara 'klatak-klatak' dari daging yang dibakar tersebut, makanya jadi disebut sate klathak. Ini juga jadi salah satu kuliner wajib kalo mampir ke Yogyakarta.

Tips Liburan di Yogyakarta
Pastinya sebelum mulai hunting kulinernya yang lebih dulu dihunting tiket pesawatnya nih. Kebetulan bulan September ini Sriwijaya Air punya promo tiket pesawat untuk liburan dari Jakarta menuju Yogyakarta. Harga promo tiket penebangan yang ditawarkan mulai dari 350ribuan. Informasi lebih lanjut dan pemesanan tiket dapat dilakukan di Tiket2.com.


Nah kalo kalian, kuliner favorit Yogyakartanya apa aja?

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Setelah beberapa bulan tinggal di negeri Kangguru ini, ada beberapa teman yang bertanya tentang apa yang akan saya lakukan setelah selesai misi satu tahun di Australia. Kalo boleh jujur, semenjak memutuskan untuk apply work and holiday visa (WHV) di Australia, blasss resolusi 5 sampai 10 tahun ke depan langsung berubah. Yang awalnya sempat berfikir untuk stay di karir lama, akhirnya sekarang jadi perjalanan tanpa ujung yang amat sangat tidak bisa saya prediksi, bahasa kerennya go with the flow *tssaaaah*. 

Tinggal di Australia ternyata banyak mengubah hidup saya, mulai dari pola berfikir, gaya hidup, kebiasaan hingga tata krama. Iyah, tata krama aja sampe berubah saking lebih sering ketemu orang yang super sopan di sini. Lalu jika ditanya tahun depan mau ke mana? apa masih mau tinggal di Australia? jawaban saya mungkin masih antara iya dan tidak.

Iya mau (pastinya), karena selain taraf hidup yang lebih baik banyaknya jenis pekerjaan dan kesetaraan pola kehidupan membuat saya selalu belajar untuk menghormati orang lain terlepas dari apa latar belakang dan pekerjaannya. Tapi sepertinya saya sendiri masih tidak mau untuk tinggal terlalu lama di Australia jika, pekerjaan yang saya miliki masih "kasar" istilahnya. Karena selain ga yakin juga bisa kuat sampai kapan kerja kayak gini, ujung-ujungnya saya merasa sayang juga sama kemampuan lain yang saya miliki. 

Sayanya juga masih terlalu cinta sama Indonesia dengan berjuta-juta macam budaya, makanan dan tempat wisata seru. Jadi kalopun nanti dapat kesempatan tinggal di negara lain lagi, aku hanya pergi untuk sementara ~~~ aku pasti kembaliii~~ *pake lagu Aku pasti kembalinya PASTO*

Lalu bagaimana kesempatan untuk tinggal di Australia setelah WHV?
Ada beberapa cara untuk kembali lagi tinggal dan bekerja di Australia setelah WHV diantaranya;

Lanjut sekolah

Panorama view bagian dalam Notredame Univeristy

 Salah stau gedung unik di wilayah University of Technology Sydney

Dari dulu memang sempat terlintas untuk melanjutkan kuliah ke jenjang yang lebih tinggi, di Sydney sendiri ada beberapa kampus yang terkenal negri yang terkenal karena kualitas pendidikannya. Tapi tau kan kamu biaya kuliah untuk International Student tiga kali lipat dari harga murid lokalnya? Jadi sebagai gambaran, kira-kira biaya S2 di University of Sydney untuk domestic student per tahunnya sekitar A$13,500 sedangkan untuk International Student sekitar A$31,500 (info ini untuk jurusan komunikasi). Gilaa jomplang banget kan harganya, jadi mungkin untuk saya satu-satunya cara untuk lanjut kuliah di sini adalah mencari beasiswa dulu dari Indonesia. Ah iya, jika kedepannya memang berencana untuk menjadi permanent resident di Australia, bisa juga untuk cek list kesempatan mendapatkan PR dari skill. Biasanya setiap setahun sekali, pemerintah negara bagian setempat memiliki list-list pekerjaannya. 

Ada beberapa juga yang memilih untuk ngambil vocational school seperti cookery, Aged care, child care dengan pertimbangan skill-skill tersebut lebih banyak dicari di Australia plus ada kesempatan untuk apply PR juga nantinya. Vocational school juga biaya sekolahnya lebih murah ketimbang Bachelor atau Master degree. Ada beberapa vocational school yang jam masuk kuliahnya hanya 1 atau 2 hari dalam seminggu jadinya waktu kosong untuk cari kerja sampingan lebih banyak (dan diimbangi dengan tugas kuliah yg numpuk juga pastinya).

Lanjut kerja

Salah satu oportuniti lain adalah penggantian visa ke visa kerja. Banyak kok teman-teman WHV yang beruntung bisa lanjut kerja dengan Visa kerja 457 dari pekerjaan mereka sebelumnya dan malah tidak sedikit yang mendapatkan jenis pekerjaan sesuai dengan passion mereka. Namun hal yang satu ini agak sulit buat saya karena kesalahan saya setelah lulus kuliah yang langsung terjun bebas ke bidang pekerjaan lain (bukan bidang yang saya tekuni sebelumnya). Oportuniti untuk anak-anak IT bekerja di Australia cukup tinggi loh, namun sulitnya kalian harus berkompetisi dengan para job hunter di dunia IT dari negara tetangga seperti India dan Malaysia.

Lanjut nikah 

Ada juga yang beruntung mendapatkan pasangan hidup yang kebetulan warga negara Australia atau permanent resident di sini. Sebenarnya memang seru sih membangun keluarga di Australia, secara taraf kehidupannya juga bagus, tapi ahhh sudahlah, *lalu ga dibahas lebih lanjut, *lalu ganti topik pembicaraan.

Jadi gimana teman-teman yang saat ini lagi dan sudah selesai WHV, lanjut lagi di Australia ga nih?

Baca juga cerita teman-teman lain:
Efi - Australia, antara "ya" dan "tidak"
Hilal - Sapa Suruh Datang Australia
Irham - Thank you Renmark, Good Bye Australia! Bhay!

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