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我想跳入大海，同大白鯊一齊潛水！ by 阿發 (2013-2014 澳洲)

雖然在Tasmania也有潛水，但我想起自己的初衷是想去大堡礁潛水，而工作假期已過了半年，是時候要作打算。於是我去過悉尼、Uluru、Melbourne旅遊後，便決心去Cairns考潛水牌......

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澳洲馬場工作假期體驗 by Jenny (2016-2017 澳洲)

我從小就很喜歡動物，特別喜歡馬，所以當我在網上找工作時看到有馬場招聘就馬上聯絡對方，然後離開墨爾本到位於黃金海岸的馬場打工。在馬場的主要工作內容包括：每天趕馬趕牛、帶客人騎馬、帶不同活動......

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澳洲生活VS香港生存 by 阿哥 (2012-2013 澳洲)

經理親自前來跟我們的外國人主管商討能否請我們加班趕貨，他直接了當地告訴經理不願意加班，我們當場聽到他的回應時都很驚訝，在澳洲工作，員工的權益及個人意願被排在很重要......

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走在澳洲和蘇格蘭 by Wing (2013/2015-2017 澳洲/英國)

Scotland的文化和英國其他地方完全不同。一般人都會搞亂Scottish和English，但Scotland除了自然風景和England不同外，其實還有自己獨特的文化、口音、俚語、行為習慣、飲食方法等，而且他們很友善......

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汶娜20歲出走的兩年生活體驗 by 汶娜 (2012-2014 澳洲)

屋主Glenda會帶我去附近地方遊覽，那一次她特意帶了我去一個沙灘，特別的是他特別提前跟我改了那一天「放假」帶我去，因為那一個沙灘在那一天是全年水位最低的。我看著眼前的奇觀......

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I am a backpacker; I am a trilingual dive instructor by Choco (2014-2017 Australia/Japan)

I went fruit picking in a farm and spent A$5000+ for my Dive Master Training in Sydney. After that, I volunteered on a dive expedition boat and started working on the dive boat as a host ......

（另有中文版本）

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