AUSSI-TRIP 2000 Expenses of the 20.000 km trip

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“To do big jumps with small pouch” Under this motto you can define my Australia round trip. I wanted to see as much as possible with little money. As student I hat to calculate exactly and most the time it works. I hat a budget of 4.346 € (about 8.500 German marks) and finally it was really enough. The costs in detail (1 € is about 0,90 US$):

Rental car (for detailed costs see rental car) Flight with Malaysia Airlines from Frankfurt (Germany) Accommodation Fees for visits, excursions, etc. Souvenirs Guidebooks Fast Food Medicine, plaster in pharmacy Medicine, refunded from travel health insurance (on accommodating attitude, because of 51 € self-participate) Postcards with stamps (I didn't send all cards, link-tip: Australia Post) Phone card from Telstra with AU$ 25 credit Credit-card Youth hostel passport (which I didn't need later) Food, Drinks, other Sum

1.368,86 € (2.677,25 DM) 976,57 € (1.910,00 DM) 521,17 € (1.019,31 DM) 431,98 € (844,88 DM) 82,67 € (161,69 DM) 82,03 € (160,43 DM) 65,93 € (128,94 DM) 59,38 € (116,13 DM) -40,91 € (-80,00 DM)   38,04 € (74,40 DM) 22,34 € (43,69 DM) 20,45 € (40,00 DM) 17,89 € (35,00 DM) 632,81 € (1.237,66 DM) 4.297,60 € (8.405,38 DM)

Shopping Nowhere in the world shopping is cheaper than in my birthplace Dortmund (Germany)! Ok, there are countries in which you can buy even cheaper, but that are mostly articles of less quality or forged ones. If you make a reasonable comparison (for example proprietary articles) Germany comes off very well. In Australia the shopping-prices are acceptable too. But you should buy your food in bigger cities, especially if you plan to visit the outback. In Shopping-Arcades, which are very popular in Australia, you'll find a cheap supermarket like Woolworth, Cooles, Kmart or Franklins. Aldi has opened some branches shortly, where you can buy food very cheap.  If you want to buy souvenirs: you shouldn't buy them in the first shop that comes along! You'll get postcards and other souvenirs also in supermarkets. Cheap Shirts (from AU$ 5) are offered everywhere, but take care: after first washing you can throw them away! Genuine Australian Souvenirs, like Boomerangs and Aborigine-Souvenirs you'll get nearly everywhere in Australia, so you needn't buy them in so-called cultural parks. Money Monetary unit is the Australian Dollar (AU$). The rate of exchange amounts to: one Australian Dollar = 0,64 € (1,25 DM are about AU$ 1). Nearly everywhere it is possible to pay non-cash. Credit cards and ec-cards are accepted. For renting a car or a motor home a credit card is mostly necessary. We paid mostly with credit card, because it's the cheapest possibility. In payment with credit-card you'll have to pay only 1% for paying in a foreign country - nothing more. No further exchanging-fees. Nevertheless you will need at least a little cash-money, which you should take with you in form of traveller-cheques. Attention! Don't exchange your cheques at the airport, but for examples at a branch of "American Express" (Sydney: at the Circular Quay), where you don't have to pay fees. Currency converter Graphical change of course you'll get on the website of the firm Pacific. Convert this amount enter any amount of this type of currency USD United States Dollars EUR Euro DEM Germany Deutsche Marks ATS Austria Schillings CHF Switzerland Francs BEF Belgium Francs CZK Czech Republic Koruna DKK Denmark Kroner FRF France Francs ITL Italy Lira LUF Luxembourg Francs NLG Netherlands Guilders PLZ Poland Zloty GBP United Kingdom Pounds CAD Canada Dollars MXP Mexico Pesos AUD Australia Dollars scroll to see more currencies into this type of currency. AUD Australia Dollars USD United States Dollars EUR Euro DEM Germany Deutsche Marks ATS Austria Schillings CHF Switzerland Francs BEF Belgium Francs CZK Czech Republic Koruna DKK Denmark Kroner FRF France Francs ITL Italy Lira LUF Luxembourg Francs NLG Netherlands Guilders PLZ Poland Zloty GBP United Kingdom Pounds CAD Canada Dollars MXP Mexico Pesos scroll to see more currencies By using this service, you agree to be bound by the terms of use.