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How to Drive an Unregistered Vehicle Indefinitely

How to Drive an Unregistered Vehicle Indefinitely

November 23, 2015
by Jack Bendell
Features, Living Cheap

I wanted to travel with the securities of home, but with the freedom of being homeless. I figured a 1990 Toyota HiAce would do the trick. Being the beginning…

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The Hobo Guide to Getting Scabby in 'Straya

The Hobo Guide to Getting Scabby in ‘Straya

July 10, 2015
by Angus McNicol
Features, Living Cheap

There are a few essential know-hows if you wanna make your dollar go as far as possible in a place where a side of avocado costs…

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How to Save Money for Travelling

How to Save Money for Travelling

February 26, 2014
by Rowan Montgomery
Features, Living Cheap

(without needing to sell your body) Unless your grandparents invented the internet and are now happy for you to trawl the globe on their dime,…

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The Art of Bartering

The Art of Bartering

February 11, 2014
by The Hobos
Living Cheap

Travel outside the realms of the western world and you are sure to bump into some haggling. If you haven’t, congratulations – you just spent…

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Gettin' Around

Gettin’ Around

December 16, 2013
by Luke Ursino
Features, Living Cheap

In this bipolar world that we all live in, there are various platforms of transportation to be used, and whether you like the comfort of…

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Where to Crash (If you Make it...)

Where to Crash (If you Make it…)

November 25, 2013
by The Hobos
Features, Getting Started, Living Cheap

The places you stay whilst travelling generally seem to determine how good of a time you are going to have in a city. This especially…

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Crowd Sourcing Food for the Hungry Hostel Dweller

Crowd Sourcing Food for the Hungry Hostel Dweller

September 27, 2013
by Sam Judd
Features, Living Cheap

As you sit in the hostel common room, a dishevelled shell of a human, you may look at those who are currently better off than…

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Minesweeping

Minesweeping

September 11, 2013
by Freya Ingebørg
Features, Living Cheap

So it’s 2am, the bar closes at 3, you’re dead broke and for the last few hours you have been running on the half sack…

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Verified Hitchhiking

Verified Hitchhiking

August 23, 2013
by Ned Ford
Living Cheap

Often as a nomadic hobo, you will have budgeted your everyday allowance down to the cent. Too often as a nomadic hobo, you will realise…

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Sleeping in Airports

Sleeping in Airports

August 15, 2013
by Erica Livermore
Living Cheap

Having completed a Gap Yah where I earned well below minimum wage, I like to think of myself as some sort of pro when it…

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Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing

August 6, 2013
by Gemma Clarke
Living Cheap

I first heard about couch-surfing from a university tutor in one of those lame first-day “get-to-know each-other” classes. He casually mentioned it as one of…

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Doing a Runner

Doing a Runner

August 4, 2013
by Ned Ford
Living Cheap

Crime is bad. We certainly don’t condone it, but sometimes, dashing from a  banquet is completely necessary. That, we do understand. Surely as an underprivileged…

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