Travelling Australia without Money - Free Travel but Not Exactly a Working holiday

Picture from the Post Newspaper, Perth

We have been on the road for more than half a year now without spending a cent. We have travelled nearly 20,000kms around Australia and we have received the help of hundreds if not thousands of people.
Who would have thought it would have been possible? But living in the modern day world without the use of money is no breeze in the park and the trip is taking it's toll on us.

It isn't easy travelling in this manner, we have done everything and anything to earn money for Book Aid and some days are easier than others. Looking in the mirror we feel we have aged quickly during the last six months. The simplest of necessities becomes a trial to aquire, turning something which is usually a no brainer in life before the cheeky challenge into a stress filled challenge.

Below are some more links to people covering our story.

AS Cheeky As You Can’t team members Phil Carr, Anne Race and Gareth Owen slowed traffic last Friday as they performed odd-jobs in nothing but swimwear and a garbage bag to raise money for Book Aid International.

TRAFFIC literally came to a standstill on Esperance’s main street last Friday, as cars slowed down out of curiosity to watch three scantily clad people scrub the roundabout at the intersection of Andrew Street and The Esplanade.The three friends, Anne Race, Phil Carr and Gareth Owen, make up the As Cheeky As You Can’t fundraising team, currently travelling Australia to raise funds for Book Aid International.
To raise funds, the teams have been accepting odd jobs in the towns they have visited, however they quickly agreed that Esperance people had some of the oddest jobs on offer.

Nomads Tour for Charity
PHIL Carr, Gareth Owen and Anne Race don’t have a cent between them but they’ve managed to travel across Australia and, in the process, raise $20,000 for the charity Book Aid International.
The trio left their homes and jobs in the UK with little more than the clothes on their backs.
They rely on the generosity of those they meet for everything from their food and accommodation to phone cards and fuel.
Read more here in the Busselton - Dunsborough Mail



Bin There, Done That
There are all sorts of people travelling around Australia at any given time and it is this diversity of people that you meet that helps to make it such a special experience......Grey Nomads


Going all the way with 'cheeky' Oz challenge

BARE ESSENTIALS: Phil Carr, right, and pals Anne Race and Gareth Owen, relinquished all possessions except bin bags as they started their challenge

22,000 Italians watch a home made video of us at the begininning of our journey!!!!

See the link here

Below are some pictures that Mike Gilbert took of us filming in Perth









As lovely as the bin bag look is, we are looking forward to getting back into our own clothes at the end of our journey