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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
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Channel Nine Current Affairs Book Aid Cheeky Charity Trio
Gareth, Anne and Phil are three friends from the UK who made a pact to travel to Australia and live off the goodwill of strangers. And in return donating any money they make to Charity.It's some challenge these three have taken on, to travel right around Australia without spending a single cent, not one, not a bean, not even to feed themselves..........read more on Current Affairs
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Northern Territory News-From Bags to Riches
We make front page news!!!!
THEY started out penniless, barefoot and wearing garbage bags. Four months later, Gareth Owen, Anne Race and Phil Carr have travelled more than 10,000km and raised $9000 for charity. To Northern Territory NewsTheir mission was simple: to travel around Australia with no money and working random jobs, donating every dollar to Book Aid International.
"It's a bit of a risk, but we have a lot of faith in people," Mr Owen said.
"We're trying to see if people have a good heart."
The journey began on September 21 in Brisbane, after the trio had given away their possessions and walked the streets naked - wearing only garbage bags.
"This guy walked up to us, took off his shoes and gave them to Phil. Then he just walked off," Mr Owen said.
"Anne was sorted and clothed within hours. All the guys wanted to help her out."
The UK trio has relied on strangers for food, shelter and petrol as they complete their mission.
"We've found people look at us and say, 'you're an idiot. Here's $5'," Mr Owen said.
"A lot of the time, you're only a request away from getting out of trouble.
"When people say yes, it is absolutely amazing".
The trio arrived in Darwin last week and are still trying to find people who are willing to make work for them.
Since September, they have found 124 jobs, ranging from collecting alpaca droppings to disposing of cane toads and sorting through underwear at St Vincent de Paul.
Their journey's history and contact details can be found on their website www.ascheekyasyoucant.blogspot.com. Read a cheeky bit more!
It's Rubbish! Extreme Recycling - What to do with a bin bag
Anne starts a New Fad in Skip Rat Street Fashion. Read Map Magazine here
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Magnetic Times
Three young Britons: Anne, Gareth and Phil are presently visiting Magnetic Island and they are on a very unique trip. The trio, who call themselves As-cheeky-as-you-can't, rid themselves of all worldly possessions at the start of a journey around Australia. They have pledged to work only for donations to Bookaid, a charity to improve third-world child literacy, or for necessities to keep their journey on the road. At the end of the adventure all donated possessions will also be auctioned off for Bookaid.
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Manx Media
Manxman Phil Carr embarks on madcap charity challenge WITH only a black plastic bin liner to protect his modesty, Manxman Phil Carr and two friends began a charity challenge on Sunday to tour Australia relying only on the generosity of those they meet.
The proposition is simple: they begin with nothing — hence the bin liners — and anything surplus at the end of the trip is to be auctioned in aid of the charity Book Aid International.
Along the way no money is to change hands, instead the trio will barter, work and in fact do anything within reason in exchange for living essentials, travel and donations to the charity. Read a cheeky bit more!
The proposition is simple: they begin with nothing — hence the bin liners — and anything surplus at the end of the trip is to be auctioned in aid of the charity Book Aid International.
Along the way no money is to change hands, instead the trio will barter, work and in fact do anything within reason in exchange for living essentials, travel and donations to the charity. Read a cheeky bit more!
Wow! People are Talking! Fantastic
Someone pointed this out to us. Great stuff guys. "I just stumbled across this on the Brisbane Times website. It is an absolutely unbelievable thing to be doing, especially in a country as Australia!" Read Here
On Earth Garden
This type of thing REALLY anoys me. If they are paying for all their costs themselves and any donations actually go to charity, fair enough, but most of them don't!
On Wee Waa
Interesting Story
Three friends from around the UK have come together in Brisbane to set off on a circumnavigation of Australia, to raise money for a child literacy charity, Book Aid International and to write a book about their travels. With one small exception: They must start the trip from scratch, with nothing more than their trust in good will and generosity.
ABC Queensland
A Road Trip With A Differnce
A welshman, an english woman and a British Isles-man were sitting at a bar in Wales ... and they made a promise.
No, this is not a joke ... years later, the three friends left their jobs in Ireland, Osaka and Vienna and met up in Brisbane, Australia.
Here is the beginning of my post. Read a cheeky bit more!
On Earth Garden
This type of thing REALLY anoys me. If they are paying for all their costs themselves and any donations actually go to charity, fair enough, but most of them don't!
On Wee Waa
Interesting Story
Three friends from around the UK have come together in Brisbane to set off on a circumnavigation of Australia, to raise money for a child literacy charity, Book Aid International and to write a book about their travels. With one small exception: They must start the trip from scratch, with nothing more than their trust in good will and generosity.
ABC Queensland
A Road Trip With A Differnce
A welshman, an english woman and a British Isles-man were sitting at a bar in Wales ... and they made a promise.
No, this is not a joke ... years later, the three friends left their jobs in Ireland, Osaka and Vienna and met up in Brisbane, Australia.
Here is the beginning of my post. Read a cheeky bit more!
BBC Article
Round Australia trip the hard way
The trio started off in bin bags on the streets of Brisbane
A Gwynedd man is taking an unusual approach to travelling around Australia to raise money for charity.
Along with two friends, Gareth Owen, from Groeslon near Caernarfon, started off with nothing - not even the clothes on his back.
The trio plan to work for all the goods and services they will need on the journey as they raise funds for Bookaid International.
The 15000 km round trip will end in Brisbane on 26 January next year.
Read more on the BBC website. "We've been planning the trip, which we've called 'as cheeky as you can't', for three years and we began by giving everything we had away," Mr Owen, 31, told BBC Radio Cymru's Hywel a Nia programme.
"The rules state that no cash can be earned and we will be working for food and everything else we will need along the way," said.
We have thought hard about what the possible problems might be, and how we might overcome them
Gareth Owen, 'Cheeky' traveller
The friends - the others are Anne Race from Tyne and Wear and Phil Carr from the Isle of Man - started off by giving all their clothes away and wearing bin bags on the streets of Brisbane.
"One man took off his flip-flops and others gave us bits of clothing," said Mr Owen.
"We're trying to get as many people involved as possible, and we've already got a van, tents and all our camping equipment.
"Someone even came to the door last week with a box of 12 bottles of wine," he added.
The trio hope their trip will be sufficiently different to attract enough publicity to raise £10,000 for child literacy charity Bookaid International.
"We are hoping that by doing the trip this way (depending on other people to donate everything) we can highlight the problems faced by people who have no money," he said.
Travellers tale
As Australia is such a vast country Mr Owen said they were hoping advance publicity would mean that communities along the way would be expecting them.
There is also an online blog of the traveller's tales.
"We have thought hard about what the possible problems might be, and how we might overcome them," he said.
"But so far we're doing really well, and we've had promises of food and places to stay," he added.
At the family's home at Groeslon near Caernarfon Mr Owen's mother, Mandy, said she thought the trip was a fantastic way to raise awareness of the Bookaid charity.
"I have been out today to send a parcel, as they are leaving forwarding addressed, but I'm not sure of their route," she said.
"At some point they are bound to go into the bush though, so I am hoping for their safety.
"They are extremely good friends though, and are in this together," she added. Return to Cheeky As You Can't home
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The trio started off in bin bags on the streets of Brisbane
A Gwynedd man is taking an unusual approach to travelling around Australia to raise money for charity.
Along with two friends, Gareth Owen, from Groeslon near Caernarfon, started off with nothing - not even the clothes on his back.
The trio plan to work for all the goods and services they will need on the journey as they raise funds for Bookaid International.
The 15000 km round trip will end in Brisbane on 26 January next year.
Read more on the BBC website. "We've been planning the trip, which we've called 'as cheeky as you can't', for three years and we began by giving everything we had away," Mr Owen, 31, told BBC Radio Cymru's Hywel a Nia programme.
"The rules state that no cash can be earned and we will be working for food and everything else we will need along the way," said.
We have thought hard about what the possible problems might be, and how we might overcome them
Gareth Owen, 'Cheeky' traveller
The friends - the others are Anne Race from Tyne and Wear and Phil Carr from the Isle of Man - started off by giving all their clothes away and wearing bin bags on the streets of Brisbane.
"One man took off his flip-flops and others gave us bits of clothing," said Mr Owen.
"We're trying to get as many people involved as possible, and we've already got a van, tents and all our camping equipment.
"Someone even came to the door last week with a box of 12 bottles of wine," he added.
The trio hope their trip will be sufficiently different to attract enough publicity to raise £10,000 for child literacy charity Bookaid International.
"We are hoping that by doing the trip this way (depending on other people to donate everything) we can highlight the problems faced by people who have no money," he said.
Travellers tale
As Australia is such a vast country Mr Owen said they were hoping advance publicity would mean that communities along the way would be expecting them.
There is also an online blog of the traveller's tales.
"We have thought hard about what the possible problems might be, and how we might overcome them," he said.
"But so far we're doing really well, and we've had promises of food and places to stay," he added.
At the family's home at Groeslon near Caernarfon Mr Owen's mother, Mandy, said she thought the trip was a fantastic way to raise awareness of the Bookaid charity.
"I have been out today to send a parcel, as they are leaving forwarding addressed, but I'm not sure of their route," she said.
"At some point they are bound to go into the bush though, so I am hoping for their safety.
"They are extremely good friends though, and are in this together," she added. Return to Cheeky As You Can't home
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2 Days to go!!!!!!! Eeeeep!
We have less than two days to go before we are naked in our bin bags, a quivering trio in flimsy black plastic, covering nothing but question marks and hope, in The Valley Mall on Sunday. Eeeep!
We have had a great response so far. However one of the big things we still need is a video camera so we can film our exploits. Can anyone help us with this?
Gemma Snowdon from 4zzz radio and The Wire, interviewed us today. She is the first person to witness 'The Steve'. Listen to what she had to say about it here! Listen to The Wire's MP3 'Backpackers do it With a Difference'
Toucan displays have given us the means to advertise our challenge with a panel display wherever we go. 
Nova Radio inteverviewed us, we will put a link to the interview here as soon as we get it.
Lach Stock and Barell have donated shirts and a crate of wine for us to use as bartering tools for fuel etc.
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We have had a great response so far. However one of the big things we still need is a video camera so we can film our exploits. Can anyone help us with this? Gemma Snowdon from 4zzz radio and The Wire, interviewed us today. She is the first person to witness 'The Steve'. Listen to what she had to say about it here! Listen to The Wire's MP3 'Backpackers do it With a Difference' Toucan displays have given us the means to advertise our challenge with a panel display wherever we go. 
We have been offered some interesting jobs and and have been offered some beds along the way. Base Brisbane, on Edward St, have offered us bums beds on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
Nova Radio inteverviewed us, we will put a link to the interview here as soon as we get it.
Lach Stock and Barell have donated shirts and a crate of wine for us to use as bartering tools for fuel etc. eprintonline.com.au printed us 500 flyers.
3 Days Til The De-robing.
Wicked Campers have very generously given us a campervan! This is a marvelously generous donation! A huge thanks to the team at Wicked Campers. Some members of their team will be coming to see us on Sunday in the Valley Mall at 9am when we de-robe! They are customising one of their vans for us. Can't wait to see the 'cheeky' design!
Three Britons are about to leave themselves at the mercy of Australian generosity as they embark on a nationwide tour using only donations.
On Sunday Anne Race, 30, and Phil Carr, 28, both from England, and Gareth Owen, 31, from Wales, will abandon their worldly possessions and - dressed only in garbage bags and carrying only the equipment needed to record their journey - begin the daunting challenge of trying to circumnavigate the continent.
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Simon from the Brisbane Times came to speak to us. It was lovely to meet you Simon.
Three Britons are about to leave themselves at the mercy of Australian generosity as they embark on a nationwide tour using only donations.On Sunday Anne Race, 30, and Phil Carr, 28, both from England, and Gareth Owen, 31, from Wales, will abandon their worldly possessions and - dressed only in garbage bags and carrying only the equipment needed to record their journey - begin the daunting challenge of trying to circumnavigate the continent.
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4 Days to go
Camping.com.au have very generously offered to provide us with all our camping equipment. This is a massive help! It means we will not go without a place to rest our heads wherever we go. Using this great site you can search for outdoor services, shop, discover Australia using the location guide, browse through the classifieds, Match/Meet an outdoor type and get Membership Shop discounts.
Our interview with ABC Brisbane was wonderful. See Here
We met the lovely Kelly Higgins-Devine who will be following our trek and catching up with us every few weeks on her Drive show.
Listen to our interview here!
We were donated these caps to keep the sunburn off during our trek and listeners are starting to email us with invites to dinner at their homes and maps among other things. Thanks a lot for your support!
Read a cheeky bit more!
Our interview with ABC Brisbane was wonderful. See Here We met the lovely Kelly Higgins-Devine who will be following our trek and catching up with us every few weeks on her Drive show.
Listen to our interview here!
We were donated these caps to keep the sunburn off during our trek and listeners are starting to email us with invites to dinner at their homes and maps among other things. Thanks a lot for your support!
Willing Workers On Organic Farms (WWOOF) is a form of cultural exchange in which WWOOFers live and work as family with host farms, and learn about the skills of organic growing and the area they are visiting. They have given us three free memberships and some shirts! Thanks WWOOF team!
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