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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
Hahahaha picking fruit in Australia will trump any story on here.....what a bunch of slave drivers and criminals taking advantage of backpackers.
Show up at some remote POS hostel that will let you stay "on credit" if you give them your passport (illegal). They then arrange a job (for a fee) and arrange transport there (for a fee) so you can work for next to F-all for some A-HOLE who in all likelyhood will throw you off his farm within an hour if you don't listen to his instructions, forcing you to hitchhike home.
I ran into a few guys that were trapped in the middle of nowhere, indebted to the hostel for thousands of dollars, with no way to get their passports back until they paid off their "debts". It was gross.
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Felt like I was reading Grapes of Wrath all over again.