HARD UP DOWN UNDER

<p>Who goes on holiday to <em>work</em>? Especially to New Zealand halfway around the world? Yorkshire-born Joe ponders this briefly before doing exactly that… for a year.</p><p>Before he leaves for Auckland Joe studies the feats of fellow Yorkshireman Captain James Cook. Attempting to emulate Cook Joe invents a chapter-by-chapter scorecard to compare his progress with the famous explorer: if Joe succeeds in any way he’s allocated one point but in the event of failure or embarrassment the Captain is allocated a point. If it’s too close to call it’s a draw: game on!</p><p>Travelling on a working visa Joe is soon put to work in garden centres hotels as a labourer and even helping a private investigator.</p><p>With support from his university friends coupled with a blossoming romance with the lovely Jess our hero soon discovers the highs and lows of working thousands of miles from home with no money.</p><p><em>Hard Up Down Under </em>mixes deadpan humour with razor-sharp insights. A must-read for anyone interested in travel looking for adventure or hoping to work abroad.</p>