$$$ overseas

[Iron Fist]

Take some cocain over with u and just sell it when u need some cashola...

Cocain is stupidly more expensive in Aus than Europe, so perhaps just take plenty of lube and follow white line fever's advice!

take both
can be a sort of combo, buy this and get this for a reduced fee!

[Psyber]

In South Africa last year I just changed a couple of hundred $AU for Rand when I got there - the rate was better than obtainable here.
Everything major I just charged to my Diners or VISA cards, and got a better rate on the bill than any money exchange offered.
I sign and don't use a PIN - some devices can record your PIN and anyone can then enter it, and you can't prove you didn't.
Your bank can take back a payment if a signed chit cannot be produced, and, if they can't get it back for some reason, they still can't claim you did enter your PIN and get off the hook.

[Iron Fist]

In South Africa last year I just changed a couple of hundred $AU for Rand when I got there - the rate was better than obtainable here.
Everything major I just charged to my Diners or VISA cards, and got a better rate on the bill than any money exchange offered.
I sign and don't use a PIN - some devices can record your PIN and anyone can then enter it, and you can't prove you didn't.
Your bank can take back a payment if a signed chit cannot be produced, and, if they can't get it back for some reason, they still can't claim you did enter your PIN and get off the hook.

I always sign aswell
dunno why, but just prefer it!

[godoubleblues]

going to Europe for a month in sep and we have got a ANZ travel card and loading it up with EUROs
also will have a credit union visa credit card and will use that also

just beware of debit cards, we got stung in NZ last year, we had booked a rental car through budget (booked through the travel agent) and went to pick up the car, asked for a credit card, presented my visa debit and they wouldnt accept it, it had to be a credit card, well that was news to me
what were my options, I could get a family member or friend to present a credit card at a budget office back home in OZ, how long would that take???
luckily I was with a kind mate and he let me use his credit card

yet later on in the trip we had booked a campervan through another company and the visa debit card was no probs