In October 2017 I missed my flight from Paris to Sydney due to a French air traffic controllers strike which left me stuck in Barcelona for about 36 hours. So even air travel is not immune to strikes!
I used a NAB Traveller Card (similar to a cash passport). When making withdrawals a choice was given to withdraw with or without conversion. I chose 'with conversion' once and had the same experience - euros treated as A$. Needless to say I quickly learnt that lesson! Otherwise it worked well.
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