Australia may not be the first or last stop of your adventure, where ever your travels take you, whether it be to the tropical climate of South East Asia, drifting through europe or the trekking through Africa, here’s 15 ways to say thank you that you probably don’t know.
Are you the typical working holiday maker? Think you know St Kilda? Check out this video clip taken around St Kilda to Pharrel Williams ” Happy” Hit. Can you recognise everywhere? I’m still trying to figure out where that alleyway is at 3min 28!
A Guide To Traveling When You Have No Money The main reason that people give, when it comes to the failure to broaden their own minds, is that they can’t ‘afford’ to travel, or that they can’t ever even think about travelling until they have X amount of pounds/dollars to ‘guarantee’ their safety. I’ve even met people on the working holiday in Australia who have been in the same city for their entire working holiday visa! Guess what, You can go travelling right now, just up sticks and see the world. Grab a drink in Venice, dance with Read more
The Australian Work and Holiday Visa has expanded, now up to 200 residents of Poland can Work and Holiday in Australia under the new laws which were signed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop during a ceremony in Warsaw. Both governments are working together closely to bring the working holiday visa into effect as soon as possible. This also means up to 200 Australians a year can work and holiday in Poland given the reciprocal nature of the 462 work and holiday visa agreement. The work and holiday visa 462 is different from the working holiday visa 417 Read more
The latest to come from a recent review highlighting the importance of Working Holiday Makers and harvest work, has led to a car giveaway. Never won something? This could be your chance. All those on the 417 Visa will be put in an automatic draw to win a free car with 2 years insurance when entering Australia. With approximately 260,000 Working Holiday Makers entering the country each year but only 10% of getting the 2nd working holiday visa, this is a seen as a great way to increase Fruit Picking and Harvest work awareness. 462 Work & Holiday Makers are Read more
Remember that feeling at the airport, thinking you’ve left something behind, well you probably have! Each year tens of thousands of Working Holiday Makers leave Australia and forgot to claim their super refund. According to the ATO, a whopping 540 million dollars of backpackers money is unclaimed, with an additional $20 million being forgotten each year. Now that’s a few trips down the east coast! Super money becomes “unclaimed” and moves into the coffers of the tax office, when an individual reaches 65 years of age, dies, or is a temporary resident who has left Australia, which is what will Read more
I’m Julie from New Jersey in the USA and I’ve been living in Australia for over 8 months on a Working Holiday Visa. As a confused senior in college, I realized I was not ready to join the ranks of nine-to-fivers and instead, purchased a one-way ticket to Australia. For the first five months of my adventure I worked at a restaurant in Cairns. During the next leg of my journey I travelled down the east coast of Australia before arriving in Melbourne to work again. Finding a job in another country is all about trying something new and getting Read more
Some tips on getting a bar job Well the clues in the title, on a working holiday it stands to reason that at some point you are going to need to work. So what kind of job suites you the most? What about a working holiday job where you can lie by a beach all day long, meet loads of like minded people and get a little tipsy on a night, whilst saving money. Sounds like a dream doesn’t it?! Well it’s the perfect job for the off the plane, fresh faced foreigner like you! It’s bar work that you Read more
First off, congratulations on reading this. It shows that you are serious about wanting to get the very best from your working holiday and enjoy every moment of this unique (and expensive) opportunity that you have paved out for yourself. In 2012/2013 over 210,000 visas have been issued by the Australian government to people just like you. Firstly, its great to remember that you are not alone! There is a fantastic community of us offering both work and travel advice to help you out along the way. My name is Joel Mitchell and at the date of writing this I Read more
Remember that feeling when you finally stepped off the plane, onto firm ground again. Home to where you have been dreaming about for months. Every inch of your body filling up with excitement of what this adventure will bring. Will it be freedom, happiest, enlightenment or even love. Travelling is addictive, whether this is your first trip or you’ve been travelling the world for years, you know this is going to be one of the best decisions of your life. As the plane descended into Sydney Airport through the usual lump of clouds, staring out the window waiting for my Read more
