So, you want to go to Australia on a Working Holiday Visa

Depends how confident or unconfident you are. I drove around Sydney a fair bit for one of my jobs. It was daunting at first, driving a Transit size van around Sydney on my own, but I got used to it very quickly.
One thing I will say is beware not to waste your money on lessons unless a job is pretty much guaranteed. Very few employers will employ a foreign backpacker as a driver, so taking lessons in anticipation of getting a driving job is a huge risk.

Hey I'm thinking about taking year out after uni to do this, but the thought of not getting a job and running out of money terrifies me! I don't have bar/waitressing experience because my part-time job throughout uni has been in a call centre (research not sales). Is this sort of office work easy to come by or would bars be happy to hire people without experience?

Hey I'm thinking about taking year out after uni to do this, but the thought of not getting a job and running out of money terrifies me! I don't have bar/waitressing experience because my part-time job throughout uni has been in a call centre (research not sales). Is this sort of office work easy to come by or would bars be happy to hire people without experience?

I've been searching for jobs everywhere here for about 6 weeks now and still haven't managed to secure anything. Man, why is this so hard? FML

Whereabouts are you?

Melbourne. I'd rather not leave yet because of my new boyfriend here who's staying for about two months, but things are getting trickier as the weeks go by with no job. I'm at a point where I've started getting money from my parents now as my own savings have run out. I keep seeing ads in my hostel about getting paid $200 for nude photo shoots, and it looks very tempting to a desperate girl like me, but I worry it'd be too dodgy for me to get involved in something like that. I'm just hoping someone will pick me as an au pair very soon, but if that still fails after a couple of weeks, maybe I will go do volunteer farm work then go home after 3 months cos Australia just sucks with no money

arghh that sucks and also quite worrying...! have you been applying for all jobs or something in particular? I'm so worried about running out of money while i'm there, think i'll have about £3500 by the time i go and planning to do a bit of travelling for the first month so i dont know how long that will last me while looking for a job :\

Hey guys
I'm heading to Sydney and doing a week with Ultimate Oz starting Monday 10th June. I will be in Australia for 2 months after that over the summer holiday. Are short term jobs in Sydney (1 month say) difficult to come by, and where abouts would be the best place to look?
Thanks!

Hi there, looking to go on a working holiday for three months between school and uni (maybe longer if I don't get in).
Has anyone done it? How much dd it cost you?
Which company did you use? Ozintro is the one I'm looking at?
what kind do jobs did you do? We're they easy to get?
did you have enough time to go sight seeing?
sorry for all the questions!

Hi. Sorry I can't answer your question, but I did UltimateOz and it was pretty great . It's pretty much as exciting as it's made out to be on their website and Facebook . Although I'm not travelling with any of my group at the moment, I have kept in touch with a few of them on Facebook and arranged to meet up with one in Melbourne. So it's OK for making friends depending on how lucky you are with the type of people you get grouped with, though I have to admit I've made some better friends just by talking to people in the hostels I meet, separate from UltimateOz. I'd still say it's worth it though for all the fun activities that get organised for you, as well as the admin stuff for work and travel

Yeah, I have been trying for jobs in retail, cleaning, hospitality, au pairing, farming, admin, etc. No luck so far though. I did hear something about Australia being racist, and I'm black so sometimes I worry whether that is a factor in why it's so hard for me to get employed . I also came with about £3500, which pretty much all ran out after about 2.5 months and I'm now on money I've asked for from parents, and might need to ask for more again soon if I don't get a job very quickly yet. I also did just travelling for the first month and didn't bother looking for work in that month, but in hindsight I wonder if I might have been better off searching for work a lot earlier.

That's just my experience though, as I know some lucky sods who have gotten jobs much more easily. My boyfriend and his best friend are tradesmen and just go for work in their trades, and it's been pretty easy for them to get work compared to me with no trade or profession. I don't want to give up just yet though, I'm still waiting to hear back from a few interviews for retail and au pairing so will just wait and see what happens in the next week or so.

Hey I'm thinking about taking year out after uni to do this, but the thought of not getting a job and running out of money terrifies me! I don't have bar/waitressing experience because my part-time job throughout uni has been in a call centre (research not sales). Is this sort of office work easy to come by or would bars be happy to hire people without experience?

Aw that's good to hear Are you kept busy for the full day or is there time to do whatever? I can't wait, I have a countdown on my phone and everything haha