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[davester13]

I'm a U.S. citizen who is thinking of a change of scenery next year, and I'm considering living in Australia and/or New Zealand for a year or so. I'd need to work there, most likely doing odd jobs, to support my travels. So, I'm looking for anyone who has successfully backpacked and worked through Australia.

I know many of you might find this to be a crazy idea----going from a country where life is relatively easy and the ratio of savings to living expenses is high to one where life is potentially rife with hardships and complications-----but, please, I don't wish to discuss any of that. While I certainly want to be informed of the realities of such a venture, I want to focus on the positive and what can be done to achieve my potential goal.

Please feel free to send me a private message. Any ideas, suggestions, Web sites, and/or contact names would be much appreciated. Thanks for your assistance.

[RACETRAITOR]

A good friend of mine just finished six months in Australia and stopped by Korea on his way back home to visit me. He got a car while he was there and drove up through the center of the country to Darwin or some place and earned money picking fruit. It seems like a decent thing to do.

[Zyzyfer]

Just go to a hostel in Sydney and hang out in the lounge a few nights and start talking to people. A lot of people do it and it's apparently pretty easy to do.

[seoulis]

Dave, where in Australia are you thinking?

[davester13]

[Julius]

I stayed there 1 year legally, 1 year illegally.

2 years in all, 67 jobs in that time.

Been eevrywheh mayt!!

Must say there were not many Americans there. They don't get visas, generally speaking. it was mostly British, Israelis and Dutch folks there.

[buffygrrl1]

if you are American you can go through BUNAC and get a 1 year work visa for New Zeland (you can do any job you want).

[davester13]

[captain kirk]

Rawiri. Do a search for his Dave's handle, 'Rawiri'.

[davester13]