Gap Year in Australia

I knew even during my first week in Syndey that I wanted to stay there for a while. Whilst most others in my group were heading up the east coast I decided to stay and find a job and a flat for a couple of months. So it was the new year once I was settled in my flat that I started the task of job-hunting. I wanted an office job but wouldn’t rule anything out. You need a tax file number before you can start work, this is really easy to apply for and can be done on the Australia government website. Temping I had a list of temping agencies and set about emailing them all my CV explaining what ... more

GAP YEAR Temping Work - In Australia Working abroad is definitely a challenge, well to me it has been. I decided to take a gap year and come over here to work for a year. I had just entered a new country, got an apartment so the next obvious step was to look for work. I went to recruitment agencies (see review for more detail) to help me find work in such a big city. First place I arrived was Sydney the most popular and well known city in Australia. I had already applied for a working holiday visa at home which meant I was entitled to work in the country legally. You need to have a visa which ... more

How does a year on the Great Barrier Reef sound, yet still have the large town/city life near to hand and weather which makes home look like Antartica. Well thats what my girlfriend set of to do this year before embarking on her university course. Forgive me should I be slightly bias against this scheme as it did take my girlfriend away for some time. She was placed in a school which accomodates all ages from young children right up to school leavers. This provided a wide range of experiences as the tasks she was required to do were extremely varied and at times challenging. She could be doing ... more

I've just come back from spending eight months in Australia and what a great experience.If you want to find work easily, make great friends, see amazing sights and have a wild time then Oz is the place for you!After spending a month in Sydney for the New Year I travelled round for 3 months.I went scuba diving off the Great Barrier Reef, climbed Ayers Rock and did a skydive.I bought a bus ticket for 750 dollars or about 300 pounds and saw most of Australia on that. I spent 2 months working in Sydney as a data entry operator, a job I got through an agency called Select Appointments.It was a ... more