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The essentials for your Working Holiday Visa in Australia

The decision is finally made! You are now ready to live the great Australian adventure with a Working Holiday Visa. Here are the essentials to help you before and on your arrival.

Issac – 27 years old – Thai

My name is Issac, and my family is originally from Nepal but now lives in Thailand. Never in my life, I traveled for a long journey, never I left my family, my friends, my home. I had the opportunity to go to Australia, and I took that chance. I landed 8,000 kilometers away from everything I ever knew in my life.

Jasmine & Jake – Australians

“We were both on the perfect path to happiness and success. Jake owned his own successful chiropractic practice in Noosa Australia (one of the most popular backpacker destinations for everyone visiting Aus)…

Jessie – Dutch

‘Sometimes love happens to you on the other side of the world.

Personally, backpacking started out as a way to challenge myself in life and develop myself by meeting others. Working as a nurse I got to meet a lot of different people. Most people with a lot of life experience. I saw kids being born and I saw people pass away. Dealing with life and death made me realize that we all have this enormous gift called life: …

Morgane – French – 25 years old – 360 days in Australia

‘To start from the beginning, I studied in a communication school, I got the job I wanted but I understood after a while that the environment where I was working was not made for me. I was not even comfortable with the role of my job as a strategic planner deciding when, how and why people should buy and consume a product or use a service…

Jean-Marie – French – 32 years old – 130 days in Australia

‘I would say one quote is a good definition of the way I’m traveling : Sometimes I need to go off on my own…

Hiro Yuki – Japan – 33 years old – Traveling Indonesia

‘I started to travel when I was 18 years old. It was something I had inside me for a long time and it came up naturally after high school. I had an interest of travel in my mind, I just had to start traveling for this to be part of my life, not only part of my mind.

Tommy – England – 28 years old – 1,125 days away from home

‘I have been traveling for 3 years now beginning in SE Asia and India and more recently South America. At the beginning I had only planned on being in Asia for three months, but as I quickly found out, it was the best ever time of my life so I stayed for an extra six months. At the time, that was massive for someone like me, from a small town in the North of England…

Elven – French – 22 years old – 310 days in Australia

‘Back in France, I had in mind a World Tour Project. I could have decided to continue my studies in graphism but I wanted to learn something from and with people around the world. So I decided to leave.

I choose Australia because it seemed to be an easy country to meet people and backpackers. As the majority of the people, I first thought about going to Sydney, but after few research on the internet I discovered that in terms of culture, art, painting, street art, … THE best city was

Gwen – 27 years old – French – 114 days in Australia

‘My older sister came

Sam – French – 29 years old – 132 days in Australia

I met Sam few

Becky – 30 years old – Taiwanese – 730 days in Australia

‘I have really open

Auriane – 21 years old – 210 days in Australia

 I took the decision

Jonathan – 23 years old – 93 days in Australia

I’ve left home when

Julien – 26 years old – Fench – 475 days in Australia

‘I have always liked

Gaetan – 22 years old – French – 130 days in Australia

I decided to go

Yannick – 25 years old – French – 455 days in Australia

    ‘I guess

Manon & Marion – 23 years old – 365 days in Australia

Everybody thinks that we know each other for a long time, no one believed we met here a few months ago. This is what happens when you live in a van 24/7, friendship is going faster.

Marty – 24 years old – Australian

  ‘Few years ago

CHRISTINA & ELVITA – 24/21 YEARS OLD – AUSTRIAN – LATVIAN 

We are just back

NORA/JULIAN/HELENA/EVA – 19/22/19/19 YEARS OLD – GERMAN – 130/330/15/15 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

A group of German

SANDRA – 28 YEARS OLD – GERMAN – 180 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA 

Where did you spent

TONY – 22 YEARS OLD – FRENCH – 395 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA 

 ‘Australia, famous for all

SEBASTIAN – 21 YEARS OLD – GERMAN 

‘When I arrive in

CARLO – 19 YEARS OLD – ENGLAND/SOUTHAFRICA/ZIMBABWE 215 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA 

‘When I told my

ANTOINE – 28 YEARS OLD – FRENCH – 385 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA 

Antoine had the chance

VICKY & JESSICA – 17/18 YEARS OLD – CHINESE

Where are you coming

MORGAN – FRENCH – 23 YEARS OLD – FRENCH – 300 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA 

You received a package

GARY – 24 YEARS OLD – ENGLISH

‘I have one brother

NICOLE & STEFANO – 26 YEARS OLD – ITALIAN – 310 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA 

‘When we were still

Albane & Fabien – 23 years old – French – 340/290 days in Australia

“The both of us, we were not supposed to stay for a long time in Australia. I came here to improve my English for my study in France and Fabien wanted to make some money to travel later” said Albane. 

GUILLAUME – 28 YEARS OLD – FRENCH – 323 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

‘Here Aussies have some

JEREMY – 28 YEARS OLD – FRENCH – 120 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA 

‘It is not a

THOMAS – JULIE – TERRY – LOUISE 24/20/25/22 YEARS OLD – FRENCH – 15/340/385/358 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA 

The most memorables moments

JOSCHKA – 19 YEARS OLD – GERMAN – 350 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA 

For me, Australia means

MICHELA – MAX – ITALIAN – 24 YEARS OLD – 760/970 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

‘We were in relationship

DOMINIQUE – LORINE – GARY – 20/22/24 YEARS OLD – 304/308 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

Dominique ‘My girlfriend and

VIOLA – MIKY – traveling with CAROLINE 30/29/30 YEARS OLD – 289/215 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

Viola and Miky :

CHARLOTTE, BENOIT, JULIE, LUC 25/24/29/23 YEARS OLD – 335/335/240/98 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

For us, everything started

AUSTRIAN COUPLE met on the road – 50 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

 ‘This is the second

RUPPA & MIKE – 23/22 YEARS OLD – ENGLISH – 240/270 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

 ‘She loves cows so

JAMES – 21 YEARS OLD – FRENCH – 193 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

Here in Australia people

JULIEN – 27 YEARS OLD – FRENCH – 52 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

  ‘I was speaking

JULIEN & LEA – 28/19 YEARS OLD – FRANCE – 208/65 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

‘I arrived in Melbourne

GILLES – 23 YEARS OLD – BELGIUM – 2 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

‘Finally, discussions in front

WEN-JIE – 28 YEARS OLD – TAIWANESE – 30 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

‘I am here because

MARJOLAINE & PAUL – 27/25 YEARS OLD FRENCH – 14 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

‘We can say that

MIA – 26 YEARS OLD – BELGIUM – 183 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

 ‘I remember one of

JOHANNA – 26 YEARS OLD – GERMAN – 302 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

‘Everybody asks me what

MATTEO – 20 YEARS OLD – ITALIAN – 300 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

‘I have been traveling

XAVIER – 23 YEARS OLD – CANADIAN – 102 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

‘My family doesn’t know

PIERRE – 27 YEARS OLD – FRENCH – 610 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

‘I spent only great

MAUD – 25 YEARS OLD – FRENCH – 170 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

‘For me being in

ANAÏS – BELGIUM – 26 YEARS OLD – 153 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

ANAÏS – BELGIUM –

MAXIMILIAN – 20 YEARS OLD – GERMAN – 160 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

To those who are

HANNA – 21 YEARS OLD – FRENCH – 105 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA

‘Australia, to be honest,

ANNE & NICO – FRENCH – 730/480 DAYS IN AUSTRALIA ANNE & NICO – FRANCAIS – 730/480 JOURS EN AUSTRALIE

I met Anne and

BASILE & NICOLAS – 23/31 YEARS OLD – 150/183 DAYS IN AUSTRALIABASILE & NICOLAS – 23/31 ANS – 150/183 JOURS EN AUSTRALIE

One thing important when

PASCAL & EMMANUEL – FRENCH – 26/25 YEARS OLD – 37/160 DAYS IN AUSTRALIAPASCAL & EMMANUEL – FRANCAIS – 26/25 ANS – 37/160 JOURS EN AUSTRALIE

Pascal bought this car

NICO – GERMAN – 23 YEARS OLD – 20 DAYS IN AUSTRALIANICO – ALLEMAND – 23 AND – 20 JOURS EN AUSTRALIE

‘My mum offered me

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Andy-Riwan

Hello! My name is Andy-Riwan, and I am the creator of the project and travel blog 'I am a Backpacker'. I traveled to almost 20 different countries to collect inspiring stories and help you with tips and itineraries on your journey. Send me a message! Cheers.

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