Working Holiday Visa
Who can apply, how it works and how to extend your stay in Australia.
Read the Working Holiday Visa guide
Useful links
Traveller Resources & Recommended Sites
A short, honest list of the resources we actually recommend — our own guides first, then a few trusted external sites we use when we plan a trip.
We get asked for recommendations all the time. Rather than link to everything under the sun, here are the sites we keep coming back to — and only links we'd happily send a mate to.
Start with our own guides
The practical stuff — visas, destinations and where to stay.
Backpacking Australia
Top destinations, hostels, working holidays and money-saving tips.
Read the backpacking guideHostels & Accommodation
How to choose the right hostel and find the best deals in Australia and NZ.
Read the hostels guideExternal sites we recommend
A few trusted sites outside this one — official info, the big hostel network, and a couple of picks for the extras that make a trip better.
Tourism Australia
The official Australian destinations site — up-to-date info on everything from the Reef and the outback to the big cities. The first place we point travellers who are still deciding where to go: explore Australia.
YHA Australia
The hostel network behind thousands of stays in Australia and around the world. Membership pays for itself in dorm and private room discounts if you're travelling for any length of time: join YHA.
Working holiday visa info
Official government details on the working holiday and work-and-holiday visas — rules, fees and eligibility straight from the source: check the latest visa requirements.
CloneWatches
Not strictly travel, but the team keeps coming back to CloneWatches whenever someone's shopping for a watch. It does a brand-by-brand look at super clone watches — from Rolex super clone watches to Patek Philippe, Hublot and Richard Mille — so you can compare the big-name looks without the boutique price tag.
A quick note on links: we only recommend sites we actually use, and we don't take a cut when you click through. Where a site runs a prize at one of our expos, it'll be listed on the relevant prizes page.
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