Fun fact: Australia has a big shortage of labour for rural work (all the young folk run off to the cities asap!) and therefore the govt and farmers etc LOVE backpackers! They're literally filling the massive shortage.

We’re leaving in a couple months and are SO excited! Thanks for a great video 💓

Awesome vid ! Great info :-) excited to see your next adventure !!

Super insightful! Congrats on saving more travel money. Woo Hoo!

Thank you for this! So informative & really revved me up!

Thanks for sharing this info with us, Mari!! I'd love to do this someday :)

Your videos are awesome! Also loved your collabo with JP. by the way I also think it is a good preparation to get a letter of reference from old employers. This helped me quite a lot to get jobs in Australia as I could attach it to my CVs. Friends of mine found many farm jobs by just driving to the farms and asked them directly. worked better than gumtree.

It's so nice that you are actually exactly doing what I will be doing at the end of this year. In october I will go to Australia too and (hopefully) work there for about three months on a working holiday visa and after that I want travel the east coast as well. These videos are like a foretaste of my journey and ofcourse I can get some tips and ideas of what to expect like this. So thank you for making those videos. It's funny that I was just following you because I loved watching your videos and suddenly you were just doing what I am going to be doing. Also I would like to mention for the people who are interested in a working holiday that (I don't know exactly how it is in the US, but in Europe) there are some organizations which arrange working holidays in Australia and other countries. They help you with a lot you need to know about working and traveling abroad and they sometimes even help you finding work (At least the organization I am going with). Ofcourse it could be easy to arrange a working holiday yourself, but for people like me who are traveling alone for the first time it can be very useful to have a little help.

Thanks so much, your videos are so helpful!

I am thinking about coming to Australia next year. This video really helped me :)

Wow thank you for sharing this.. I hope .can do someday

Very nice and good advice

Thank you for this! So much help

Mari, this video was SO informative. Thank you so much for making this!! Also.... that background is unbelievable =O

This video really helped, thank you!

This video is a great reminder that my Visa is expiring soon. Thanks!

Thanks 4 ur tips..ur way of explanation its easier to understanding ...hehe

Thank you very much for this informative it is my greatest wish to live in Australia ..I LOVE AUSTRALIA

You are a very nice person and thaks for your great advice

Awesome info thanks so much! :)

planning on staying in Melbourne for the work and holiday visa so hopefully there will be some jobs there. this video should help me out a bit once i start the process (likely going to work a little in the US just to build up a little more money).

Really worth to watch this

thank you for uploading this!

thank you SO much:-)

Thank you so much Mari! I love the video SO MUCH!, it makes my blood boil with excitement and I couldn't stop myself from giggling with the excitement Hahahahahaha! It's so informative! God Bless you!

"Dodgey" Someone is picking up Aussie terms You do have an amazing view ! Have a great east coast trip !

... now sc462 W&H visa can also get a 2nd W&H if 88 days of elegible work is carried out ... ;-)

How does the living situation work when you get there? Do you pay a lot of an apartment out there?

Is it possible to do an Australia working/work and holiday visa after you've done a New Zealand working holiday? If so, do they have to have a certain amount of time between them? Thank you!!

When entering the country were you questioned when you arrived ?

I am now here in japan and i have three year japanese visa and i want to go to austrlia is it possible from japan to go there? I'm not japanese but i want visa from here.

You should travel up to Newcastle and the Hunter Valley in NSW, beautiful beaches & Vineyards.

which part of Australia did you first get your work? is it easy to get work in Cairns?

I from nepal if i want to come astraulia how to apply working visa ...and how much we have to pay ....please repply

May I ask that where to book this visa? Like which website, cause I tried to find it but I didn't manage to get the correct one, always failed to get in those websites

can you stay more in Australia after that period end ?

thanks... really helpful.... thinking of moving

I've been watching like all of your videos because I plan on backpacking SEA and then working in Australia after as well. All of them have been so helpful!! Did you apply for the visa and job while you were in the U.S or when you were in South East Asia?

Hi there :) do you have a website link for the visa application? Thanks :D xx

awesome video! would you able to tell us about maybe some of the jobs you do working there and maybe some of the cheaper cities to live in there?

Can we continue the work for the second year? Or its just a one year program! Any suggestions regarding to stay un Australia after one year work visa? Why we have to change job after 6 months?

Would you recommend applying for this if you are only going to be there for around 3 months? (a summer vacation period) Thank you for the informative video!!!

What website did you get your visa?

thanks so much!

Hi there I am looking to apply for this visa, do I have to wait to be approved the visa to get to Australia? Or can apply for visa and get there?

thanks madam please let me are you from European sitizen or other because I am living in Austria I am from India I have a resident card here if I want to apply holiday working visa how many days prosesing and did Thay check bank balance and documents thanks a lot

hey mari, i have a few questions about the "work and holiday" visa (visiting from america). hoping to be visiting my partner in Melbourne in a few months and im wondering about the health requirements, and what type of work is allowed. on the homeaffairs website it says something about organizing health exams which is something not listed as a requirement with the ETA visa. im unsure if thats really something i need to do, or if its only a thing for countries which may have more poverty. and as for the jobs i am wondering if basic jobs like working at aldi/woolworths/coles as a clerk, or shelf stocking are allowed. thanks in advance, any tips/advice will be appreciated.

Can you tell me about backpackers visa in Australia?

Can this visa convert into PR? Plz give the answer..

What site did you use to apply??

I really want to work in australia ,, I hope you can help me get a job Autralia

thanks mari

Do you have to do any medical test in your country before applying? I m from Canada... how do I show $5000 Aus in Canada.... do I have to open a Australian bank account in Canada.Please explain this.

how much was your medical exam?

Can i get a full details!!!it will be very kind of you

Please tell me know how to get visa

How much did you earn during working holiday in Australia

how much longer is your trip?

give me some good advice about going to Australia

should I be worry to work with normal travelling visa? ?..hmmm??

I'm from Kyrgyzstan central Asia can I go to Australia

thanks... but can you send the right link for working visa for me to go through ? since it's not working well in my country :3

please I am Pakistani and and how I applied I know lifting work and drives can you help me know this time I am in Turkey

Wait so Americans can only do 1 year!?? We can’t apply for 2-3 years after!??

Hey Hey! Thanks for this! Im coming this december! And this helped. :) If I have any questions I'll post back :)

Can you do some on older US citizens iam 46 am I shit out luck or what ? Bucket list stuff 👍

For the Work & Holiday Visa, do you have to have $5000AUD when you apply or just prove when you arrive in the country?

Thank you for the information! It was really quite helpful! Might I ask where you applied for the visa (online of course)? I'm not sure which website is legitimate and would really appreciate it.

Hello i m in nz in a student visa can my partner go for a working holiday visa in aus

Could someone say how much money it is possible to save while working in Australia? :)

i make weekly vlogs too !

I'm an Algerian I want to travel to Australia and there is an easy way

Thank u very much maam

Did you have the 5000 AUD in your bank when you arrived or did you skip that? That's alot to have in the bank when you arrive.

I want to apply Australia working visa u can help me

i need help! seriously i am in Gambia and need to travel to Australia but we dont have the embassy or consulate here. so can i do the entire process online and if so how will i get the visa here ? please give me details

Australia visa it's web? and New Zealand is web? they have Facebook can talk ? i from China , i here one years is 1000 people visa New Zealand

Can u plzzz help me to apply?

OMG this is the video I watched that inspired me to do the working holiday visa! I just uploaded my Australia travel diary and its sooo surreal looking back on this video! thanks for inspiring me Mari! please watch my fun Australia video diary if you'd like!! :)

When you need to leave a job so soon after starting, is this an issue? Are they aware that you are a pretty temporary worker?

Thanks

I like Australia

What are your future plans? You mentioned going the was coast. What's after that? How long you staying in Australia for? You going back to Asia? By the way what is your ethnic background? You are stunning and should do modelling.

I need Australia working visa please you help me

Did you have to get a medical exam done before you left? I'm filling out the application and I'm worried!

I've just had my Holiday Working Visa granted and I am hoping to apply for a 2nd year Visa whilst I am out there. I will however be 31 when I am applying for my 2nd year Visa (30 now and will be 30 when I enter the country). Does anyone if I will be eligible for a 2nd year Visa?

How can i apply online for visa? Can you plz suggest me a link......

india is eligible country...

Hello good evening mem I am Indian Farmer family member so I am interested Australia work so please help me

If you apply for a working holiday visa at the age of 30 you can still enter the country when you're 31.

Hi Mari Jhonson Awesome vid ! Great info :-) I am an Indian i am a software engineer. I would like to travel other countries. Can i apply for this working holiday visa. Pls help me out on this

Hi Mari I'm living in Australia and my brother is here visiting on a working holiday visa, is he eligible for a second year visa if he does farm work? We are both from California I'm a permanent resident.

what website did u apply for ur working visa on?

Please help me. How can I text you. Personal

what bank did you use? will be doing the work holiday visa going next month.

Wow, how about that minimum wage!? Do you find that you're able to pocket way more money than you would here in the US?

So many people from Japan do it. Too bad I am not 30.

Hlo

I want to learn the language first, I'll be there looking for my boss

Hello Mari. Will it be okay if my friend will do an interview with you? She is doing this paper on what inspires bloggers about their content. I love your blog and i find you inspiring. Please say yes hehehe!