Australian youth mobility Visa

[Hololz]

I'm looking into perhaps applying for this visa as I graduate this year and would like to spend a year in Australia.

Could anyone give me any tips on applying from the UK, I really have no idea where to even start... (my US visa was all sorted out for me by my uni) or any personal experiences about the visa its self?

Thanks

[Tooki]

I'm pretty sure that you can apply for the visa online. You will probably need to do a physical at an 'approved' practitioner (but they would be abundant in the UK).

I know that you can work at a single employer for 6 months at a time. If you want to stay for a 2nd year, you can do 3 months of work in the food picking industry in the country. Unskilled waitering/bar work is easy to find. Where were you planning on staying when you are over?

[Hololz]

One of the big cities, Sydney or Melbourne. Perhaps Brisbane. I've not really done a hell of a lot of research into yet, I assume fruit picking would not be easy to come by in some of the larger cities? I do have quite a lot of waiting and bar work experience though.

[Tooki]

If you are in Sydney or Melbourne, unskilled worm is abundant. (I recommend Melbourne, but living in both cities for a time would be a great experience.) From what I've heard, the job market is weaker in Brisbane.

Fruit picking is mostly in the country. There is a lot of it in Queensland, but also in rural NSW and Victoria as well.

Your previous experience should (hopefully) help you out. Employers here want Australian experience, but as I said there is tons of bar/waitering work to go around.

Good luck!