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For a gap year Australia is the UK’s number one destination. Xtreme Gap have a comprehensive range of exciting gap year in Australia programmes for your gap year in Australia. People choose to take a gap year in Australia for several reasons, but predominantly Australia is popular because of the ease of securing an Australian work travel visa for foreign citizens, it is an English speaking country and Australia in naturally beautiful and an exciting gap year destination. So once you have decided to undertake a gap year in Australia what next? First you must decide if you want to just travel Australia on their gap year, or if you want to be working on your gap year in Australia. The majority of people choose to work down under and secure a working holiday visa for their gap year in Australia. This is a special year long visa that enables you to undertake casual work for one year (with the option to extend this to two years if you under take a couple of months agricultural work during your gap year in Australia). Then next important step for your Australia gap year is to plan your arrival. This is an incredibly important part of any gap year in Australia and also the most stressful. Your first week or two of your gap year in Australia sets the pace for the rest of the year. Tip: Make your first week on your gap year in Australia easy!You will have a lot to accomplish in the first few days, finding suitable long term accommodation, finding a job, meeting people and making friends and re adjusting yourself to your new life on your gap year in Australia. To take the stress out of integration we have an excellent set of arrival packages in all the main ports of entry that really make your first week much easier. We also have a work and play down under package which makes finding a job on your gap year in Australia much easier and takes all the administration and hassle out of securing your working holiday visa. In Sydney, it is notoriously difficult to find accommodation as rental properties are in very short supply. Take the stress out of the house searching and meet people at your hostel making house shares a possibility. Staying in a backpacker hostel, like the one we use for our Australia arrival packages can help you find work on your gap year in Australia faster than staying in hotels, this is because casual jobs are always posted on notice boards in the hostels and you meet people who can give your leads and advice for jobs going around. Many people find work on their gap year in Australia to top up their travelling funds on a round the world trip, but what about travelling in Australia?
Travel on your gap year in AustraliaFor people that want to get about and explore on their gap year in Australia, we have lots of adventure travel options. There are different options dependent upon your style of travel. Some Australia gap year takers like to go solo, or in a small group to explore this huge continent. Sorting out the logistics of gap year travel in Australia does not have to be expensive. We can assist you with the issue of Oz experience bus tickets (it is cheaper to book through us than go direct). Oz Experience is an ideal solution for travel during your gap year in Australia as they are inexpensive and flexible. Others like to buy a cheap old car or campervan and drive around on their gap year in Australia. A word of warning however, while this may seem like a good option, the reality is old cheap cars need maintenance, especially in a harsh country like Australia. It is no fun to be broken down in the middle of the outback either, and if your car dies, so does the money you have invested in it. A better way would be to rent a camper or car available on offer through our partner spaceships, this is a fin way to travel on your gap year in Australia, but not a sociable as travelling on a group tour. Our Australia gap year tours, will take you to many exciting destinations through out Australia, and at the same time you will meet lots of like minded people and cover the necessary distances to get around. On this site you can see all of our gap year in Australia group travel options. Travelling the east coast on your gap year in AustraliaHighlights for you gap year in Australia include a tour of the east coast: Typically this involves visiting Fraser island, Byron bay, Noosa, Brisbane, Surfers Paradise, the Whitsundays and Cairns. In the last 2 destinations, you have a great opportunity to explore the great barrier reef – something no gap year in Australia should be without. In Cairns, Brisbane and mission beach you have 3 of Australia best drop zones, so if you want to sky dive on your gap year in Australia then these are the places to do it. Fraser island is a huge sand island with hundreds of miles of beach and dingos! The ultimate in off roading as you can hire a 4x4 and hit the sand for a couple of days camping and swimming in crystal clear fresh water lakes a highlight of many people on their gap year in Australia. If you wanted to do all this is a group then the Xtreme Gap 14 day East Coast Sydney to Cairns Road Trip may be for you. What about Surfing on your gap year in Australia?Another exciting extreme sport on the east coast, very popular on a gap year in Australia is surfing. We have several surfing programmes that will introduce you too, or improve your existing surf skills up to instructor level. Our Australia learn to surf programme, will teach you how to ride your first waves and just may open up a new addiction. The learn to surf programme is also a great way of meeting people as you stay as a cool beachside surf shack for a couple of days and mix in with other Australia gap year takers. When you are not getting wet you are chilling on the beach or having a great Australia staple diet: The BBQ. If you really take to it why not spend 12 weeks being a proper Australia surfer dude? Perhaps you want to combine both making money and surfing on your Australia gap year? Then our Australia surf instructor programme could be for you. Travelling through the out back on your gap year in AustraliaThe red centre is a main site seeing destination for any gap year in Australia. For good reason too. It is like nowhere else on earth like it. You can visit Uluru on your gap year in Australia, in the red centre, on our 2 day red centre highlights tour or you could combine a trip right through the centre of Australia on an Australia gap year tour departing Darwin in the North to Adelaide in the south (this tour also runs in the opposite direction too.) Hitting western Australia on your gap year.Western Australia is undeniably beautiful. Most people arrive into Perth, one of the only cities in Australia where you can see a sunset into the ocean. With incredible beaches and an amazing reef (Ningaloo reef) a gap year in western Australia is awesome. Our 21 day Darwin to Perth will take you from Northern Australia to the west coast city Perth, covering some of the most geographically beautiful areas of Australia along the way. Working in western Australia is certainly different to the east coast. Diving for pearls and working in mines are not uncommon for the more adventurous person on a western Australia gap year! The Northern Territories on your Australia gap year.One of the highlights of an Aussie gap year is seeing the North of the country. Kakadu national park (check it out with our 4 day 4wd safari). One of the most spectacular natural settings you get to play crocodile Dundee and can experience ancient aboriginal rock art, if you are looking for culture on your gap year in Australia, then this is where you will find it!
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Xtreme Gap years in Australia provide exciting Australia gap year sports programs and Australia gap year adventure travel programs, and also fantastic Austrailan work travel packages for gap years in Australia. Muay Thai Thailand ¦ Cool Gap Year
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