Find out all you need to know about backpacking in and around Australia's cultural capital - Melbourne! The site includes all the important stuff like visas, finding work and health and safety, plus the fun stuff like what's on, cheap eats and further adventures.

Before you go, get handy info on job hunting and work requirements, finding accommodation, opening a bank account and more with Live and Work travel guides.

You don't have to be a Pommie backpacker to get out on the harvest trail in Australia. Jane Wilson and Glynne Matthews hit the orchards to raise some travel funds.

Work doesn't have to be a vice that binds you to Oz. As an Australian citizen, you can work in 23 countries around the world on the Working Holiday Maker Visa Scheme.

Australia is part of the Working Holiday Maker visa scheme. This provides for young people to holiday in Oz and to supplement their funds through incidental employment.

Teaching English in Korea is a great way to put a new spin on the tired old cliché of teaching English overseas, says Karl Quaass.

When Amanda Wood wanted to escape the Queensland summer during her uni break, she headed to the US ski resorts, ending up in Beaver Creek, Colorado.

When Kari James arrived in the UK with a work visa, she felt fear and euphoria. This wasn't just a holiday, it was a journey beyond anything she'd done before.

America and Australia has a Work and Holiday Visa arrangement. So, if you want to work in the good olde US of A, read on ...

Done the UK and Canada, or looking for a different option? Australia also has reciprocal Working Holiday Maker (WHM) visas with Estonia, Thailand and Chile amongst others.