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Gap Year In Australia

Gap Year in Australia

A gap year in Australia is the number one choice for uk gappers. Xtreme Gap have a comprehensive range of exciting gap year in Australia programmes. People head off on their gap year in Australia for many reasons, but mainly a gap year in Australia popular because of the Australian work travel visa for foreign citizens, English is the main language and Australia in blessed with stunning naturally beauty, making a gap year in Australia an incredible destination.

Planning a gap year in Australia.
 
Planning your gap year in Australia depends on your goals. Do you want to just travel on your gap year Australia, or if you want to be work as well on your gap year in Australia? Check out the things to do when travelling in Australia for advise also.
 
Most people choose to work down under and secure a working holiday visa for their gap year in Australia. The working holiday visa is valid for a year and enables you to undertake casual work for one year. After the year is up you can extend this to 2 years if you under take a couple of months agricultural work on your gap year in Australia).
Then next important step for your Australia gap year is to plan your arrival. One of the most important parts of any gap year in Australia and can also be the most stressful. It is important to get it right as your first couple of weeks on your gap year in Australia sets the tone for the rest of the year.

Making your arrival on your gap year in Australia easy!

You have lots to do in the first few days on your gap year in Australia, with finding suitable longer term accommodation, or looking for a job, meeting new people and making good friends and acclimatising to your new life on your gap year in Australia.
Taking the hassle out of your arrival we have an a range of great arrival packages for you, in all main ports of entry making your first week hassle free.
We can also provide a range of work and play down under packages, making finding a work on your gap year in Australia much easier and takes all the administration and hassle out of securing your working holiday visa, medical care and tax numbers.
 
Staying in hostels, like the ones in our Australia arrival packages can help you locate work on your gap year in Australia far quicker than staying in hotels: casual work is always posted on notice boards in reception and you easily meet people who can help with advice for work going around. Many people find jobs on their gap year in Australia to top up their travelling budgets on a round the world trip
 

Surfing on your gap year in Australia

The most popular and exciting extreme sport in Australia, surfing. We have several surfing programmes that will introduce you too, or improve your existing surf skills up to instructor level.
On our Australia learn to surf programme, you will be taught how to ride your first waves and could start you on your way to a new addiction. The learn to surf programme is also a great way of meeting travellers as you stay as a cool beachside surf base for a couple of days living the life, having bbqs and hanging out and surfing.
 

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 Australia surf instructor programme could be for you.

Diving on your gap year in Australia

With 2 stunning reefs and incredible marine diversity Australia is a great place to dive. the quality of the diving is world class and spending time on a livaboard on the great barrier reef or Whitsundays is an unforgettable experience. If you want to go pro and do an Divemaster course in Australia we can help you with this.
 
Travel on your gap year in Australia
If you want to get about and explore on your gap year in Australia, their are lots of adventure travel options open to you. The different options are dependent upon your style of travel and budget. Many like to go solo on their gap year in Australia, or in a small groups. Arranging the logistics of travel on your gap year in Australia does not have to be expensive. We can assist you with the issue of Oz experience bus tickets, a hop on hop off backpacker bus network (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.We can also tailor open itineraries that include open ended tickets for the main backpacker attractions, like Fraser island 4x4s and Whitsunday cruises: 2 of the most popular backpacker activities on a gap year in Australia. These can get be so popular that it is advisable to book well in advance through us, and not wait until you get out there, as there can be long waiting lists to do these activities. This can be irritating, but once you do them you will understand why, the settings are spectacular.

Travel in Australia by Car

Some like to buy a cheapo car or campervan and drive around on their gap year in Australia. this can be fun but also very risky: While many are lured into the attraction of regaining their money at the end of the trip when they sell the car, the reality is old cars need maintenance, insurance and breakdown cover, this is especially true in a harsh country like Australia. It is not a great idea to be stranded in the outback either, and if your car dies, so does the money you have invested in it. Other find that they do not allow enough time to sell the car at the end, or worse no one wants to buy it, and then they loose all their money invested in it as well (car in Australia are actually not that cheap).
We would recommend rental as a better option, a camper or wicked campers, this is can be a fun way to travel on your gap year in Australia, but not a sociable as travelling on a group tour.

Travel in Australia by group tour

Australia gap year tours are a great way to see the country when you have a short amount of time to spend in Oz, particularly if you are on a round the world ticket and you don't want to spend your entire gap year in Australia, 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 Australia

By far the most popular gap year in Australia option is touring the east coast. Typically itineraries include visiting Byron Bay (surfing), Fraser island (off roading), Byron Bay, , Brisbane, Surfers Paradise, the Whitsundays Island and Cairns for cape tribulation and the great barrier reef.
Cairns, Brisbane and Mission Beach has 3 of Australias best drop zones: want to skydive on your gap year in Australia then these are the places to do it. Then you have Fraser island a huge sand island with crystal clear fresh water lakes, hundreds of miles of beach and dingos! This is the ultimate in off roading jump in and self drive a 4x4 and hit the sand ahighlight of any gap year in Australia.

Hitting western Australia on your gap year.

 
Western Australia is stunningly beautiful. Those in the know say this is what Australia is all about. Most people enter Perth, the only city in Australia where you can see a sunset into the ocean. With the amazingly incredible beaches and the equally beautiful Ningaloo reef a gap year in western Australia is breath taking. The 21 day Darwin to Perth tour will take you from Northern Australia to the west coast city Perth, covering some of the most geographically stunning areas of Western Australia and the continent as a whole along the way.
 
jobs in western Australia can be different to the east coast. Working in mines and diving for pearls a are not uncommon for the more adventurous gapper on a western Australia gap year!

Travelling into the outback on your gap year in Australia

The red centre is a top destination for any gap year in Australia. Understandably, It is like nowhere else on earth. You can visit Uluru on your gap year in Australia, on our 2 day red centre 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.
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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Ultimate Australia

From price  £2399
Ultimate Australia

Is your dream travelling Australia? Then this is your ultimate road trip. One action packed backpacker trip you will never forget,  taking in the very best of Australia. Surfing, skydiving, and diving as you head up the coast in search of good times and incredible adventures. Everything is arrange for you that you need, arrival, transport and awesome activities! It is flexible too, so you can spend up to 6 months completing it as well, and even include some work travel too.

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Work up in Sydney

From price  £559
Work up in Sydney

Taking all the worry and hassle out of starting out down under. Joining a group of new mates it is a week long adventure full of fun, before getting you into work to top up your travel funds. Great times await in Australia, so book up and get ready for the time of your life! No need to worry about arriving down under alone it all on a plate for you.

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Awesome Oz

From price  £769
Awesome Oz

8 days of fun & friends guaranteed. 3 days in Sydney with plenty of activities including Jet boating in Sydney Harbour followed by a 5 day trip up the east coast to Byron Bay on a great Aussie Surf Trip. Learning to surf off the best beaches Australia has to offer.

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Surf Instructor Course Australia

From price  £5799
Surf Instructor Course Australia

Experience summer beach parties, make new heaps of new friends from all over the world, relax and enjoy the sun, sea and sand while learning how to become a surf instructor. The programme takes place about a 2 hour drive from Byron Bay. Here you find the secluded beaches and the surf camp where you will eat breath and live surf! You will develop your surfing abilities, train your ability to teach others and then we qualify you to work in the industry.

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Wake Up In Sydney

From price  £249
Wake Up In Sydney

Are you looking forward to your travels but are you a little nervous about meeting new people? Seeing new places, new faces in a new time zone! You don't have to worry, your arrival in Australia will be awesome. The ultimate great value starter pack Sydney where you can go jet boating, see the sights and make tons of new friends.

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Aussie Surf Trip

From price  £515
Aussie Surf Trip

Do you want to live the Aussie Dream Beaches, waves and great new mates? This is what it is all about dude. Beach parties, incredible breaks and learning to surf on some of Australias most untouched beaches. We will take you from Sydney to Byron Bay on an unforgettable 5 day surfari, all you have to do is look good on a board and enjoy Aussie BBQs and hospitality.

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Australia Surf Dude Surf Development Course

From price  £2239
Australia Surf Dude Surf Development Course

Doing the surf development course is an amazing experience. You will spend a couple of months developing your surf skills on some great Australia breaks. Everybody at the camp is so enthusiastic that you will have a good time and enjoy the surfers life style. Our professional surf instructors help you to push your surf abilities and you will become a real surf dude. Together with beach parties, bbqs, sun and your new friends, this will be an awesome experience!

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Australia Divemaster

From price  £5629
Australia Divemaster

Become a Divemaster in Byron Bay! Living the life as a Divemaster in Australia in one of the coolest towns in Australia, Byron Bay! Diving everyday at Julian rocks, one of the best dive sites in Australia. You will be living in the thick of the action as you discover why Byron Bay is one of the most fun towns in Australia.

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Whitsundays sailing course Australia

From price  £1799
Whitsundays sailing course Australia

Want to get paid to do a job you love? Sailing on luxury yachts over the Great Barrier Reef and Whitsundays in Australia? This is the ultimate Australia gap year programme training you to qualify as a salty sea dog, and work on boats all over the world. After this 23 day internship you have exceptionally good chances of being paid up to $500 a week too!

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Round The World - Ultimate

From price  £7399
Round The World - Ultimate

Head round the world from West to East taking in the sites and sounds of South East Asia´s Thailand and Laos, before heading to Australia and New Zealand for some serious action! Finish up in the USA completing an awesome road trip from LA to New York before flying home.

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Cairns Adrenaline Overload

From price  £449
Cairns Adrenaline Overload

Cairns Adrenaline Overload! 6 days of pure adventure. In the adventure capital of Australia, we will take you White Water Rafting on the Tully, go deep into the ancient Daintree Rainforest to check out huge crocodiles, head out onto the Barrier Reef to snorkel in a pristine underwater environment. Optional bolt on Sky dive is also available! We will put you up in a great hostel in cairns too!

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Learn to Earn in the Australian Outback

From price  £499
Learn to Earn in the Australian Outback

Experience the Australian outback and get paid to work up to 12 months on a real Australian Ranch! This is an unique opportunity to experience a new way of life in the Australian Outback! Including fun activities like riding horses, motor bikes, quad bikes, 4 x 4 and tractors. So if you are not afraid to get your hands dirty, sign up and start earning down under.

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Learn to Dive on the Great Barrier Reef

From price  £629
Learn to Dive on the Great Barrier Reef

Learn to Dive on the Great Barrier Reef, becoming a scuba diver in one of the worlds top diving locations. You combe pristine reefs, a state of the art multi million pound liveaboard vessel, and your own Scuba instructor to get your PADI certification in this 6 day adventure you will never forget.

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Bruce Pass Oz Experience

From price  £359
Bruce Pass Oz Experience

The Bruce Pass from Oz Experience allows you to travel from Sydney to Cairns on a flexible hop on hop off backpacker bus. Guides accompany you all the way and it is one of the most popular backpacking options to get you up the East Coast. We will beat any price on this pass.

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14 Day Oz East Coast Adventure

From price  £1699
14 Day Oz East Coast Adventure

Starting in Sydney or Cairns you travel the East Coast of Australia in of fellow adventurers on an Australia Adventure tour to remember. With lots of mini adventures on the way like Fraser island and the Whitsundays there is plenty of action on this epic road trip. Perfect if you are pushed for time and want to "do" the east coast in a few weeks.

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Round The World Africa - Thailand - Australia

From price  £4579
Round The World Africa - Thailand - Australia

Great combination of volunteering in Africa, experiencing the culture in Thailand and working and backpacking on the East Coast of Australia.

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Round The World Australasia

From price  £3119
Round The World Australasia

The perfect work travel itinerary with some well deserved beach time en route. You do not have to save a fortune before you set off on your travels, by combining a working holiday Visa in Australia and New Zealand you can earn money while you travel 3 amazing countries, with a gorgeous one month stay in Thailand before getting stuck into a job down under you would be nuts to miss out.


 

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