Do you know much about Visas and whatnot for NZ?
working visas? no, I never looked into it as i was advised against working there if i was also going to aus. But that doesn't mean that people don't work there, I have heard that some do. Its just if you doing both your better of working in aus as there is more work and the money is worth more.

Of course this was before the "recession" things might have changed for the worse or better. I would also say in general i found things more expensive in aus compare to home and when i was in aus it was about 50p =1 dollar, but now its 60p=1 dollar..... which sucks for you.

Btw if your going to Sidney the wake up is a great hostel .


also i would recommend south-east Asia, i did Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, really worth it. But if I was going to do it again I would have done Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Everything is so dirt cheap in those countries (the further south you go the dearer it gets).