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Australian Backpacker or a Trekkie?

On March 20, 2009, in Australia Working Holiday, News, Working Holidays, by admin

Well, if you are both than be sure you are near Sydney in April. The reason is no other than the world premiere of the latest Star Trek movie. Australian trekkies sure are lucky to be the first to see the latest addition to Gene Roddenberry’s universe.

According to BBC the upcoming movie will have it’s premiere in the Sydney Opera House on the 9th of April. Leonard Nimoy, who originally starred as Spock had joined a cause for the movie to hold it’s premiere in a small Canadian farming town called Vulcan, however that initiative did not go far, partially due to the …

Quick Australia WHM Program Facts

On March 11, 2009, in Australia Working Holiday, Secondary Features Area, Working Holidays, by admin

Over 154 148 people were granted Working Holiday visas to Australia in 2007-08.
It is expected that they would spend 2.4 billion Australian dollars while on a working holiday.
About 8 % of all applicants will apply for a second working holiday visa.
The 22% of the working holiday visas 2007-2008 were granted to UK citizens, followed by Korea with 21%.
Australia has another 18 reciprocal agreements with other countries.
On average working holiday makers stay in Australia for 9 months and spend $16,000 during their stay.
Last fiscal year (2007-2008) 98% of all applications for working holiday visas were filed online.
89,568 of these

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