in many ways - for instance, you learn that it's not possible to just live off a combination of Mi Goreng noodles and cheap alcohol! With regards to never having had a full time job - how are future employers going to know? If you've had part time work, just put down the dates, company name, job title and job description e.g. July 2011 - October 2012, The Ship and Anchor, waiter, [description]. Don't mention it was part time unless they ask I also ought to note that you can survive without doing too many hours in Australia - 15 hours work on $20 will give you $300pw, which is enough to live off Someone told me this the second time I went out there - so it's definitely right you can extend it for a future year then? When I had my visa you could extend for 1 consecutive year but other than that, that's it for life. If I've just missed out on this I will be so annoyed! And I don't know about the noodles/cheap alcohol. We lasted a pretty decent stretch on Coles Smart Buy noodles and large amounts of $8 goon! EDIT: It seems you're right, I am incredibly angry now! I didn't bother doing the 3 months work because a consecutive 12 month extension would have been pointless at the time due to starting university. Though now they've made it easier to get the second, hopefully in the near future they let anyone get