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My son is having a gap year in Australia, starting in Melbourne, working for a while and travelling around working for a bit ( you get the drift),

As he is starting in Melbourne any recommendations of the best place to find work to start with, he has trained as a Barista, so he will start in coffee houses, he is willing to turn his hand at anything,

 

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My son is having a gap year in Australia, starting in Melbourne, working for a while and travelling around working for a bit ( you get the drift),

As he is starting in Melbourne any recommendations of the best place to find work to start with, he has trained as a Barista, so he will start in coffee houses, he is willing to turn his hand at anything,

 

Sevvy

 

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I'm hoping to do some working travel next year in Auss/NZ so any info would be appreciated.

 

Got some work lined up in Auckland hopefully. Is it decent enough as a city, anyone who's been?

 

Auckland to me is the Birmingham of Australasia, its ****e for a City of over a Million, its too spread out with little culture (they will go on about the Amertica Cup and Boats a lot), the weather is poor for down under, live just outside in a beach community would be better but the commute is also long as the roads as crap.

South Island for me.

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Auckland to me is the Birmingham of Australasia, its ****e for a City of over a Million, its too spread out with little culture (they will go on about the Amertica Cup and Boats a lot), the weather is poor for down under, live just outside in a beach community would be better but the commute is also long as the roads as crap.

South Island for me.

 

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Which cities on the south island would you recommend spending some time in?

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I lived and worked in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington. Hated Auckland as the city centre or CBD as they call it, is very touristy and not very interesting. I lived in Christchurch twice and enjoyed it, but the last time was just before the first earth quake. Since then the CBD is nearly completely gone, the job and housing situation is pretty bad and they still get after shocks which can be unnerving. I loved living in Wellington, good bars, coffee shops and gigs. Plenty of places to get away from it all near by. Only downside was the weather as it can be very very windy.

 

For places on the South Island I'd recommend Nelson as it has good weather, is near some really nice places including the Abel Tasman National Park, and there are plenty of fruit picking jobs if you are willing to do hard work. Dunedin is also cool but it is a student town so work can be hard to come by. There is also Queenstown which is very scenic but very touristy and expensive.

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