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So what the deal with working in ausie land?

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Peetri
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who gettin freshies in the southern hemisphere!?!?!? ha. So give me the scoop on wotking, living and shredding in Austrailia. Wheres the resort to work, who has best park, who got best snow, and anything that would help a lad tryin to get some in the summer. P.S. tried applying for perisher blue but was way to late. is that place legit?
Sep 12 2008 10:25PM
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Austeeze
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I only ski in Victoria so i can't really comment on Perisher, but with regards to park here imo it goes:
1. Falls Creek
2. Mt Buller
3. Mt Hotham

best snow is variable since its Australia after all, Falls Creek has excellent snow making but the place to head for a powder day is def Mt Hotham- best verticle in Victoria anyway

living in Australia.... the lifestyle here is awesome
Sep 17 2008 4:12AM
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navierSTOKED
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hotham is the place
Sep 17 2008 4:26AM
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Peetri
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word word... so is it that hard to work their when your form the states?
Oct 6 2008 4:33PM
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laserbeamz
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perisher is the goods. you can get a working holiday visa that lasts fo 1 year. but you can only get one so your best to make the most of it..
May 11 2011 6:39AM
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Skiingsnow
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i work for thredbo and love it, personally prefer it over perisher.
Thredbo also has a free air bag this season, nuff said.
May 13 2011 7:13AM
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laserbeamz
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That combined perisher thredbo lift pass is guna be good for the punters. I work at perisher and always try to get over to thredbo on my day off at least once a season.
May 13 2011 6:12PM
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baz1
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get your visa... Move to Jindabyn, work at Perisher. Shred all day, party all night.

Snow melts, move north. live on the beach.

end thread.
May 14 2011 1:23AM
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Skiingsnow
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*move to northern hemisphere and continute to shred all day and party all night
May 16 2011 1:37AM
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baz1
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yes sir. however these poor people only get a 1 yr visa and they wish to utilise their time in Aus.

Us retards follow the snowline, thats for sure.
May 16 2011 4:04AM
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wheezy
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I live in Victoria and have skied Perisher a handful of times, and yeah perisher is sick.

But if your heading to Victoria I suggest either Falls Creek or Mt Hotham, Falls if you want a better park and Hotham if you want steeper terrain and better back country. Alot of people will tell you Mt Buller but I would only suggest it if you want the nightlife, IMO its too crowded and gets skied out very quickly

Hope that helps

May 17 2011 12:43AM
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laserbeamz
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also every time ive been to buller its alway been a white out..
May 17 2011 1:53AM
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theabortionator
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I just read this on the visa site.

Does this mean you can never go back to work? If things go well and the mountain gives a good reference is there some other kind of visa you can get to work there again?

Also how hard is it to get one of those visas if there is a mountain that wasn't to hire you?

Do you need to have a ton of money in your account to get one? If I had a plane ticket their and back, plus like 500 bucks and a was living at one of the mountains where rent is taken out of my paycheck or would I need a couple thousand? Just curious.

I made a thread asking some questions last winter but I couldn't find it. The single work holiday visa and money needed I just read about though.
Oct 7 2013 9:30PM
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pow_pow~
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no info on visa specifics.

but no resorts here have staff accom.. you have to find and pay for your own place, usually in jindabyne. just to put it into perspective, even if there was staff housing, you would need wayy more than 500 bucks. its not cheap out here
Oct 8 2013 5:19AM
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theabortionator
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I remember brooke saying something about one or more of the places having something set up.

Also if there was staff housing why would I need "wayy more than 500 bucks".

Plane ticket, security deposit, and 500 bucks would be solid for me. I just don't know how much money you have to have for them to consider you a valid candidate for the visa.

The only things I need money for is food and rent. I've lived off cheap shit like ramen to afford rent and would do it again if needed. The only real cost is the rent.

Obviously if I wasn't living in any kind of staff housing at a mountain and going through a lease somewhere else I would need loot for security/ first last months rent. Only mentioned the $500 because if my living situation was set through my pay checks $500 would be more than enough. Probably wouldn't make anything throughout the season really but if I had a plane ticket each way and living sorted out it would suck to get shut out because I don't have a certain amount of money.


Couldn't find any amounts listed but I guess it's something you need.

Oct 8 2013 9:49AM
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pow_pow~
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rent is not cheap, food is not cheap, alcohol is insanely expensive along with smokes. and weed is pricey aswell if youre into that.

you are seriously underestimating the cost of living in australia.

im about 90% sure there arent any staff housing set ups.

also to get through customs without any problems youd probably want proof of having at least 2k.
Oct 9 2013 6:41AM
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pow_pow~
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there are more illegal immigrants here coming from the uk that come out backpackign with a visa etc than there are refugees that come in illegally on boats.


its not a walk in the park to get in
Oct 9 2013 6:42AM
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theabortionator
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They have it set up where it pulls out of your pay check. I don't need good food. I don't need to drink if I'm poor and besides I'll be working a bunch. I don't smoke anymore.

Those are the last of my concerns moving there. Seriously I'll eat fucking cardboard if I need to I don't care. I've lived off nothing before.

"you are seriously underestimating the cost of living in australia."

For perisher it says the staff housing is between 160 and 280 a week depending on what you get. While that's not cheap I did pay about 2 or just under one winter when I got fucked on my other lease mid season.

Not sure what the wages are there but that was on like $8 an hour.

Oct 9 2013 11:33AM
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theabortionator
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Yeah but I'm not going for a visa to vacation and maybe pick up a job while I'm there. I'd be going for a specific job that the average person would want nothing to do with.


I'm not saying I think it'll be easy but thats's why I'm asking. I think I'm just going to bounce out from thread and look for somebody who knows about the visa situation as that's all that really matters.
Oct 9 2013 11:35AM
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B.Aussie
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That's definitely a lie. Buller, Bawbaw and Hotham definitely have staff accommodation. I don't know about the other resorts though.
Oct 13 2013 5:34AM
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lewist
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Falls has it too
Nov 6 2013 8:39PM
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b.utters
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All resorts in Australia have staff accommodation but most of it is shit, very expensive and you will be sharing a room.

Depending on your job, qualifications and experience you will be paid between $18 and $35 an hour. If you are an instructor, hours can vary greatly depending on snowfall and customer numbers, mostly everyone else has a consistent number of hours a week.

Some ski schools offer work visas for instructors although from what I have seen you need to be;

a) French/Italian/Austrian
b) a VERY good skier
c) have a good reputation in the industry

If you want to do a second season and you don't think you will be able to get a visa off a resort you can always do some traveling before or after the season and do some fruit picking/farm work in order to extend your visa for another year. (Pretty sure you need something like 80-90 days "Rural work" to qualify for an extention)
Nov 23 2013 1:19AM
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