Sarah Delaney from Nottingham, took part in Work Australia during her year out before starting university. She found that it gave her the opportunity to do something constructive with her gap year and came home with solid work experience, a bunch of new friends, a fantastic tan and a host of stories to take to university with her.

Australia is a must-see for anyone taking time out. A land of beaches, barbeques and beers, Oz has been attracting a steady stream of backpackers and round the world travellers for years. Australia has it all – cosmopolitan cities, rugged coastlines, incredible wildlife, the Great Barrier Reef, mountain ranges and of course the endless desert of the outback.

New Zealand is often overshadowed by it’s larger and louder neighbour Australia, but this may be what keeps it such as special place! If you are looking for a working holiday destination for a gap year, they don’t come much better than ‘the land of the long white cloud’.

Twenty year-old, Caroline Cook from Suffolk headed off in search of sun, surf and a whole lot more on Work Australia.

“After school I wanted to have a year off before I entered university.  Australia is a country that I had always wanted to visit, and being able to work and travel there for up to a year, seemed like too good an opportunity to turn down!