Australia

Updated September 2026. The Working Holiday visa (subclass 417) is how most Irish people get to Australia. It lets you live and work here for a year, and up to …

Hello everyone if you are one of our regular followers you might have noticed a lack of articles and posts on our Facebook page, well part of the reason is …

We get a LOT of messages on our main Facebook page  Irish Around Oz and yesterday we received this great poem from one of our followers. Similarly if you have anything …

Heading home to Ireland, or moving to Australia with more than a suitcase? This is the guide I send people when the shipping question comes up in the groups, which …

We all know someone who came to Australia on a working holiday visa for a year and is still here twelve years later. This is how they did it. Below …

Nearly every Irish person on a working holiday visa overpays tax in Australia, and most of it comes back when you lodge a return. This is how backpacker tax works …

So you are moving to Australia? We wanted to write this post as there are so many things you learn along with your stay in Australia, from little working holiday …