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In response to "Young people back then went on "working holidays" - kind of like the old grand tour, but taking temp jobs along the way. Air travel was expensive so " by MojaveMeg

there's actually still a bit of a remnant of this. you can still get working holiday visas (that's how I first came), but also long service leave.

Posted by mafic Apr 24 '12, 07:34

(not for you Meg, since I imagine you know already), but after you work for some employers (usually government) for ten years you get an extra chunk of annual leave (I think about nine weeks). it was originally intended to allow people to take the sea trip to the UK (and was originally 12 or 13 weeks).

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it's a Commonwealth thing, isn't it? Americans can't get those, I don't think. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 07:38 4
- Americans can, now, provided they have a college degree. Australia also negotiated a bunch of reciprocal arrangements for working holidays with - Roger More Apr 24, 07:52 3
  - I don't think you even need a degree, provided you're 30 or under. I do know Americans can only stay for a year at most, and most others can renew - mafic Apr 24, 07:58 2
    - There are two visas - the working holiday visas, which are open to anyone between 18 and 30, if you're from the right country - Roger More Apr 24, 08:05 1
      - that is great. My working holiday in the UK was an amazing experience. wish we had had the Australia option at the time. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 08:17

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there's actually still a bit of a remnant of this. you can still get working holiday visas (that's how I first came), but also long service leave.

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