It's honestly tough to find a steady job in Oz because once they find out your a backpacker they will almost outright refuse you. Your best chance of finding work is at the hostel your staying at like I had previously mentioned. If you do find work through the hostel you'll get free accommodation and deals on food. That way you basically cruise off a couple grand for months. One of the jobs in our hostel was a bus driver. You basically pick people up from the bus station (4 blocks away from almost every hostel) and if give them a quick tour around town. For every person from your hostel that walks through 1 of the 2 clubs n town would give you 50 cents in bar tabs. We would be making over $200 a week in bar tabs. With that plus hostel discounts I could get 10 people wasted every night for a week straight. As Suferguy mentioned about Byron Bay it's a good place to stay for an extended period of time. Once you get your bearings down you can work little and spend next to nothing.
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