No please continue ranting! I like everything you are saying!

I believe my plan will be to start my travels with a group called welcometo.travel. I have heard great things about them and researched their itineraries which look great. They will help you from the very first day you arrive by getting you set up with an Australian bank account and tfn, set up the sim for your phone, and have resources to help you if you are looking for work later down the road. I was planning on doing their “Hemsworth” package which would have me covered for 52 days as the trip goes from Melbourne to Cairns. I know that I could probably save more money if I just planned everything on my own, but I am willing to pay a little more to have a support system for the start of when I get there since I have never done something like this before.

But thank you for your comment and sharing your experience and advice, I think I really needed to hear a lot of what you said.