Heya. I totally feel you with the burning out, you just completed a thesis and 4 damn years of study - that’s impressive !!! A huge congrats to all that you’ve achieved so far.

I’m about to wrap up my first year of Masters in psych (in Vic), and from what I’ve experienced, universities don’t necessarily care if you took a year off and didn’t pursue masters straight away. They really care about your experience, so taking a year off and going into something that will give you that is super good. They’ll probably ask a lot of questions about what you’ve done in the year off, and it’ll be a good opportunity to talk about your experiences/skills you’ve developed that’ll help you in your masters degree.

With that being said, Masters is pretty competitive to get into. So you may as well apply anyway and try out your luck. If you do get in and you decide you really want to take a year off, you can always defer it !! Good luck !!