Thankyou guys! I'm only 22 so hopefully I'll have youth on my side. My cousin went for 3 years just working the BBQ 4 nights a week which paid for his hostel and a bit left over so I was just seeing if anybody else had the same experience. I've NEVER had anybody come back from Australia and say they will never go back, but I suppose everybody is different, I did Asia for 3 weeks last year, but was no where near enough. Really opened up my eyes to how short life is, I'm doing this BEFORE I get a house, as I felt as soon as you'd get the house, you'd be wanting to spend money on that, rather than travelling, and never get round to doing it again. I rented a house (with my hellhound of an ex) for 8 months so I know how expensive running a house is.
Olly