Hi lauren,
We are currently renting in oz so will try to help with questions you have...know nothing about the area you want to go to , just general house renting stuff
you and each person who is renting with you will need bank statements to show how much money you have and any money going in...I cheated a bit and took my last uk bank statement that showed my child benefit and tax credits but they accepted that. Also if you have an aussie account with money going in..take that.
We had to have testimonials from ex landlord and current landlord, We cheated there too and used my friends mum as she did rent out properties and the uk and knew how to sound good...you know what i mean. For our current landlord, that was harder as we were in staff accommodation but my hubbies boss wrote a nice letter for us.
When we started looking for acc out here we were shocked how many people go and apply for the houses, even the bad ones, luckily for us I started talking to the estate agent and she asked us questions about how we were liking oz etc and so when i handed the application in she remembered us and put our app at the top of the pile...this worked twice for us...so be nice, be friendly, smile and talk to the agent. lol
Hope we have helped xxx