Actually you don't have to go to Australia personally to do work there. I heard nowadays some technology companies in Australia prefer to contract jobs to Asian countries like Malaysia and India due to lower labor cost and highly skilled IT professionals there. With the ease of internet connection, working for overseas companies is now a reality and you can enjoy the comfort of working from home. I heard Bestong Sydney (They run the Chinese and English bilingual website at www.Bestong.com.au) was seeking a professional IT engineer in countries of Taiwan and mainland China to help them develop the online search engine for their huge database. Why not trying Google to seek IT contract jobs worldwide? I am sure you can contribute your valuable IT skill in the wider world market not just confined to Australia.