im 22 as well (nearly 23) get a group of freinds and go to melb/sydney for the w/e, its not that expensive, especially maybe if u know ppl over there u can stay with? i recently went to melb with friends for a weekend, accomodation and flights was less then a grand and had a blast, apartment we got was nice as hell, alot bigger and better things to do in both sydney and melbourne then here, clubs/pubs and resturants are bigger and better plus the million other extra things u can do