The working Holiday Visa requires you to have sufficient funds of about $5000 Australian Dollars which is around 3500 Euro. As explained in the Visa FAQ's this is only needed to submit your VISA application and after you can use this money to book flights and such.
The amount of money you need to get to Australia obviously is determined by your own travel plans. Below you will find an overview of some of the costs needed to get to Australia.
- Flights is around 800 Euro (one-way)
- Visa is around 350 Euro
- Travel insurance for full year is around 350 euro
- Work in Australia guaranteed job package is 895 Euro or the farm package at 2095
So depending on how you want to go to Australia - Farm package or 1 job it adds up 1750 or 3500 euro. Besides this you will need to have some pocket money, we suggest the minimum you should have is between 4000 and 5000 euro needed to get to Australia.