I know it's not an easy process so I'm happy to help however I can.  

I only invest in A and  B areas  that usually makes renting some what easy .Having rentals loaned out to the wazoo can cause a lot of stress on owners to rent out immediately  .If the market softens up winter etc...

Quote from @Trent Reeve: Quote from @JD Martin: Whatever toilet paper you use make sure it breaks down fast and easy in the toilet.

Tell everyone you know, (make it easy and text them the link to your property) to heart it. 

Is land just an easy starting point but I will want to do something more after? 

Seeing it down south and in Easy/South Bay in NorCal. 

I would say that it is definitely NOT impossible to find positive cash flow property in Australia, but it is not easy.  

It's easy to obtain, costs very little, and doesn't require extra, on-going effort to maintain.

@Samson Kay   This is an easy one. 

When you sell the property, and access the equity in the form of liquid cash, you make your profit.