International travel ok now?

I am a fairly new RN that is looking to take advantage of travel nursing while I have less responsibilities in my personal life. I have little contacts with travel nurses, but based on what I have read on forums, travel jobs within the US are few and far between. I have a friend that has traveled to Australia for a travel nurse position and loves it. My curiosity is what other peoples perspectives are: how does the pay compare? Am I taking the chance of losing some skills since the scope of practice may be different? How smooth could a transition like this be internationally? Would appreciate a bit of freeback. Considering looking into travel assignment starting in January-possibly New Zealand.