I did it in 2001. I was working fulltime, but living at home and no kids, not married etc. I would go around in the evenings and also weekends. I had part of the suburb next to where I was in Canberra, a reasonably well off area so almost needed to do it at night time to try and catch people otherwise they were at work. I remember that it was pretty full on, especially the pickups as you had to try 3 times before giving up. I understand that you can do it electronically this year so that would make it a lot easier for the pickups. For the last round of pickups my dad drove me between the houses as they were pretty spaced out so that helped. Night pickups were also hard though as elderly people would not answer the door - I could hear the TV going, lights would be on and they just wouldn't answer!

I couldn't see a problem doing it with little ones, unless you had somewhere with lots of apartments so stairs to deal with. A lot depends on the area you get, they try to put you near your residence, but not your immediate area.

2001 I made about $1600 for my area. I remember at the time that I made a similar amount at my fulltime job just by using my personal car and being reimbursed for mileage and it was a heck of a lot easier (and warmer - August nighttimes in Canberra are not pleasant!!)