You can work and stay in Australia for up to 1 year with the Working Holiday Visa (Subclass 417)and Work and Holiday Visa ( Subclass 462) Remember you may only work for one employer for a maximum of 6 months through that year. Do you still have more questions? Ask other members in the forum
The following postcodes are accepted as regional areas which will count towards your 88 days of specified work and getting the 2nd Working Holiday Visa Do you still have more questions? Ask other members in the forum
88 days of specified work in a regional area on the postcode list is what you need to apply for the 2nd Working Holiday Visa Do you still have more questions? Ask other members in the forum
From Warwick, my boyfriend and I headed to Stanthorpe, a slighty larger town in the picturesque “Granite Belt.” Stanthorpe has an abundance of fruit picking work. It is mostly famous for its apples and vineyards but there are plenty of vegetables and stonefruit grown here too. It is also the coolest town in Queensland – its high altitude means it can get pretty cold in winter and the town has even seen snow in the past. We met up with some friends who were staying in a caravan park on the edge of town. They were paying $130 each per Read more
For our first taste of harvest work, my boyfriend and I got in touch with Ready Workforce, a harvest recruitment agency based in Stanthorpe to help us find a harvest job. They quickly set us up with work on a lettuce farm just outside of Warwick, a small town about 2 hours drive south west of Brisbane, famous for its annual Rodeo. We weren’t looking forward to the early starts (4.30am!) but as we would be working split shifts (4.30-10.30am and 3.30-6.30pm) we figured we would have plenty of time in the middle of the day to enjoy ourselves in Read more
Katie recently worked in Rochester, this is her story….. Well it started off very upbeat, me and a group of friends were off to Rochester to go and pick tomatoes, not very glamorous but we had our job the 2nd year visa. We arrived on the bus and went to Rochester Hostel backpackers and called our contact. After waiting for 2 or 3 hours the guy came to say hello and that he would be back in another hour to get us. In that time we were able to cook at the hostel until he arrived. Another 2 hours passed and Read more
Australian farm work is attracting young overseas travellers looking for employment and adventure as they enjoy extended working holidays ‘down under’. “I love it,” says Katrina Weiler, an enthusiastic young German traveller. She worked on Australian farms for four months doing mixed farming work on a beef cattle property and an alpaca farm. This agricultural work is changing the world view of the 22-year-old, city-based German events manager from near Frankfurt. Her positive experience helps supports the Australian Government’s latest tourism growth forecasts that estimate the value of tourism at $94 billion for Australia. Katrina Weiler says farm work is Read more
Australia’s barley is currently the cheapest in the world, go Australian Farms! It’s due to a bumper crop of higher grade malting barley. The price is now just $145 per tonne and grain dealer Christian Norgard hopes it’s stabilised. Are you looking for a harvest job on a barley farm? There’s many positions available year round and many count towards the 2nd Year Visa. For the full story story ABC Rural
One of the men behind the Australian Year of the Farmer says 2012 is a good year to be in agriculture. Geoff Bell is the managing director of AYOF. “Farming is actually the world’s largest growth business,” he said. “As the population of the world grows, and it is growing very, very rapidly and it will for the next 40 or 50 years or so, agriculture is going to play an absolutely essential role in feeding and clothing and housing all of those extra people.” Mr Bell says the idea for a special year started years ago when he and Read more
Australia has delivered its biggest canola crop on record, both in volume and value. Nick Goddard, from the Australian Oilseeds Federation, says the season’s harvest exceeds the previous record set in 1999 by over half a million tonnes. And with prices between $450-$490 a tonne, it should deliver record earnings. Mr Goddard says even the rain in NSW didn’t ruin the party. For the full story please visit ABC Rural
