I know this sort of questions will be asked several times but Im stuggling finding the info at the moment and was wondering if somebody could either answer my questions or point me in the right direction?
My Girlfriend and I are travelling to Australia for 6 months April.
We have an approx budget of about AUS$12000 each - we will be stopping in hostels etc and doing most things on the cheap etc.
We are still a bit concerned we may not have enough money and rather than cut the trip short we would prefer to do some kind of casual work, so my questions are as follows...
1 is it easy to find work for short periods of time?
2 is it easy to find work for both of us at the same time in the same job?
3 are there many places (farms etc) that will supply us with accomodation food etc in return for work?
4 what areas are the jobs easiest to find?
5 will the jobs change due to time of year
6 are there some jobs that pay considerably more than others!
we are both up for anything really we have plenty of office skills between us if thats an option and we are up for fruit picking or whatever?
Any help appreciated.
thanks
This is difficult to answer as you don't indicate which parts of Australia you are travelling to. Where you visit will have a huge bearing on what work, if any, is available. Will you have work visas for Australia? Assuming yes, then my general (very general!) answers would be as follows:
1. Depends where you are, but it is possible. If you have excellent office skills then temping in cities is an option
2. Probably not
3. If you are fairly experienced in farm work, then this may be a possibility. If not, it is unlikely that you would get paid work. WWOOFING, however, could be an option. You won't get paid, though
4. This is difficult to answer as you don't specify which areas of Australia you are travelling to. Australia is a big place! If you can narrow your search down a bit, it will be easier to help you with this question. As a VERY general overview: office work - major cities, hospitality work- either cities or tourist towns (probably the northern half of Australia as this is the warmer part of Australia and your arrival in April will coincide with the start of winter months), farmwork - either fruit or vegie picking (keep in mind that this is hard work, and there are specialised crews who follow the harvests, so it's not just a matter of just turning up and easily getting a job) either north queensland, southern new south wales or northern victoria. Again, this depends on where you are at what time of the year. There are websites and employment companies who deal with employment for harvests. Try googling. Not sure about SA as I haven't travelled there extensively. The wine centres of SA and WA may offer options. NT... not sure. Tasmania... not sure.
5. As per #4 (need to know more travel details), but generally speaking yes. If you are looking for hospitality type work, in coastal areas, then work is usually easier to find in summer months, when towns are busier. Alternatively, work in the snowfields is during winter. Do you see what I mean? It's difficult to help you without knowing where you are going. Cities don't tend to have as much seasonal fluctuation as smaller regional areas.
6. Yes - but then that is common sense!
I'm sure you will get much more help if you are able to clarify the details a bit more. Good luck.
Work in everywhere in Australia. Too much of it in fact.
They are desperate for skilled and lower skilled people but still continue to defend their vast land like Fort Knox. Does n't make sense to me.
Yes I know they are desperately short of water, the infrastructure might not be able to cope with huge influxes but without additional people to help build the economy, infrastructure on top of this inward looking view, great countries like Australia will continue to be a peripheral player in the World in terms of economic and political clout.
For Gawd's sake, get away from the east coast asap!
Its a trap, like Sydney.
Everything is there, and you'll never get around to the rest.
I worked in the top end of WA for over a year. That was 40 years ago.
My point is, I'm glad I went there. And worked on several jobs up there.
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When I moved to Melbourne from Sydney, many people said, "You came to see Australia, Mayte. You're just seeing big cities.
Same applies to the whole east coast.
Outback is one word for lots of different kinds of places.
And they ain't too picky about whv.
Good luck!
TSALBSTLYDOOIT!
OK, OK,
Sydney is a big city..Correct, as is Melbourne. However i strongly reccomment seeing the east coast of Australia. There are many nice places on the eastern strip. For example, the whitsundays - very nice, sunshine & gold coast - nice, Byron Bay & hinterland, Blackdown tableands, canarvon gorge, the list goes on. I Suppose it depends on what you like. Me personally, well i like the more remote (and warmer) areas of Australias north; Northern Territory, Kimberlies, Far North Queensland etc. These places are generally more expensive to get to, however. I tell my international friends to see the East Coast of Oz, however i always stronly reccomend places like Uluru, Kakadu, Broome, tasmania etc if time and money permits.
Sure, if someone comes to Oz and spends there whole holiday in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, they realy are missing out on seeing the Australian 'Culture', however in saying that i certainly wouldnt rule out seeing the whole eastern side of this country just because there are 3 cities with more than 1 million people.
AUstralia is a huge country, with many, many nice places to see.
Happy travelling
I just posted this on another thread, but check out wwoof (world workers on organic farms.)
http://www.wwoof.org/<BR><BR>Easy short term gigs where you earn your keep by doing farming and housework. Australia has a well-established network of wwoofers, as does New Zealand.
Hey there
You'll have no trouble at all picking up fruit picking work, and if you're interested in a second working holiday visa, doing three months seasonal work will also qualify you. Obviously most of the fruit picking work is in rural areas so not close to big urban centres. If you want to work in the cities, and you have office skills, it will be very easy picking up office temp work in Sydney or Melbourne. This website might help you - Jobaroo - jobs for working travellers
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