Fruit Picking Work

Do a Google seach for the Harvest Trail...that web site has everything and in all places in OZ for fruit picking/packing.
Cheers
Rick & Julie

Gowinta Fruit Farm at Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast (QLD) have a web site with "JOB'S" available but it depends on the season. Gowinta pick and pack strawberries and pineapples. Behind the packing sheds is a caravan park, power, water, laundry, dump point, clean but average toilet and shower block. Price per night when we stayed in Sept 2011 $25-00 pn.

Fixed rates are usually are usually quite low - probably on a par with packing supermarket shelves. Piece work (rate per basket or bin) is more common but you will work hard to make reasonable money. We have not been growers for over ten years so I am a bit out of touch with current rates. Better rates are often to be found driving tractors or other harvest machinery.

Another alternative is to consider caretaking rural properties which we enjoy from time to time - only working for the nicest people of course. You get to park up for a while, immerse yourself into a rural community, grow some fresh veggies rather than the supermarket stuff, get paid to enjoy yourself. We are currently looking after a pretty central Queensland property sheep and cattle property. The owners are mad keen to keep us... so we are pampered, paid and supplied meat as well. We even have an 'on loan' working dog. Alas, his idea of working sheep is more aligned with eating them than rounding them up!

John

You can also try farmsitters.com.au as a source of work, babysitting properties all over the country.

And if you are planning to get paid to work have a look at bantacs.com.au down the left side in purple, for travelling workers...

Best thing since sliced bread ......tax deductable working holiday......