BillyWears

Thank you Bazinga for your continued Help :-) and Thank you Darren141! that is a great bit of advice! What did you do to prove your work for the 2nd Working Visa? Also do you mind PMing me where you worked?

Thanks Guys! Have been trawling these forums for ages now! I may do WWOOFing! Is there anything other than documenting, taking pictures and making sure you have the guestbook signed to prove you have done the work? when you dont have payslips to prove it?

Sorry Bazinga, I wasn't being sarcastic nor did I intend the ... to come across that way :-(

Thanks Stacey :-) I did read that in the first message however I was hoping they would post! Is there a direct way I can get in contact with them?

Thanks for your Help Bazinga... I have looked into all the necessary places for information. What I am after is advice and opinion off someone who has done farm work in Australia on either the East or West. As the from my research I have noticed that certain people are saying that it may be better to do the farm work on the West coast as conditions, quality and pay may be better.

hmm yeah that's what i read! sorry about the double post, for some reason wasn't showing so I thought it hadn't sent! Hmm it might be worth inquiring with them about the pay???

Bite the Bullet! Don't forget you pay tax on that! $1140 - tax. You will be fine!

Thank you Bazinga! I will look into this! :-)

Just Bite it! Remember you get taxed on that pay! $1140 - tax. but I can see where you are coming from. Do they definitely pay by the hour? most of the fruit picking jobs pay by the bucket?

Hmmm... Im not sure about this Go Workabout, have you done any research on this? what is the quality of work like? and why do they need to be paid for finding you the work! I think you have to bite the bullet and book it, that way it puts you into preparation mode for it! I am from Worcestershire in England... Where are you from?

Hey Guys, Been looking at this forum for ages now and finally decided to join as I am going to Australia on 3rd March. Been researching like hell last couple of weeks. Just a bit of background on me... I am a 24 year old Male, IT Field Engineer from England. I am travelling to Australia on 3rd March(Well, that's the date I have set) on a WHV on my own. My goal is to see as much of Australia as possible taking everything into account. I want to do 3 months farm work / fruit picking / WWOOF, hopefully this will give me a good taste of outback Australia and the bonus of counting towards my 2nd Visa! However I am unsure what side of Australia to start on as I am hearing mixed reviews of the work there. Ideally I would like to do the farm work first so then I can travel and have some fun. I have heard from 2-3 places that I may be better off starting in WA for the farm working as not only is the pay better, but so are the working conditions, I have heard mixed reviews of the east coast, people have said a lot of hostels scam backpackers saying they have work, making them pay, and then having nothing for them. Also working conditions are worse, longer, harder hours for less pay. Can anyone on here enlighten me on this as to what their impression / opinion is? I need to decide which side to book my flight too! Once I have done this I would like to spend a bit of time in the cities Cairns, Brisbane, Gold Coast/ Melbourne Sydney and Perth - The whole shabang! Hopefully working in my industry (IT) If the work is available for a month or two. I have looked on the relevant agency websites seek, gumtree etc and seems there are always some positions going. My end goal is ( If I am happy and like where I am) is to stay and get sponsored and stay there for a while. and then if anything goes wrong and I lose my job or run out of time I have my 2nd Year visa to fall back on! I would really appreciate any help and advice you guys can offer! P.S. I have money saved up so I will be able to sustain myself for a while.

Hey Alon! I am going to Aus on 3rd March! Currently doing a lot of research on where to start. I want to start by doing some farm work and/or WWOOF work, hopefully this will give me a good taste of outback Australia and the bonus of counting towards my 2nd Visa! I have heard from a few places that farm work may be easier to find and better quality in Western Australia as everyone and their dog is looking for farm work / fruit picking on the east coast. Have you made any plans yet?