Harvest work in australia do i need to know how to drive?

Question

ey up folks, im coming to aus later this year gonna be dooing harvest work is it a must that i need to drive or could i scrap buy using public transport and backpacking.

Answer 1

Getting from town to town is fine. With greyhound.

For harvest work you will be best teaming up with other backpackers. If you stay at a hostel then thats the place to meet up with others doing the same as you.

Is better for them as well because they can share fuel costs with you.

Thers always other travellers looking for people to share rides or to team up with for travelling around Aussie. Most hostels will have people advertising.

I would suggest getting a tent when you get to Aus. K-mart or Big-W are the best places, real cheap. You will need a tent if your doing harvest work.

Check this web site out, if you phone or email them they can send you a guide of where and when the work is available and what sort of work. Most harvest work is low paid, and hard work but if your with the right group of workers it can be great fun. best stay in your own tent, if digs are provded by the employer they can bve pretty basic.

https://jobsearch.gov.au/harvesttrail/

Also: make sure you get a tax file number when you get to Aussie, you'll need that to work. Best banks to open an account with is Commonwealth or ANZ. Their all around Aussie, even in the middle of knowhere towns.

Best do the harvest work in the southern half of Aussie, and get in their early at the start of the season. Theres always work somewhere. The harvest line isnt amazing, but their guide to what works on is a good guide to go by.

Is a piece of cake mate.... Better off doing you driving test here. You can drive on your UK licence out their. No wurries if you havent got it, theres lots of oppertunities for lift sharing.

Answer 2

Besides getting around, as most have described above, to drive tractors and harvesters on private property you don't require a drivers license, unless you drive them upon a road.

In some cases you should get a certificate of some sort to satisfy work safety regulations.

Answer 3

Having your own transport would certainly be useful, but you will probably be able to scrape by without it. Obviously, most harvest work is out in the sticks somewhere and Australia country areas are not really known for the excellence of their public transport. Many farm employers have vans or similar to take their workers into town, but you would need to check with each one to see their transport arrangements.

Hitching is not safe. I think we probably have a fairly low percentage of weirdos, but every year there are hitch-hiker tragedies - it's illegal too.

Answer 4

Outside the major cities it is really hard if you can't drive, you then really need to rely on someone else to drive you, which can work in many situations, but I'd work it out beforehand.

Answer 5

Judging by the idiots on the road each and every day I drive to work the answer to that would be no.  No blinker, no brake lights, no merging, no brains.......    Yes u can use public transport.