The word farming in Australia means any arable work. Growing crops, preparing the ground, seeding and harvesting are all part of this.

Crops vary from State to State and region to region - but you will find hay and silage making in all areas of Australia at most times of the year. Hay and silage can be made out of almost anything - usually lucerne - (alfalfa), but peanut trash is also used, sugar cane leftovers and even barley and corn that would make straw in Europe. In this country which can rapidly go from flood to famine, the ability to make anything into foodstuffs has saved the lives of thousands of cattle and sheep.

We have work for:
tractor and bulldozer drivers
mechanics and engineers
carpenters and joiners
plumbers and electricians
builders and construction labourers
farm workers and anyone who has lived on a farm
agricultural students and pre agric students
students and gap year students
ex-military servicemen and women
and anyone who does not mind getting their hands dirty and is willing to have the experience of a lifetime!

If you have been brought up on a farm and driven tractors ever since you could reach the pedals - these are the jobs for you. They are mostly short-term jobs - from 4-10 weeks - and because of the size of Australia there is always a crop needing to be planted or harvested somewhere, anything from cotton, to wheat, sorghum, lucerne and corn, to sunflowers and haymaking.

Good drivers are also needed for grader work, stick raking (removing bush and scrub land to make it into grazing and crop growing country) and bulldozer work. Anyone who is a truck or tractor driver can learn these skills. Those wanting driving jobs need to attend the short course at Springbrook Farm in order for us to see the standard of driving and to teach skills you do not know. Very few farms have only crops, most have cattle and / or sheep as well - so that animal handling skills, the ability to ride a horse or motorbike and to repair fences and use a chain saw are essential. If you know everything, great, what you don't know, we teach you. Thereafter work is promised for the rest of your visa if you have booked from overseas - or for three months if you have booked when already in Australia.