Some of these stations are in the remotest parts of the country, and it may take two days to reach them.The stations may be 300km from their Post Office, Shop and Pub - and the Station may be more that 5,000 square miles and more than 150 kilometres from the nearest neighbour.

You will not learn your way around in three to six months, but you will learn to be useful on the horse and motorcycle (usually horses with cattle and motorcycles with sheep - but this is not a fixed rule), also working in the yards, mustering, droving, branding, tagging, injecting, fixing the fences broken by storms, fallen trees and wildlife, using machinery for jobs around the station, including growing some fodder and crops and helping with the routine maintenance and gardening.





We have work for:
teachers and graduates
mechanics and engineers
carpenters and joiners
plumbers and electricians
builders and construction labourers
veterinary students and vet nurses
students and gap year students
agricultural students, pre ag college students
any one who has lived on a farm
ex-military servicemen and women
good horse riders
good motorcyclists
and
anyone who does not mind getting their hands dirty and is willing to have the experience of a lifetime!

Do not worry if you do not have a farming background, an agricultural degree or previous experience - we will teach you how to be useful in the few days you are with us.

But do not expect to be turned into a first class horserider in four days - this has only happened a couple of times!

All those overseas backpackers and Australians wanting these sort of jobs have to come to Springbrook Farm, the headquarters of VisitOZ, to spend a short time showing us what you can do and learning quite a lot more including farm and outback safety instruction.

We cover horse and cattle work, motor cycle and tractor work, fencing and chainsaw work - and you get LOTS of information.

You won't remember it all but you will have five  days of learning, hard work and fun, and go off to your chosen job feeling ready for anything.

After the course the holiday ends and you could find yourself living in rougher quarters and working a 16-hour day.

You will earn the award wage to start with - how you progress up the financial ladder is up to you - the diligence and expertise you show.

Those who show no interest in farm work or have very bad English so as to be unsafe, or whose attitude is 'holiday' rather than work will be offered other work suitable for their skills.  We have failed a "know-all" who was not prepared to listen - he would have driven an employer mad.

Please phone, fax or email us for an application form. Those coming direct from overseas are met at Brisbane Airport on arrival and helped with the red tape - obtaining a Tax File Number, Medicare Card and Bank Account, plus any shopping needed.

We look forward to welcoming you to our farm and to Australia.