Fruit Picking Jobs in Victoria, Australia

29th of January 2009

McNab's Orchard have picking work available starting mid January to May

If you are heading to Australia for all or part of your gap year over the next few months and are looking for work in Victoria, McNab's Orchard in the Goulburn Valley have fruit picking work available.  The season is from mid January to the end of May and they welcome international travellers who don't mind hard work and high temperatures.

Training and equipment is provided and accommodation is available on their caravan park.  Pickers are paid based on the amount of fruit bins filled each day.

More Information:

Visit the McNab Orchard Fruit Picking Jobs website

Gapwork Gap Year Jobs Tips: Seasonal Work in Australia

Australia has a huge farming industry and harvesting and fruit picking is a tried and tested form of backpacker and gap year student job searching. It can be hard work, it won't make you rich, but a gap year or student working holiday spent harvesting and fruit picking is a great way to see Australia. One of the reasons the Australian government is so keen to set up working holiday programmes with other countries is that there is a chronic shortage of workers to help with harvesting - so, if you're relatively fit and keen enough to spend all day in an Australian field, you should have no problem finding work come harvest time!

Spending at least 3 months on a farm or doing harvest and agricultural work will also allow you to spend more time in Australia! From November 1st 2005 it became possible to apply for a second working holiday visa which will give you 12 more months in Australia - as long as you have worked for 3 months within a primary industries position (harvesting, fruit picking, meat works etc).

For more information on Jobs in Australia visit our Australia Jobs section, for info on getting an Australia Working Holiday Visa visit our Australia Visa page and to find out more about Harvesting visit our Harvesting Jobs page.

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