Work Your Road in Australia

Looking for Work

Many travellers save a considerable amount of money over a number of years to finance their trip. This requires a lot of effort and sometimes postponing your trip for a long period. So, the big question is: Does it have to be this way? Not at all.

My experience has told me that you do need some money to be secure for a couple of months, but that’s it. From then on, your backpacker spirit should keep you alive. The best thing to do is to arrive in a big city, where the demand of personnel may be higher, stay there for a few weeks, earns some cash and then keep on traveling.

If you do not want to spend a year saving for your traveling, one of the best options to start your trip may be Australia.  The country has a very welcoming policy when it comes into backpackers as labor force.  Doesn’t matter if you have any qualifications or not, you will find a spot.  There is often desperate shortages in hospitality and agricultural labouring such as fruit picking.

Likewise in many of the big cities there are often short term corporate roles as well as always the dreaded tele-marketing (argh). One of the best things I have found working in the cities is that you are often able to get a casual position, this means that you may not have to work every single day of the week and if you are organised you will be able to do some shorter trips in your time off.

But what if you do not have much academic background? No worries, there are many bars, pubs, restaurants, construction companies, kitchens or promotion agencies that may take you in. My experience is that is often easier to get work by offering to work during the weekend, and in most hospitality jobs you get a better rate for working those days. And if you do not succeed there, you can always get a job in a hostel and get a bed for free.

The best option to do fast money in Australia in a shot term is getting into fruit picking. This may mean hard work early morning work, but it can also be fun. You will be surrounded by people with your same philosophy… cash for traveling.  So, who knows… you may find your next travel mate working there too.

So there is always a way of doing some money to keep on traveling through Australia, or save some money for your next destination!