Farm Work in Australia

I am a young adult Agronomist from Malawi. I passionate about agriculture and community development, promoting the food security. With hardworking, team work and skills get in agriculture sector and other I will to contribute to any nation for development and sustainability of livehood of people.

Hi Georgie, I just wanted to say a big thank you for all that you have done to get me over here and have a job. I have been at my job nearly four weeks and I am really enjoying it. Not sure if I told you or not but it is a cattle farm around 4 hours west of Brisbane and I have been doing lots of cattle work and learning lots of new skills. My boss is real nice too which makes it better still. Not really sure how long I will be here. I am thinking until the end of April before starting my travelling and making my way back home eventually to rainy England. Was nice to meet you at the training farm and put a face to a name! Thanks once again, Greg

Oyster Worldwide helped me every step of the way for the paid farm work programme. I had many questions and Georgie was very helpful in answering any of them. I found the entire process very smooth and I'm very happy to be in Australia. Georgie really made my experience coming to Australia easy. I decided to do the farm work experience in Australia very last minute and I was able to easily get a spot in a group and I am now very happy working on a farm in NSW. I highly recommend Oyster for anyone trying to plan a gap year abroad.

The first week went great and the training farm was wonderful. Brisbane was beautiful and I was able to do a lot of cool stuff with the people I met through the program. The training farm was very helpful and I learned a lot that I didn’t know before. Now I am at my job at Suttor Creek, mustering and branding cattle as well as doing some maintenance work. It’s been a lot of fun and I’m having a great time.

Greetings from Tasmania! The past week has been good. I really enjoyed my time over at the training farm and it helped me learn some new things as well as refresh my memory with some farming work too. I'm headed off to a job in NSW at the end of next week so I got some time to travel a bit. Needless to say it's been a great experience thus far, thanks for checking in!

The first days were brilliant !So happy with the group I’ve got we’re all keeping in contact! The training week was such a laugh!! I’m on my first day at my new job I arrived here Saturday afternoon. I got the job I wanted doing mustering which won’t start for a month or so but got loads of horses to start backing and got a rodeo to set up for two weeks time as they are hosting one! So pretty excited about that!

I’m LOVING life here in Australia. We had a nice opening week where I met the group in Noosa and we explored the beaches and nature walk together, and then left for the training farm. I learned a lot while at the farm, and found the instructors to be very patient and helpful! Now I work for a Livestock and Property salesman in Cloncurry, Queensland! Hope all is well on your end, and thank you so much for helping me put this together! Xx

The entire experience was life changing. Every activity was well planned with experienced staff. From the time we signed up with Oyster to the time l returned, the team was in contact with information.

My experience with Oyster's Australian outback farming was outstanding. The help and organization I received from the project manager and the team was beyond helpful, made going abroad for the first time seem very realistic and safe - a peace of mind for my parents! The holiday in Noosa was perfect for getting over jet lag and making friends with the other participants of the program - friends I still keep in contact with even after a year! And the training farm was fun and interactive, I tried many things I never would have otherwise, and this was probably the most valuable when it came to working at my job placement. The job offer I took was for a remote Queensland cattle station and hay farm run successfully by a small family. I learned and improved my skills with tractors and irrigation mainly, and got over my fear of cows. It was hard work, long days that never seemed to end from breakfast to cleaning up after dinner, but putting it into perspective, it was a true experience of farming in the outback life. We were not worked like slaves, but rather treated as equals. I was more than well fed, and well accommodated with my own room and bathroom. I did 4 months, before I continued on to traveling, and would not change a thing. I recommend Oyster to anyone who is looking for a well organized project with room for independence and to explore. Thank you Oyster for this amazing life-altering opportunity.

This programme was really tough but so rewarding. The training is really fun and you get to meet loads of people - most of my group was from the UK, Germany and Denmark. When I got to my job I learnt so much about cattle and improved my horse riding skills no end. Be prepared, it's hot, dusty and the hours are long- the food is basic and the cattle can be rough and sometimes dangerous! I got to save all my wages because there was nothing to spend them on. It was a great way to allow me to travel to Sydney, Alice Springs and go diving in the Great Barrier reef afterwards.The only problem was that I didn't want to leave- i'm coming back next year to visit my employers.