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Australia has a lot to offer when it comes to winter escapes and following the winter harvest trail could be that next adventure you are looking for. To help point you in the right direction Harvest Trail has put together a little guide of areas with plenty of farm work between June, July and August.
Starting in the north, Queensland really shines during the winter harvest. The coastal strip from North to South provides an abundance of horticulture work opportunities and tourist destinations to visit during your down time. Click the links below for each region to discover a variety of things to see and do. Picking and packing ground crops such as vegetables and strawberries in multiple regions as well as orchard work on avocado, citrus and macadamia farms. Travellers with high risk work licences, and tractor driving and quality control experience are well sought after by growers.
Tropical North Queensland
Lakeland through to Tully – Bananas
Harvest Trail Service Provider: Quality Innovation Training Employment
Phone: 1800 354 414
Central Queensland
https://www.queensland.com/au/en/places-to-see/destinations/capricorn
Ayr – Vegetable crops
Bowen – vegetables, tomato
Harvest Trail Service Provider: Quality Innovation Training Employment
Phone: 1800 354 414
Emerald – Citrus
Harvest Trail Information Service
Phone: 1800 062 332
Fraser coast/Wide Bay
Bundaberg – vegetables, berries, macadamias, tomato, citrus, avocado
Gayndah – Citrus, avocado
Harvest Trail Service Provider: MADEC
Phone: (07) 4339 3100
Scenic Rim
Boonah – vegetable
Harvest Trail Service Provider: Best Employment Ltd
Phone: 1800 660 660
Lockyer Valley
https://www.luvyalockyer.com.au/
Gatton, Laidley – Vegetables
Harvest Trail Service Provider: Best Employment Ltd
Phone: 1800 660 660
Moreton Bay/Sunshine Coast
https://www.visitmoretonbayregion.com.au/
Caboolture through to the Glasshouse Mountains – Strawberries
Harvest Trail Service Provider: MADEC
Phone: (07) 5294 7000
New South Wales offers contrasting landscapes from the Great Dividing Range flourishing with banana plantations and protected cropping systems for berries, and large scale irrigation farms with citrus orchards fed by the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area in Central NSW, across to the south West of NSW along the Murray River where there are large areas of citrus and grapes, particularly wine grapes.
North Coast
https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/north-coast
Byron Bay – Avocado, Berries
Coffs Harbour – Avocado, Berries
Lismore – Avocado, Nuts
Harvest Trail Service Provider: MADEC
Phone: (02) 6648 2300
Central
https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/country-nsw/orange-area/orange
Orange – grapes
Harvest Trail Service Provider: Acclaimed Workforce Pty Ltd Phone: (02) 7201 8888
Riverina
https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/country-nsw/riverina
Griffith – citrus, grapes
Hillston – citrus
Harvest Trail Service Provider: MADEC
Phone: (02) 6963 2200
South West NSW
Tooleybuc – grapes, citrus
Wentworth – citrus
Harvest Trail Service Provider: MADEC
Phone: (03) 5021 3472
Why not head to Victoria’s own little oasis in the desert in the state’s North West over the winter months for some citrus and grape picking. The towns along the Murray River have a rich horticulture history dating back to the 1880’s and boasts the production of a major proportion of the nation’s wine grapes with plenty of vine pruning work available on these picturesque farms.
Mildura Region
https://www.visitmildura.com.au/
Mildura – citrus, grapes
Nangiloc – citrus, vine pruning
Harvest Trail Service Provider: MADEC
Phone: (03) 5021 3472
Swan Hill Region
https://www.visitthemurray.com.au/places-to-go/west/swanhill/
Nyah – citrus, vine pruning
Robinvale – grapes
Swan Hill – citrus, grapes
Harvest Trail Service Provider: MADEC
Phone: Swan Hill: (03) 5033 0025
Phone: Robinvale: (03) 5051 8080
South Australia produces more than 188,000 tonnes of citrus, including oranges, mandarins, lemons, limes, tangelos, tangerines and grapefruit. From May through to February the harvest areas require teams of pickers in the orchards with a peak in the season during the winter months requiring up to an additional 2000 pickers for the navel orange harvest. The added bonus for pickers working is having a late morning start during those cooler winter mornings
https://southaustralia.com/destinations/riverland
Citrus Harvest
Harvest Trail Service Provider: MADEC
Phone: (08) 8586 1900
Barmera
Berri
Cadell
Loxton
Paringa
Renmark
Waikerie
Further information on harvest work around Australia can be found by visiting the Harvest Trail website https://jobsearch.gov.au/harvest/
Not sure which provider to contact? You can call the Harvest Trail Information Service (HTIS) Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm on 1800 062 332 for advice.
