Fruit picking Australia

Working Hostel Australia is a community especially designed to create and maintain transparency within the fruit picking and harvest work area. If you want to enjoy finding a job, hostel, rideshare and more under one roof, Working Hostel Australia is here to offer you thrilling fruit picking experiences.

Working Hostel Australia is a website for Backpackers and fruit pickers who are desperately looking for fruit picking work in Australia and accommodation facilities. Fruit picking jobs in Australia offer a great opportunity to the backpackers to earn extra income to support their trip when travelling for the same job in rural areas of Australia. Plus it's the pathway to receiving your second year visa for Australia.

Working Hostel Australia is a wonderful way to earn money fast. The big area and changing climate from tropical to sub-temperate of Australia allow an individual holding working visa to get involved in fruit picking jobs. The tricky part is knowing where to go, and at what time of the year is best for that fruit picking crop.

If you are on a working holiday or student work visa in Australia, you may truly enjoy fruit picking work. Additionally, you can extend your visa for 12 month more to enjoy the fruit picking jobs and industry all over again. The average daily rate of pay for fruit picking Australia is currently between $115 plus. However, there are many fruit picking jobs are paid at piece rates or on contract basis which enable you to make better than the average hourly rate especially when you're fit and healthy to speed up your work.

The fruit picking season or harvest season in Australia peaks during summer. The months between December to May are the perfect seasons to harvest different fruits including grapes, mangoes, stone fruits like plums, peaches and apricots across Australia. However, different weather patterns and temperatures in different states and territories in Australia may also different the picking seasons.

No matter what time of year it is or where you are in Australia there are always farming jobs, fruit picking and Harvest jobs available. Use the table below to see what needs picking when as you work your way around Oz.

Queensland grows 1/3 of the nation's fruit and vegetables. From Stanthorpe in the south to the Atherton Tablelands in the far North. More than 120 types of fruit and vegetable are picked and packed in the state every year all year round so there are plenty of fruit picking and harvest jobs.

Harvest	Crop	Location
Dec - Jan	Bananas / Sugar	Innisfail / Tully
Feb - Mar	Pears / Apples	Stanthorpe
Feb - Apr	Rockmelon	St. George
Feb - Apr	Ginger	Sunshine Coast
Feb - Apr	Vegetables	Bundaberg
Apr - Jun	Citrus	Gayandah / Mundubbera
Apr - Oct	All sorts	Lockyer Valley
Apr - Nov	Beans	Mary Valley
Apr - Dec	Tomatoes / vegetables	Bowen / Ayr
May - Oct	Broccoli	Toowoomba
May - Dec	Sugar Cane	Ayr / Ingham / Innisfail
Jul - Sep	Ginger	Sunshine Coast
Jul - Dec	Onions	Lockyer Valley
Nov - Feb	Mangoes / Lychees / Advocados / Bananas	Mareeba
Nov - Jan	Plums	Stanthorpe
Nov - Jan	Cotton	Goodiwindi /St. George
Oct - Jan	Peaches	Stanthorpe
Nov - Mar	Cotton	Toowoomba / Millerran
Dec - Mar	All sorts	Stanthorpe

November to April is the busiest harvest period which peaks in February. There is fruit picking work around Bathurst in the central Eastern district. Main produce includes orchard fruits, cotton and onions. Further North around the coastal areas of NSW, near Coffs Harbour bananas are grown all year and hence why it is home to the world famous "big Banana!!"

Harvest	Crop	Location
Jan - Mar	Stone Fruit	Young
Feb - Mar	Grapes	Griffith / Leeton
Feb - Mar	Pears	Orange
Feb - Mar	Grapes	Hunter Valley
Feb - Mar	Prunes	Young
Feb - April	Apples	Orange
Mar - Apr	Grapes	Tumburumba
Mar - May	Apples	Batlow
Mar - Jun	Cotton Picking	Narrabri / Mooree
Sep - Oct	Asparagus	Gundagai
Sep - Dec	Asparagus	Cowra
Sep - Apr	Oranges	Griffith
Nov - Dec	Cherries	Young / Orange
Nov - Apr	Oranges	Lecton
Dec - Jan	Onions	Griffith
Dec - Mar	Stone Fruit	Tumut / Batlow
Dec - Apr	Blueberries	Tumbarumba

November to April (peaking in February) is the main season for fruit and vegetable picking jobs. There is plenty of work in the central northern areas around Shepparton. The Murray River area is also a great area to look for work, places such as Mildura and Swan Hill often require fruit picking / harvest workers. Main harvests in these areas include orchard fruits, tomatoes, tobacco, grapes and soft fruits.

Harvest	Crop	Location
Jan - Apr	Pears / Peaches / Apples	Ardmona / Shepparton / Tatura / Cobram / Invergordon / Kyabram
Jan - Apr	Tomatoes	Ardmona / Shepparton / Tatura / Kyabram / Echuca / Rochester / Elmore
Jan - Apr	Tobacco	Ovens / King &Kiewa Valleys
Feb - Mar	Grapes	Lake Boga / Nyah West / Swan Hill / RobinvaleSunraysia Area
Feb - Apr	Grapes	Ovens / King &Kiewa Valleys
Mar - Apr	Apples	Buckland Valley / Stanley / Wandilong / Red Hill / Main Range
Sep - Nov	Asparagus	Dalmore
Oct - Dec	Strawberries	Silvan
Nov - Feb	Cherries / Berries	Wandin / Silvan
Nov - Feb	Cherries	Boweya / Glenrowan / Wagandary
Nov - Dec	Tomato Weeding	Echuca / Rochester

Like Coffs Harbour is to the banana, Tasmania is to the apple!. It grows almost a fifth of the apples in Australia, approximately 55.000 tones every year. The main areas are in the Huon district South of Hobart. Tasmania has a relatively short fruit picking season, generally from December to the end of May, fruit picking and harvest jobs are available all around Tasmania. As well as picking apples there are also pears, stone fruits, hops, grapes, berries and much more.

Harvest	Crop	Location
Mar - May	Apples	Hunter Valley / Tasman Peninsula / West Tamar
Dec - Jan	Soft Fruit	Channel District / Huon / Kingborough / Derwent Valley
Feb - Apr	Grapes	Huon / Tamar Valley
Mar - Apr	Hops	Scottsdale / New Norfolk / Devenport
Jan - Feb	Scallop Splitting	Bicheno

South Australia offers fruit and vegetable picking jobs all year around e.g. picking citrus and soft fruits such as raspberries and strawberries around the Riverland area. February to April work is available around The Barossa Valley picking and packing the grapes.

Harvest	Crop	Location
Jan - Mar	Dried Fruits	Riverland
Feb - Apr	Apples & Pears	Adelaide Hills
Feb - Apr	Grapes & Peaches	Riverland
Feb - Apr	Grapes	Barossa Valley
Feb - Apr	Grapes	Southern Vales
Feb - Aug	Brussels Sprouts	Riverland
Jun - Aug	Oranges	Riverland
Jun - Sep	Prunning	Riverland
Sep - Jan	Oranges (Juices & Packing)	Bicheno
Oct - Feb	Strawberries	Adelaide Hills
Dec - Feb	Apricots	Riverland

Fruit picking and harvest jobs are available in the Southwest of the state. From October to June you can harvest grapes and orchard fruits. March to November there is also fishing and processing work available for crayfish, prawns and scallops between Fremantle and Carnarvon. From May to October head northeast, around Kununurra for harvest jobs and fruit picking.

Harvest	Crop	Location
Jan - Mar	Grapes	Margaret River / Mt Barker / Swan Valley
Mar - May	Apples & Pears	Manjimup / Pemberton / Donnybrook
Mar - Oct	Prawning & Scalloping	Carnarvon
May - Sep	Zucchini &Rockmelons	Kununurra
Apr - Nov	Melons	Coorow
Jun - Dec	Melons & Tomatoes	Carnarvon
Jul - Aug	Bananas	Kununurra
Jul - Dec	Wildflowers	Coorow / Muchea
Oct - Jan	Mangoes	Kununurra
All Year	Fishing	Broome
Nov - Jun	Rock Lobster	Freemantle / Kalbarri / DongaraGeraldton / Broome

May to October picking melons around Katherine and Darwin is popular. From October to November head to Katherine and Darwin for mango picking and packing jobs as well as citrus and bananas which are grown all year around there.

Harvest	Crop	Location
Mar - Oct	Melons	Katherine / Darwin
Oct - Nov	Mangos (picking & packing)	Katherine / Darwin
All year	Citrus	Katherine / Darwin
All year	Bananas	Katherine / Darwin
All year	Asian vegetables	Darwin
All year	Cutting wildflowers	Darwin