Working o­n Sheep and Cattle Stations

Some of these stations are in the remotest parts of the country, and it may take two days to reach them. The stations may be 300km from their Post Office, Shop and Pub - and the Station may be more that 5,000 square miles and more than 150 kilometres from the nearest neighbour.

You will not learn your way around in three months, but you will learn to be useful o­n the horse and motorcycle (usually horses with cattle and motorcycles with sheep - but this is not a fixed rule), also working in the yards, mustering, droving, branding, tagging, injecting, fixing the fences broken by storms, fallen trees and wildlife, using machinery for jobs around the station, including growing some fodder and crops and helping with the routine maintenance and gardening.

There is work for:

• teachers and graduates
• mechanics and engineers
• carpenters and joiners
• plumbers and electricians
• builders and construction labourers
• veterinary students and vet nurses
• students and gap year students
• agricultural students, pre ag college students
• any o­ne who has lived o­n a farm
• military servicemen and women
• good horse riders
• good motorcyclists
• and anyone who does not mind getting their hands dirty and is willing to have the experience of a lifetime!

Do not worry if you do not have a farming background, an agricultural degree or previous experience - we will teach you how to be useful in the few days you are o­n the farm.

But do not expect to be turned into a first class horserider in four days - this has o­nly happened a couple of times!

All those overseas backpackers and Australians wanting these sort of jobs have to come to the farm, to spend a short time showing what you can do and learning quite a lot more. xxxThe course is included in the start package for those booking direct with Visitoz from overseas.

Horse and cattle work is covered , motor cycle and tractor work, fencing and chainsaw work - and you get LOTS of information.

You won´t remember it all, but you will have five or four days of learning, hard work and fun, and go off to your chosen job (guaranteed for all those passing the course) feeling ready for anything.

After the course the holiday ends and you could find yourself living in rough quarters and working a 16-hour day.

You will earn the award wage to start with - how you progress up the financial ladder is up to you - the diligence and expertise you show.

Those who fail the course either have very bad English so as to be unsafe, or whose attitude is ´holiday´ rather than work. A know-all, not prepared to listen, has also been failed - he would have driven an employer mad.

We look forward to welcoming you to our farm and to Australia.