For Working Holiday makers in Australia
Jobs, visa wait times, mates and secret spots: one free app for your working holiday.
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Find work1,215 jobs live today
Waiting on your visa?417: granted in 75 days · 462: 97 days so far
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Free for backpackers. Our first 500 members stay free forever. 299 of 500 founding spots left. Built by one in Queensland.
Why Matey
I backpacked around Australia years ago. Facebook groups were my lifeline, but every answer sank in a few hours, the same questions came back every day, and warnings about bad farms were gone by the next week. So we built Matey: one free place where the answers stay, the warnings stay, and the next backpacker is better off than you were.
Not instead of the groups. Alongside them.
Read our storyOn Facebook groups
On Matey
Great answers sink in a few hours
Answers stay, sorted by topic and town
The same visa questions every day
Real visa wait times, updated by backpackers, with alerts
Rides need reposting every day
Every ride stays visible until it leaves
Warnings about bad farms vanish within a week
Farm reviews stay up, good or bad
Léa, 24
From Lyon
Picking blueberries, Coffs Harbour
Jack
Anyone keen for Byron this weekend? I've got the van.
Mates
Swipe through backpackers heading your way, say g'day, and jump into crew chats for the next town, the next hike or the next schooner.
Brisbane to Byron Bay, Friday morning
2 seats, split fuel, good playlist guaranteed
The Board
Need a lift north, a spare room or a cheap tent from someone flying home? Post it once and the mateys nearby see it.
Swimming hole
Emerald Creek Falls, Mareeba
Secret Corners
Swimming holes, free camps, lookouts and cheap eats, added by backpackers who were actually there. With directions.
Strawberry pickers
Caboolture QLD 4510, start Monday
Likely 88-day eligible
Work and 88 days
Live farm, hospo and trade jobs across Australia, what's picking this month, and a free 88-day passport that fills up as you log.
Working hostel
Helps you find farm work
Dorms, weekly rates, transport to the farm
Working hostels and backpacker stays that know the 88-day life.
Find a stay
Checked in
All good near Nimbin
Tom has your plan
Next check-in, 6:00 pm
Check-ins when you go remote and a safety matey who knows your plan. Human-moderated.
Set up check-ins
Musician
Guitar at your hostel night
Message to book
Music, photography, tattoos, haircuts, van builds: show yours and pick up gigs from other mateys.
See the Showcase
Swimming holes, free camps and working hostels, with directions.
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