The free 88-day employer directory
723 checked employers across regional Australia: farms, cattle and sheep stations, meat processors, grain harvest sites, shearing contractors, forestry crews, vineyards, roadhouses and remote pubs. The postcode check is built in, it is free, and there is no $8 list to buy.
723
employers listed
45
hiring now
479
with a postcode check
7
states and territories
Browse by kind of work
Farms
275Fruit, vegetable, nut, dairy and mixed farms: picking, packing, pruning, planting and general farm hand work.
Stations
66Cattle and sheep stations: station hands, jackaroos and jillaroos, mustering, fencing and bore runs.
Meat processing
78Abattoirs and meat and poultry processors: process workers, boning rooms and packing lines, often all year round.
Packhouses and processors
32Packing sheds and processing plants for fruit, vegetables, cotton, hay and timber. Check the work type counts before you sign on.
Grain harvest
71Grain receival sites and contract harvesting crews: samplers, bunker and weighbridge staff, header and chaser bin drivers.
Shearing
26Shearing contractors: shed hands, roustabouts, wool handlers and pressers.
Forestry
13Tree planting and forestry crews in plantation country.
Vineyards
57Vineyards and wineries: pruning, vintage and cellar hand work.
Fishing and aquaculture
27Fishing fleets, pearl, oyster, prawn and fish farms.
Roadhouses and pubs
77Outback roadhouses and remote pubs. Hospitality only counts in northern and remote postcodes, so check each one.
Other
1Research stations and other employers that do not fit a box.
Browse by state
Hiring now
Employers with a live job on Matey, or a hiring notice from the employer or a job ad in the last 30 days.
Addex Group
Farm · Dimbulah, QLD
Whathimsaid Farming
Farm · Bowen, QLD
A & D Skopp
Farm · Woongoolba, QLD
Bulmer Farms
Farm · Lindenow, VIC
Costa Group – Sunraysia (Mildura)
Farm · Mildura, VIC
D & J Estate
Farm · Pooraka, SA
Flowers in Season
Farm · Sydney, NSW
Golden Banana Services
Farm · Lakeland, QLD
Kilcoy Global Foods
Meat processor · Kyneton, VIC
Kyshan
Fishing and aquaculture · Dublin, SA
Teys Australia
Meat processor · Bomen, NSW
Teys Australia
Meat processor · Dakenba, QLD
Does my postcode count?
Type the postcode of the workplace (the farm, not the hostel).
General info from the Home Affairs regional list, last checked September 2026. Lists change, and the type of work matters too, so check the official list before you take the job. Official specified work page
How entries are checked
- Checked before it goes in. Directory entries are checked on the web first: the employer's own website, industry association directories, Workforce Australia Harvest Trail listings and job ads. The latest round was checked on 28 Sept 2026. 9 listings were added from job ads and say so on the page until the business confirms them. 8 were added by backpackers.
- Hiring now means hiring now. A listing only shows as hiring when it has a live job on Matey, the employer or an official seasonal guide says so, or a job feed showed it advertising in the last 30 days. We never guess from the season.
- The postcode check is built in. Every listing with a postcode is checked against the Home Affairs regional list (and the northern and remote tourism and hospitality list for roadhouses and pubs), last checked 25 Sept 2026. The kind of work matters too, so confirm with the employer and keep every payslip. Official specified work page
- Backpackers keep it honest. People who worked there rate the pay, hours, accommodation and whether they felt safe, and anyone can suggest a fix on a listing.
Why not a spreadsheet or a paid list?
Free spreadsheets
Long lists passed around the groups. Handy, but nobody says when a row was last checked, who is hiring, or whether the postcode counts.
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Matey
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