Back to Pack

Find work that counts.

The app for working holiday backpackers in Australia. Find jobs that earn your visa days, prove every shift, and see who's good to work for.

Free for backpackers. Works on any phone, even out of signal.

Back to Pack
417 Ireland
54 of 88
Earliest finish
5 Nov
Full-time days towards your second year
Where work counts for you
Week of 5 Oct
WANTSAQLDNSWVICTAS DarwinBroomeKununurraBundabergCarnarvonMilduraTasmaniaByronMelbourneSydneyPerthAirlie Beach YouCairns
Short of workers
Steady
Flooded
3.1×
Atherton Tablelands
Mango season from Nov
Second year ballot announced, not running yet. We'll tell you the day it opens.

What it does

The stuff every backpacker ends up sorting out on scraps of paper and group chats, in one place.

Will this job count?

Type in the work and the postcode before you take the job. You get a straight answer from the Home Affairs specified work rules, for a 417 or a 462.

Check a job

Clock in with no signal

Out on the boat or down the back paddock, tap in and tap out. It keeps your hours and times and catches up when you're back in range.

Start counting

Proof that holds up

Your boss signs off your days from a link each week. Payslips, hours and signed-off days sit together, ready for your visa application.

See how it works

Know who's good before you go

Backpackers rate employers on whether they paid right, signed off days and kept people safe. Read it before you pack your bag.

Read reviews

A room without getting stung

Rooms and van spots from other backpackers, with the bond and rent rules spelled out so you know what's fair.

Find a room

Start up north

Most backpackers do their days in the tropics. Up here bar, boat and farm work all count, and there's work most of the year.

DarwinCairnsAirlie Beach

Heads up about the ballotThe government has announced second and third year visas will move to a ballot. It isn't law yet and there's no start date. Specified work is still what gets you in, so your days still matter, and so does your proof.

Hiring backpackers?

Post a job free. Workers see straight away that it counts for their visa, and you see their logged days before you say yes.

Post a job free