Grey Nomad - Casual Part Time Work On The Road

Hello WDR;
About 6 years behind you in age but have been doing the wandering bit going on 2 years. We stick to the country areas wherever possible and more often than not away from the coast. This is personal preference. Work availability seems to be a hit & miss thing. So many factors like season; drought; school breaks etc can have an effect. Also being at the right place ...
A couple of things I have gleaned. The bush offers more work than the city. In the bush people seem to judge you at face value whereas in the cities you need a degree & a dozen references. Dont waste time with employment agencies if you can avoid them - go door to door, talk to the locals, learn word of mouth who needs what done. Dont look for a career; be prepared to do anything; there is no such thing as menial work - instead enjoy the experience of work variety. Have as many skills & licences as possible. Usually the bleep tier the location; the more work (no one wants to be there) ie: outback roadhouses. Be honest about your intent - sometimes a person will give you short term work but does not want a permanent so has not advertised a vacancy. Above all; be happy & positive & enjoy whatever you do. Best of luck
Jomah

I have just traveled around the place and there was heaps of work available. I met a few couples that would stay in town for a month or so and stock shelves at coles or woolies at about $22 an hour...4 hours every evening.

Plenty of work out there if you want it...but as said earlier, be honest with the people and you won't have any problems.

I will be traveling again next year and I will be working as well

Plenty of work in the Kimberley and here in Kununurra workers sought in shops, businesses and horticulture. During the tourist season, most of the people in the shops, even nurses at the hospital are short term workers in caravan parks.

Motherhen

My old man (63) and old girl (57) has been travelling and working around OZ for the last two years, they sold their house and bought a 5th Wheeler, they are currently in Tom Price working, heap of work here, he is driving a Water truck for a local mob, $30 an hour, in actual fact they just bought a house and will have it paid off in 4 years! dont mean to sound like im bragging just very proud of them both., there is so much opportunity in WA, its quite amazing.

Chris

You might want a look at this, it's called the 'harvest trail'. don't have any personal experience of it but it might be a good place to start.
http://jobsearch.gov.au/HarvestTrail/default.aspx?WHCode=0&TextOnly=0

Thanks guys - it looks promising. I will do anything -
One further question - I am pensioner - are "cash" jobs available generally (if you are upfront.)

Also - instead of spending money on caravan parks etc, wondering if anyone has ever advertised (paper or by mouth) in country towns for limited use of large back yards with power?

Cheers

Is often work available at tourist operations up north, in the busy (winter) season. The more remote places often provide somewhere for you to park van, as part of the deal. In the townships, shops often have signs up seeking short term workers. Last year, in kununurra, seemed like just about every business was looking for employees! In 2006, were even a few such signs up in Batchelor. A lot of places wanting seasonal help do not go to the trouble or expense of putting ads in the employment pages of newspapers, etc, but rely on signs attracting passing travellers - or word of mouth. Harvest work is always happening somewhere. Over 6 years, we have worked in tourist places (reception, grounds work, canoe hire, cook, tour guide, campground chores), packed mangoes, worked on a construction project (driving, office work). But none of these was cash in hand - all went through normal employment routines. Useful qualifications to have (get) are food handlers certificate, forklift ticket, MR or Hr licence.