Can bar work in the Outback count towards 2nd Year Visa?

by Micx
(Darwin)

I have only got a few months left in Australia to complete my first year - I absolutely love the place and have travelled from Sydney right around to Darwin were I have settled for almost 5 months. I don't feel like I got the true Oz exerience.

I would love the opportunity to do some hospitality/bar work anywhere in Oz to meet real people and wonder could it go towards my getting a 2nd year visa? Any help would be great!

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Can bar work in the Outback count towards 2nd Year Visa?

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Specified work for second year WHV
by: Birgit

Hi Micx,
I'm sorry, but outback bar or hospitality work does not count.

On my page about this particular work visa for Australia, towards the bottom, I gave a link to the government website. There you can find all the specifics about which regions and which kind of work qualifies.

Here's a quick list of work that does count:

plant and animal cultivation (e.g. fruit picking)

fishing and pearling

tree farming and felling

mining (with the recession Australian mining jobs are not as easy to come by as they used to)

construction

The work does not need to be paid (volunteer work like WWOOFing can count).

But it has to be listed as specified work. (Here is the full list on the government website.)

Trying to get 2nd year.
by: Sue

Hi I want to get my 2nd year working holiday and I am currenly working in the out back and have been for 3months and will be until the end of july.
I know I am in the right post code and have an ABN. Am I eligable?
Thanks
Sue

Work in outback? What work?
by: Birgit

I don't know Sue. A list of eligible work is above. I have no idea what work you are doing, so I can only suggest you read the information above, if needed follow the links I gave, and find out.