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Moving to Australia without a drivers license (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by worldlyspecimen@lemmy.world to c/ama@aussie.zone

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I'm applying for a working holiday visa and I'm planning on arriving the first week of September but I don't have a drivers license and, obviously, I cannot get one in Australia without citizenship - how hard would it be for me to get/work a job without a car? Given that I would most likely start with farm jobs, would it be possible to do so without having a license?

I'm asking because it would take approximately three or four more months for me to get one where I live

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[–] Nath@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

App idea: Glassdoor for backpackers to rate farmers

If farmers doing the right thing get rewarded with a steady stream of workers, and the shonky ones couldn't get them, the power goes back to the backpackers.

[–] ephemeral_gibbon@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

That almost exists with things like helpex already. I'm not sure if there's some variant for paid work. My parents have a farm and have had a bunch of backpackers stay. Some of them definitely did have some stories about being cheated etc.

However, it's a bit different to what op is looking for as it's just a bit of work for food and accommodation, as opposed to full days of work for pay.

On the whole I think the majority do the right thing, but there are definitely enough that are dodgy to create a bad reputation