Where to do your 88 days
The 23 main harvest towns in Australia, all eligible for the 88 days of farm work, and 200+ farm zones on the 88mates app's map. Pick one by month, crop or state.
Updated 1 November 2026 · Home Affairs, National Harvest Guide, Fair Work Ombudsman
All towns by state
Demand for workers, January to December
Queensland
Bowen
Tomatoes, Vegetables, Mangoes
≈ 200 km from Townsville
Bundaberg
Strawberries, Vegetables, Tomatoes, Macadamias, Mangoes
≈ 360 km from Brisbane
Caboolture
Strawberries
≈ 50 km from Brisbane
Stanthorpe
Strawberries, Apples & pears, Vegetables, Stone fruit
≈ 220 km from Brisbane
Mundubbera
Citrus, Blueberries
≈ 390 km from Brisbane
Tully
Bananas
≈ 140 km from Cairns
Atherton Tablelands / Mareeba
Bananas, Avocados, Mangoes
≈ 65 km from Cairns
New South Wales
Victoria
South Australia
Tasmania
Western Australia
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Download the eligible postcodes
Every postcode range that counts for the 88 days, with the kind of work it counts for (farm or hospitality), from the official instrument LIN 22/012 in force since 5 April 2025.
Source: LIN 22/012, Federal Register of Legislation, version in force since April 5, 2025 · checked on November 3, 2026
Also on Hugging Face · Zenodo (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23924486)
200+ farm zones in the app
These 23 towns are the biggest. The 88mates app maps 200+ farm zones across Australia, with the employers of each zone and an alert when farms start hiring (Premium).
Sources
- Home Affairs — Specified work for the Working Holiday visa (subclass 417), regional Australia postcodes
- Australian Government — National Harvest Guide, 18th edition (June 2023); harvest jobs now on Workforce Australia
- Fair Work Ombudsman — Horticulture: pay and piece rates
- Migration (Specified work and areas for subclass 417 visas) Instrument 2022 (LIN 22/012), compilation in force on 5 April 2025 — Federal Register of Legislation