About Us
Situated in the heart of Bundaberg Dingo Blue Backpackers provides year-round farm work and second year Working holiday visa extension assistance for backpackers.
Accommodation
Quality accommodation for those seeking seasonal work. Our room rate from $210 per week, which includes transport to and from work, kitchen, bathroom & laundry facilities. Centrally located in the middle of town.
Year-Round Farm Work
We can arrange work for backpackers with local farms . Work is generally available year round but may be impacted by weather or other factors that effect harvest. Most work is eligible work under second year visa programme. Please check Australian immigration for rules as they apply to working holidays and second year visas and work.
Backpacker Lifestyle
Outdoor common areas, a backpacker-only bar with resident DJ, large swimming pool, giant movie screen with the latest movies and sports, BBQ's and a fun & friendly atmosphere.
Testimonial – Timothy Saint, New Zealand 2018
“Hands down best working hostel group in the region, a friendly team who actually give a damn and actively seeking work for backpackers. Dingo Blue Base has its own bar and pool, friendly atmosphere, spend a couple of weeks here and you’ll find yourself with a great bunch of friends from around the world and a couple of “Fair Dinkum Aussies” you’ll regard as family.”
Our Hostels
Dingo Blue Backpackers consists of two hostels: Dingo BASE and Dingo ONE. The standard room rates start from $210 p/w inclusive of transport and free WIFI
Dingo BASE
46 Quay Street, Bundaberg
Originally a police station (a few of the rooms were actual jail cells!), Dingo Base is home to the famous Base Bar – Bundaberg only backpacker-only bar! Dingo BASE has rooms ranging from couple/twin to 10-bed air-conditioned dorms, and is equipped with two kitchens, a large walk-in cold room, laundry facilities, multiple common areas, and a pool, bar with resident DJ, large swimming pool and a giant movie screen.
Dingo ONE
11 Burrum Street, Bundaberg
Our two-storey Dingo ONE hostel boasts a recently refurbished upstairs. Dorms ranging from couple/twin rooms to 4-bed dorms, a large kitchen and dining area, TV room and laundry facilities. All centrally located in the middle of town.
Working Holiday
If you enjoy the outdoors, harvest work is a great way to experience working in regional Australia.
Agricultural work is a great way to supplement your funds and enrich your experience while travelling Australia. Dingo Blue has an on-site Work Manager to assist backpackers in finding farm work. Your room rate includes transport to and from work.
FAQ's
Work is generally available all year-round. Hours vary and work is weather-dependent. Dingo Blue has an on-site Work Manager who arranges farm work opportunities for our backpackers.
If you’re between the ages of 18-31 and have a passport from an eligible country, you’ll be able to apply for a Working Holiday Visa.
Once you arrive in Australia you’ll need to apply for a Tax File Number, Australian superannuation and also open an Australian bank account before commencement of work.
To be eligible for a second year Working Holiday Visa, you must:
- Have completed three months (88 days) of specified work in regional Australia while on your first Working Holiday Visa
- Be between the ages of 18-30 at the time of applying
- Please refer to Australian immigration for more information about working holiday visas.
There are many ways to get to Bundaberg by train, bus car or plane
Train Operators – Queensland Rail travel or TRANSlink QLD
Airlines- Qantas or Virgin Australia
Bus Operators – Greyhound Australia
Bundaberg is a large regional centre located about 5 hours from Brisbane and close to the coast.
Well serviced with shops, restaurants, bars and two movie cinemas. The region is home to the largest concentration of nesting marine turtles in eastern Australia, plenty of coastal gems, Southern Great Barrier Reef islands, and of course, the iconic Bundaberg Rum Distillery!
Bundaberg has fruit picking and harvest jobs all year round. Please contact Dingo Blue Backpackers a few weeks before you are thinking you are making a booking to find out more about work availability for the period you are looking to your farm work.
Yes on request but not guaranteed. Most rooms are shared or dorm style.
Yes bedsheets and pillow case included and laundered weekly.
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