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GYC0145 - Farm work in the Outback Country: Australia Cost: £2725.00 Please note: No extra cost for extending Cost Includes: The price includes flight, accommodation, food and pickup from airport but does not include insurance, kit or visas      Duration: 3 months (3 - 6 months available) Company Rep Nearby: All the time 0845 344 7521 or

 

	This placement would suit... an experienced horse rider who loves the outdoors and wants to work on a cattle or sheep farm in the beautiful Australian outback. Outback volunteer placements provide a tough physical challenge for people who must be self-sufficient, motivated and willing to get their hands dirty! This is not for the light hearted... Changing Worlds offers a variety of paid and voluntary placements, each of which will give you a true Aussie experience. Australia has so much to offer with its beautiful scenery, stunning beaches and lively culture. If you want the wide-open spaces of the true outback you can volunteer to be a jackaroo or jillaroo on a sheep or cattle station. Equally we have the opportunity to work as a tutor for small children for those who are aspiring teachers! Changing Worlds is proud to be associated with some very successful farming and agriculture programmes in Australia. This would be of considerable interest to students from agricultural backgrounds and who want to travel but at the same time learn more about the trade. Changing Worlds can offer the opportunity to work on sheep and cattle stations in the Australian outback. This is not for the soft hearted, as this is a huge physical challenge for those people who like working out of doors for long hours. All our placements are located in the Mount Isa - Cloncurry - Winton triangle of Western Queensland. These stations are huge - some the size of an English county! That's the magnitude of what lies ahead. You need to be the type of person who listens well to instructions as some of this work can be dangerous. Listen to the locals and you will be fine! There is horse work available but do not expect to be on horse back every day of the week. Indeed in the majority of cases mustering now takes place on quad bikes or in helicopters! Our users say "I can't tell you how great it has been to have Polly (the rep) here! My days have been pretty varied, the last few days have been good; mustering, drafting the cattle we mustered and then today we branded, castrated, de-horned, ear tagged and gave steroids to all the calves! We also managed to pick up two "potted" calves whose mothers had either been lost in the muster or who had died. These two calves are living at the house with the two baby goats, snowflake and crunchy nut!" Lana Campbell-Borton, September 2006 0845 344 7521 Changing Worlds: Up for a real adventure? Want to be fully immersed in to a new culture whilst making new friends? ....... Changing Worlds organises exciting, worthwhile and challenging paid and voluntary work placements worldwide. Opportunities last from three to six months and departures take place all year round.