For Working Holiday makers in Australia

Your mates.
Your map.
Your Aussie year.

Meet backpackers heading your way, share the drive, find work and a bed, and discover the spots locals keep quiet. One free app for the whole adventure.

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1,880 live jobs, 317 secret corners, 221 hostels. Updated daily.

Two backpackers dancing on a coastal road next to their camper van
Friends singing in the back of a van
Sydney to Cairns, Tue, 2 seats left

Right now on The Board

Looking for a ride

Sydney - Tweed Heads and back to Sydney (about 3 weeks in January)

Sydney, NSW to Sydney · 6d ago

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Adelaide to Mount Gambier and back to Adelaide (about 3 weeks)

Adelaide, SA to Adelaide · 6d ago

 Looking for a ride

Melbourne to Cape Bridgewater and back to Melbourne (December)

Melbourne, VIC to Melbourne · 6d ago

One app for the whole Aussie year.

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Léa, 24

From Lyon

Picking blueberries, Coffs Harbour

Van lifeHeading to Cairns
Example profile

Jack

Anyone keen for Byron this weekend? I've got the van.

Mates

Rock up alone. Leave with a convoy.

Swipe through backpackers heading your way, say g'day, and jump into crew chats for the next town, the next hike or the next schooner.

  • Match with people on the same route
  • Crew chats for every town and trip
  • Profiles show where they are and where they're heading
Start swiping
Young couple enjoying a carefree road trip by the seaside with a vintage van.
Offering a ride

Brisbane to Byron Bay, Friday morning

2 seats, split fuel, good playlist guaranteed

3 mateys keen

The Board

Rides, rooms and gear, sorted by mateys.

Need a lift north, a spare room or a cheap tent from someone flying home? Post it once and the mateys nearby see it.

  • Share rides and split fuel
  • Rooms, house shares and sublets
  • Buy and sell gear before you fly home
See what's on the Board
Two women enjoying a breathtaking view of a waterfall surrounded by lush greenery.

Swimming hole

Emerald Creek Falls, Mareeba

Free20 min from townDirections

Secret Corners

The spots the guidebooks missed.

Swimming holes, free camps, lookouts and cheap eats, added by backpackers who were actually there. With directions.

  • Free camps and swimming holes
  • Lookouts, hikes and cheap eats
  • Plan your route on one map
Explore Secret Corners
Smiling woman holding strawberries in an indoor greenhouse, exuding joy and freshness.

Strawberry pickers

Caboolture QLD 4510, start Monday

Counts for your 88 days

61 / 8827 to go

Work and 88 days

Find work. Bank your days.

Live farm, hospo and trade jobs across Australia, what's picking this month, and a free 88-day passport that fills up as you log.

  • Jobs refreshed every day
  • Check if a postcode counts
  • Log days and keep your payslips in one place
Browse jobs Count my 88 days

And everything else the year throws at you.

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Working hostel

Helps you find farm work

Dorms, weekly rates, transport to the farm

Beds that get it.

Working hostels and backpacker stays that know the 88-day life.

Find a stay

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Checked in

All good near Nimbin

Tom has your plan

Next check-in, 6:00 pm

Go far. Never off the radar.

Check-ins when you go remote and a safety matey who knows your plan. Human-moderated.

Set up check-ins

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Musician

Guitar at your hostel night

Message to book

Show off what you do.

Music, photography, tattoos, haircuts, van builds: show yours and pick up gigs from other mateys.

See the Showcase

Straight answers.TFN, super, bank, SIM, visas and farm scams, explained by people who have done it.

Real places on the Matey map.

Swimming holes, free camps and working hostels, with directions.

Seal Rocks (Number One Beach)
Seal Rocks (Number One Beach)Myall Lakes, NSW
Red Rock Hostel
Red Rock Hostel
Alligators Nest
Alligators NestTully (Tully Gorge NP), QLD
Finch Hatton Gorge
Finch Hatton GorgeFinch Hatton, Pioneer Valley (Mackay), QLD
Flashpackers Hervey Bay
Flashpackers Hervey Bay
Emerald Creek Falls
Emerald Creek FallsMareeba, QLD

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