Farms and orchards・Thoroughbred nursery (yearling sales prep, breeding, foaling)
A newly established thoroughbred nursery near Scone, hiring seasonal staff for 2027 yearling sales prep (late October until after the Easter sale)
Scone (the website says about 12 minutes from the town centre), New South Wales 2337
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Postcode 2337 is on the Department of Home Affairs "Regional Australia" list, and the work type is "Plant and animal cultivation".
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Yearling Crew (seasonal, late October 2026 until after the 2027 Easter sale, posted around late September to early October 2026, no closing date given)
Yearling crew
Seasonal (temporary)
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Postcode 2337 is on the Department of Home Affairs "Regional Australia" list, and the work type is "Plant and animal cultivation".
Near Scone, NSW 2337 (about 12 minutes from central Scone; street address not published)
Postcode 2337・Upper Hunter (Scone · Aberdeen) · Map location is approximate
Plant and animal cultivation
Harvesting and packing fruit and vegetables, pruning trees and vines, livestock work, and primary meat processing such as slaughtering, cutting and packing. Secondary processing such as winemaking or processed meats does not count.
Note: on 17 September 2026 the government announced second and third visas will move to a ballot. Completing specified work makes you eligible to enter, but it no longer guarantees a visa (start date not yet announced).Details
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Feeding and paddock rounds, checking horses in the paddocks, helping exercise yearlings, assisting the vet and farrier, turning out and grooming yearlings, and showing horses to buyers.
Caring for and preparing horses for sale is plant and animal cultivation specified work (raising animals for sale); the ad says "Eligible for 88 day visa". Source: https://horsejobsaus.com.au/jobs/yearling-crew-2/
Yearling sales prep: feeding, paddock checks, exercising and grooming yearlings, assisting the vet and farrier, and showing horses to buyers.
A small family-run nursery; the ad says fewer horses are prepared in each draft (smaller drafts); the website says the farm covers more than 400 acres with over 35 stables.
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Statutory figures last checked: 2026-10-05. Your actual pay is what your employer's contract and payslips show.
The ad says you must be able to work from late October until after the Easter sale, preparing the 2027 yearlings.
Hiring now: North Bloodstock posted "Yearling Crew" on Horse Jobs Australia; the site shows it was posted about 2 weeks ago (the Thoroughbred Breeders NSW jobs board lists 2026-10-06). It is recruiting the 2027 yearling crew, who must be able to work from late October until after the Easter sale, and it states "Eligible for 88 day visa". The site lists it as full-time, but it is seasonal. No closing date given.
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Yearling Crew (seasonal, late October 2026 until after the 2027 Easter sale, posted around late September to early October 2026, no closing date given)
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To be confirmed. The ad does not say whether you need a car; the website says the farm is about 12 minutes from Scone town centre, and no public transport to the farm was found.
No public transport to the farm was found.
Scone has daily NSW TrainLink trains to Sydney and 2–3 local trains a day to Newcastle; Osborn's Buses runs about 20 services a week between Scone and Muswellbrook (Wikipedia).
Scone Airport is 3.5 km to the north-west and has no scheduled flights (Wikipedia); Scone is about 271 km north of Sydney and about 153 km north-west of Newcastle.
Nearest town: Scone (the website says about 12 minutes from the town centre)
Scone is a country town in the Upper Hunter (5,013 people at the 2021 Census), known as the "Horse Capital of Australia".
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The ad does not mention accommodation.
No supermarket information was found for Scone.
No hospital information was found for Scone.
Every May there is the Scone Horse Festival and the Scone Cup race meeting (Wikipedia).
Summer: January average maximum 31.8°C, record high 46.5°C; winter: July average minimum 3.3°C, record low −5.5°C; annual rainfall about 612 mm (Wikipedia, Scone).
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