Your Next Chapter Starts Now: Why Backpackers are Choosing Taskoon?

It’s that feeling, isn't it? Stepping off the plane in Sydney or Melbourne, passport stamped, a backpack full of dreams, and maybe just one question ringing in your ears: How am I going to afford this incredible adventure?

For Working Holiday Makers (WHM) on a 417 or 462 visa, Australia promises freedom, but the practicalities: the cost of a hostel, that next epic road trip, a high-quality coffee, can feel like a challenge. The traditional way of finding work often meant unreliable contacts and low wages. The new way? It’s about leveraging your skills instantly, on your terms, through a platform that ensures fair, hourly-based pay. That’s why Taskoon is the fast track for modern backpackers work Australia needs.

We are excited to be launching our webapp to connect you with verified, well-paid, and perfectly flexible tasks across our initial network in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.

The Value Proposition: Fair Pay and Visa Freedom

The biggest challenge facing part time work in Australia offers is the six-month rule. This mandatory visa condition (8547) limits WHM visa holders to a maximum of six months of work with any one employer. This rule is designed to keep you travelling, but it makes finding stable, high-paying work tricky.

Taskoon is built to solve this. Our platform focuses on short-term, casual tasks across multiple business and individual clients, offering you consistent income without the legal constraint of a single, full-time employer. This model allows you to maximize your stay and earnings, freeing you up to explore. The Working Holiday Maker program now has arrangements with 50 partner countries and regions, proving that global youth demand high-quality, flexible employment that fits their travel goals.

The Pay Advantage: Transparent, Hourly-Based Earnings

For backpackers, clarity and security around pay are non-negotiable. That’s why Taskoon’s commitment to fair pricing and transparent, hourly-based payments is so valuable.

In Australia, casual work offers a 25% casual loading on top of the standard minimum wage. As of the Fair Work Commission's review applied from 1 July 2025, the minimum casual hourly rate sits at a robust $31.19 per hour. For specific roles popular with backpackers, like casual cleaning jobs, the rate is highly competitive, sitting around $31.21 per hour. Taskoon’s platform ensures these award-compliant rates are the minimum you earn, putting more money directly into your travel fund.

💡 Taskoon is founded on fair, transparent, hourly-based payments that ensure all Taskers receive the correct casual loading required under Australian law.

Make your Aussie adventure count

Get flexible jobs wherever you go with Taskoon. So you can fund the journey and enjoy every moment on the road.

Your Skills are the Currency of Your Travels

Every backpacker is a pro at adapting, problem-solving, and bringing a fresh perspective. These aren't just survival skills; they are the valuable traits our clients from small businesses to busy households are looking for.

On Taskoon, you can turn your existing skills into immediate income:

• The Organised Traveller: Leverage your focus for casual admin jobs like data entry or light office support.

• The Practical Helper: Jump into physical tasks like furniture assembly, gardening, or general labour hire services.

• The Road Trip Master: Offer help with transport, delivery, or even a removalist job Sydney requires.

This variety means you're never stuck looking for a specific type of work. You control the rate you accept, and you’ll be among the first Taskers to join the new, trusted platform.

Location-Hopping is Your Strategic Advantage

One of the cleverest ways to use Taskoon while travelling is to treat location changes as a work strategy. The Department of Home Affairs allows WHM visa holders to continue working for the same employer for more than six months if the work is undertaken in different locations.

Taskoon's wide geographic reach lets you seamlessly transition your work as you travel across the country's major hubs: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide. Your app becomes a rolling job board that follows you from the West Coast to the East Coast. For instance, you could start with a few casual cleaning jobs in Melbourne, move to a removalist job Sydney needs, and finish with a labour hire service task in Perth. This is true freedom: work when you want, where you want, with the confidence of verified, secure payment.

💡 Taskoon is one app that travels with you, offering location-based tasks that support your visa conditions and fund your adventures across key Australian

Using Taskoon to find jobs across major Australian cities while backpacking

Frequently Asked Questions

• How quickly can I start working after Taskoon launches?

  The onboarding process will begin in December 2025. Once you complete your onboarding, including verification and training, you will be able to start accepting local tasks instantly through the Taskoon App, scheduled for launch in February 2026.
  

  We encourage you to onboard as early as possible to secure priority access, as the app will launch in phases on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Is the pay rate guaranteed to be the advertised minimum?

  Yes. All payments on Taskoon are processed securely and must comply with the National Minimum Wage, which sits at $ 31.19 per hour for casuals from July 2025. For further detail please find it on service page of each category.

• Can I use Taskoon to find specified work for a second year visa?

  Taskoon offers a range of roles across construction and other eligible sectors. To ensure your application meets the required minimum days, please make sure you collect and retain the necessary evidence from the client for every task completed.

  Additional services, such as fruit picking, will be introduced soon. If there is a service you believe should be added, feel free to request it at support@taskoon.com. Our support and business development team will review it promptly.

• What are the main cities Taskoon operates in?

  Taskoon is launching in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide, in the first phase providing you with consistent work opportunities across Australia’s major metropolitan areas.

The Taskoon Difference: Local Help Done Right

Australia is a country of open roads and endless horizons. But to truly experience it, you need resources and time.

Every task you complete with Taskoon funds that next moment: the dive in the Great Barrier Reef, the hostel party in Bondi, the flight to the next city. Taskoon takes the uncertainty out of finding work, replacing it with secure, transparent, and high-quality opportunities, ensuring fair, hourly-based pay that respects your skills. You came here for an adventure. Let Taskoon be the reliable partner that helps you fund it, one trusted task at a time.

That’s what Taskoon stands for: local help done right.