About Backpacker Job Board

Backpacker Job Board is an employment website established in 2010. It was founded by Matthew Heyes, who built the site while on a working holiday in Australia on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

Backpacker Job Board headquarters are located in Melbourne, VIC.

Matt, having studied at The University of Leeds' School of Computing, put his skills to good use crafting a platform that benefits backpackers and employers throughout Australia.

Fast-forward to today and Backpacker Job Board is owned by Five Bees Media Pty Ltd (ABN: 70 631 879 546). The site has over 200,000 active employers and 500,000 registered backpackers. We believe it to be Australia's largest job site dedicated to backpackers.

Backpacker Job Board helps connect backpackers and employers in a wide range of sectors from agriculture, construction, hospitality, sales and marketing. Furthermore, the site also benefits small businesses, hobby farms and busy families with our cultural help exchange opportunities, au-pair jobs and voluntary sector.

Backpacker Job Board has a commitment to kindness and inclusivity. As such, our carefully curated Code of Conduct is something we are especially proud of. 

In 2015, we launched our New Zealand sister site, Backpacker Job Board: NZ.

In 2019, Backpacker Job Board was nominated for an award in the Innovation category at the Adventure Tourism Awards.

Journalists

If you need an expert quote or comment source for an upcoming article, feel free to contact our founder, Matthew Heyes via LinkedIn. He is available to comment on all working holiday visa and backpacker related issues. 

Media Links

Here are some of our media and press coverage:

• Cash-strapped backpacker calls out Aussie 'myth': 'There's no money' - Yahoo Finance (7th Dec, 2023)
• Questions raised over new British TV show in Australian outback - Yahoo News (Feb 2023)
• Australia's Working Holiday visa: what to know if you are making plans for 2023 - Lonely Planet (Jan 2023)
• ‘Finally!’: Backpackers making their way back to Australia (14th Dec 2022)
• 'Summer is going to be big': Return of the billion-dollar backpackers (13th Dec 2022)
• Backpacker worker program planning needs to start now: Backpacker Job Board (27th April 2021)
• Backpacker Job Board Provides Disaster Relief - Job Board Secrets (17th February 2020)
• Backpacker Job Board helps bushfire hit communities find much-needed workers - Get The Word Out (17th February 2020)
• Working holiday inquiry must make backpacker program more attractive - Farm Online (29th June 2020)
• Backpacker Safe Havens - The Farmer (July / August 2020)
• Backpackers feel demonised but grateful to be here - The Sydney Morning Herald (3rd January 2021)
• Working holiday inquiry must make backpacker program more attractive - The Byte (6th July 2020)