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In 2024, busy Australians seeking rejuvenation applied for 10 ‘Odd Jobs’ in Tasmania. The lucky applicants were treated to a winter trip to the island, experiencing the Off Season’s most unique local activities.

 

Become a Wintern

This year, there’s an entirely fresh suite of uniquely Tasmanian Winternships to choose from – doofing with mini goats, babysitting Tassie devils, whisky-making and mountain bike trail-shredding, for starters.  

You’ve got to be in it to win it, so take the plunge and nab your dream Winternship this Off Season. 

Apply for a Winternship

Odd Jobs from 2024

Wombat Walker

East Coast Natureworld

This Odd Jobber got to take East Coast Natureworld’s resident wombat on morning walks, boosting the animal’s wellbeing through winter. 

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A man wearing a sweater and pants walks along short grass with a small, grey wombat following.

Oyster Organiser

Oyster Bay Tours at Freycinet Marine Farm

Wading into the sea at Freycinet Marine Farm and harvesting (and eating) fresh oysters with Oyster Bay Tours? Not bad. 

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A man stands in water next to a line of oyster nest. He is wearing waterproof- waders and a beany.

Puffer Nut

West Coast Wilderness Railway

A sweet gig, chugging through the rainforest on the West Coast Wilderness Railway with the locomotive crew for company. 

 

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A man stands on the tracks of a locomotive steam train in a maintenance yard and takes a photograph.

Sauna Stoker

Little Beach Co.

Keeping Little Beach Co Resort’s seaside sauna sufficiently hot also involves testing said sauna, and the onsite hot tub.

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A man wearing a towel robe stands in the open doorway of a wooden drum-shaped sauna sitting a platform surrounded by bushlands behind and the sea in the background.

Soaksmith

Little Things Farm

Little Things Farm invited one lucky applicant to meet their soap goats, and craft an Off Season-inspired bath salt. 

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A woman wearing an apron stands in a farm field next to a table with the ingredients for making soap.

Star Seeker

Rathmore

This one’s for the night owls: stargazing, assisting with celestial observations and telescopes at Rathmore, a historic 92-acre farm. 

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A man wearing a winter jacket sits on the top of a large cylindrical-shaped hay bale and looks up to the stars on a clear night.

Wine Whisperer

Clover Hill Wines

The dream job: a hands-on vine pruning experience at Clover Hill Wines, followed by a wine-tasting masterclass – with cheese. 

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A man stands in a vineyard row full of leaves and carefully trims grape vines with a pair of secateurs

Paranormal Investigator

Tasmania’s Most Haunted

Roaming the halls of Australia’s longest-running asylum with Tasmania’s Most Haunted? That’s one way to feel winter’s chill. 

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A woman wearing a beanie holds a lantern to a window at the end of a corridor in a colonial building. An old, unhinged door is propped up against a wall beside her.

Truffle Snuffler

The Truffledore

Hunting (and tasting) black truffles with your truffle dog at the Truffledore is a more delicious job than most. 

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A woman stands in green grass in a garden and feeds a truffle hunting dog. Two men stand by and watch.

Cave Conductor

Gunns Plains Caves

This Odd Job embraced Tasmania’s ‘underground music scene’ at Gunns Plains Caves, where platypuses and giant lobsters, and musicians, dwell.

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A large cave with a a metal walkway below a stalactite hanging from the cave ceiling.

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