Regional work in New South Wales

Last updated: 2026-08-31

get88 holds 75 hospitality venues across 3 New South Wales towns, each with an email address that accepts mail. Lord Howe Island is the biggest at 31.

Big towns have more venues and more people applying to them. Small towns have fewer of both. The table is sorted by size so you can pick your end of that trade before you book the bus.

NSW has no Northern Australia zone, so hospitality only counts in a short list of remote outback postcodes — and the towns on this page are on it: Lightning Ridge, Cobar and Lord Howe Island. Sydney and Byron Bay aren't on any hospitality list; farm work runs on a much wider regional map.

New South Wales towns by venue count

Every count is a count of venues on the get88 list, not a census of New South Wales. Only towns get88 has finished checking are listed here.

What the list covers

Hospitality, tourism and housekeeping roles only. There is no farm, construction, mining or fishing work on it. The setup is on the how it works page, and which postcodes and which work count is in the specified work guide.

get88 is a job-application tool, not migration advice. Whether any role counts toward your visa is decided by the Department of Home Affairs — check the official specified-work pages for the 417 and 462 visas directly.