Where does hospitality work count in Northern Territory?
All Northern Territory postcodes meet the hospitality location requirement. That gives you options including Darwin, Katherine, Alice Springs and Yulara, as well as smaller communities.
For second and third working holiday visas · Official location lists checked 16 October 2026
Where can I do hospitality work for my 88 days?
Start with a place you would like to live. These towns and localities have postcodes on the hospitality lists for both 417 and 462 visas. Check the actual workplace address before accepting a job.
Green = eligible hospitality areas · All NT locations plus listed postcodes elsewhere. 417 & 462.
Choose a place to see its postcodePins show listed places with a reliable locality point.
Shading shows approximate postcode areas; pins show selected places. Natural Earth state borders.Map coverage and sources
Shading combines all of the NT with 374 eligible postal areas from the ABS 2021 Postal Areas dataset. These are simplified postcode approximations, not legal boundaries. Check the physical workplace postcode before accepting work.
These six eligible postcodes have no polygon in this dataset: 4475, 4801, 4803, 6711, 6731, 6733. They remain in the postcode checker and place directory. Search their postcode for names.
Postcodes crossing state borders are limited to their eligible state portions. Island shapes are shown separately and are not to the same scale.
Australian Bureau of Statistics, ASGS Edition 3 Postal Areas (2021), adapted; CC BY 4.0. Licence.
Places to start exploring
A selection of eligible places. Search above for more towns and localities.
Place names and approximate coordinates: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0, downloaded 16 October 2026. Matched by state and postcode to Home Affairs eligibility lists. A locality match confirms the location category; your role and work period must also qualify.
FROM CHOOSING A PLACE TO APPLYING
Where could you work?
Start with these 3 employers, then check which roles fit your dates and experience. These are direct recruitment routes, not a live vacancy feed. Working-holiday acceptance needs checking where it is not explicitly published.
Darwin: keep your options open
If you want to compare several workplaces, start with a town base. Budget for your own room and ask how you will get home after a late finish. A resort accommodation offer is a different arrangement from finding a room yourself.
Kakadu: plan around the dry season
The Top End dry season runs May–October. Cooinda publishes its main recruitment period as March–May, so you can apply before the busiest months. Ask whether your contract ends with the season.
Yulara and Kings Canyon are separate destinations, not bases for commuting between resorts. Voyages usually wants six months. Compare your available time, housing cost and travel arrangements before choosing.
Food & beverage, housekeeping, kitchen and front office
Voyages — Ayers Rock Resort
Yulara · Uluru
A live-in resort option if you already have hospitality experience and can stay for a decent stretch.
When to apply
The employment FAQ says roles are generally advertised 2–4 weeks before the preferred start, usually with a six-month commitment. Put your actual dates in the application.
Somewhere to stay
Staff accommodation supplied; weekly rent and a bond apply. Ask for the current room type and cost.
Experience, pay & practical details
Experience & work rights
Relevant hotel or resort experience is expected for core hospitality roles. International applicants with Australian work rights are welcomed.
Getting there
Ask how to get from your arrival point to staff housing and whether your roster needs transport.
Pay
No general hourly rate published on the linked careers overview. Ask for the base rate, weekend rates, expected hours and accommodation deductions.
How to apply
Apply against an advertised role online. Voyages says it does not take applications in person.
Worth checking early if you want to spend the dry season living in Kakadu rather than commuting from a town.
When to apply
No current vacancies listed when checked 23 October 2026. Recruitment is planned for late January for the 2027 dry season; May–September is the busiest period.
Somewhere to stay
On-site accommodation and meals are offered. Cooinda describes air-conditioned cabins with ensuite bathrooms; ask about charges.
Experience, pay & practical details
Experience & work rights
The food-and-beverage description asks for experience. Check each role’s requirements and whether your visa and available months fit.
Getting there
Housing is on site. Arrival transfers and transport on days off are not specified.
Pay
No general hourly rate published on the linked careers overview. Ask for the base rate, weekend rates, expected hours and accommodation deductions.
How to apply
Apply through advertised roles on the careers page when the next intake opens. Unsolicited applications are not accepted.
Housekeeping, front office, food & beverage and kitchen teams
Discovery Resorts
Kings Canyon · Red Centre
A seasonal resort employer with several locations. Choose the property as carefully as the job: the living arrangements can shape your whole stay.
When to apply
The group promotes seasonal work, but does not give one recruitment calendar for every resort. Search the named property and ask for its start and finish dates.
Somewhere to stay
On-site accommodation is advertised as a group benefit. Confirm availability, rent and meals for the particular property.
Experience, pay & practical details
Experience & work rights
Requirements and visa acceptance depend on the role. Seasonal employment does not automatically mean every position suits a working holiday.
Getting there
Ask about arrival transfers and access to groceries before booking travel.
Pay
No general hourly rate published on the linked careers overview. Ask for the base rate, weekend rates, expected hours and accommodation deductions.
How to apply
Use the careers page’s Open Positions list; search Kings Canyon or Undara. A talent-community registration is also available.
Send a short CV and give your start date, how many months you can stay, your visa and relevant experience. Say whether you need staff accommodation. Use the employer’s application route: some resorts only take online applications.
Eligible towns and localities in Northern Territory
Find the place name and its postcode together. Some names have more than one postal entry: confirm the physical workplace postcode with your employer.
Browse all 409 locality and postcode entries
Acacia Hills 0822
Adelaide River 0846
Aherrenge 0872
Alawa 0810
Ali Curung 0872
Alice Springs 0870
Alice Springs 0871
Alice Springs 0872
Alyangula 0885
Amata 0872
Amoonguna 0872
Amoonguna 0873
Ampilatwatja 0872
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara 0872
Anatye 0872
Angurugu 0822
Anindilyakwa 0822
Anmatjere 0872
Annie River 0822
Antewenegerrde 0872
Anula 0812
Araluen 0870
Archer 0830
Areyonga 0872
Arnold 0852
Arumbera 0873
Atitjere 0872
Avon Downs 0862
Ayers Rock 0872
Bagot 0820
Baines 0852
Bakewell 0832
Barrow Creek 0872
Barunga 0852
Batchelor 0845
Bathurst Island 0822
Bayview 0820
Bees Creek 0822
Bellamack 0832
Belyuen 0822
Berrimah 0828
Berry Springs 0838
Beswick 0852
Beswick Creek 0852
Binjari 0852
Birdum 0852
Black Jungle 0822
Blackmore 0822
Border Store 0822
Borroloola 0854
Bradshaw 0852
Braitling 0870
Brinkin 0810
Brunchilly 0861
Buchanan 0852
Buffalo Creek 0812
Bulman Weemol 0852
Burrundie 0822
Burt Plain 0872
Bynoe 0822
Bynoe Harbour 0822
Calvert 0862
Camp Creek 0822
Canteen Creek 0872
Casuarina 0810
Casuarina 0811
Channel Island 0822
Charles Darwin 0820
Charles Darwin 0822
Charles Darwin University 0815
Charles Darwin University 0909
Charlotte 0822
Chilla Well 0872
Ciccone 0870
Claravale 0822
Cobourg 0822
Coconut Grove 0810
Collett Creek 0822
Connellan 0873
Coolalinga 0835
Coolalinga 0839
Coomalie Creek 0822
Coonawarra 0820
Cossack 0850
Costello 0872
Cox Peninsula 0822
Cresswell Downs 0862
Creswell 0852
Croker Island 0822
Cullen Bay 0820
Daguragu 0852
Daly 0822
Daly River 0822
Daly Waters 0852
Darwin 0800
Darwin 0801
Darwin City 0800
Darwin Dc 0820
Darwin International Airport 0820
Darwin Mc 0820
Darwin Mc 0822
Darwin River 0841
Darwin River Dam 0822
Davenport 0872
Delamere 0852
Delissaville 0822
Desert Springs 0870
Docker River 0872
Douglas-Daly 0822
Driver 0830
Dundee Beach 0840
Dundee Downs 0840
Dundee Forest 0840
Dunmarra 0852
Durack 0830
East Arm 0822
East Arnhem 0822
East Point 0820
East Side 0870
Eaton 0820
Edith 0852
Edith River 0852
Elliott 0862
Elrundie 0822
Elsey 0852
Elsey Station 0852
Emungalan 0850
Engawala 0872
Erldunda 0872
Eva Valley 0822
Fannie Bay 0820
Farrar 0830
Finke 0872
Finniss Valley 0822
Fleming 0822
Florina 0852
Fly Creek 0822
Flying Fox 0852
Flynn 0875
Freds Pass 0822
Galiwinku 0822
Gapuwiyak 0880
Ghan 0872
Gillen 0870
Girraween 0836
Glyde Point 0822
Goulbourn Island 0822
Goulburn Island 0822
Gove 0880
Gray 0830
Gregory 0852
Gulung Mardrulk 0852
Gunbalanya 0822
Gunn 0832
Gunn Point 0822
Gunyangara 0880
Gurindji 0852
Haasts Bluff 0872
Hale 0872
Hart 0872
Hart Range 0872
Hayes Creek 0822
Heavitree Gap Cpa 0873
Helen Springs 0862
Helen Springs Station 0852
Herbert 0836
Hermannsburg 0872
Hidden Valley 0822
Holmes 0812
Holtze 0829
Hotham 0822
Howard Springs 0835
Hugh 0872
Hughes 0822
Humpty Doo 0836
Ilparpa 0873
Imampa 0872
Imanpa 0872
Ininti Store 0872
Irlpme 0874
Jabiru 0886
Jay Creek 0872
Jilkminggan 0852
Jingili 0810
Johnston 0832
Kakadu 0822
Kalkarindji 0852
Kalkaringi 0852
Kaltukatjara 0872
Karama 0812
Karama 0813
Katherine 0850
Katherine 0851
Katherine 0852
Katherine East 0850
Katherine South 0850
Kilgariff 0873
King Ash Bay 0854
Kings Creek Station 0872
Kintore 0872
Knuckey Lagoon 0828
Koolpinyah 0822
Kulgera 0872
Kunparrka 0872
Lajamanu 0852
Lake Bennett 0822
Lake Mackay 0872
Lambells Lagoon 0822
Lansdowne 0850
Laramba 0872
Larapinta 0875
Larrakeyah 0820
Larrimah 0852
Leanyer 0812
Lee Point 0810
Limmen 0852
Litchfield Park 0822
Livingstone 0822
Lloyd Creek 0822
Ludmilla 0820
Lyons 0810
Macdonnell Range 0872
Malak 0812
Manbulloo 0852
Mandorah 0822
Maningrida 0822
Manton 0837
Mapuru 0822
Maranboy 0852
Maranunga 0822
Margaret River 0822
Marlow Lagoon 0830
Marrakai 0822
Marrara 0812
Mataranka 0852
Mcarthur 0852
Mcminns Lagoon 0822
Mereenie 0872
Micket Creek 0822
Mickett Creek 0822
Middle Point 0822
Milikapiti 0822
Milingimbi 0822
Millner 0810
Millwood 0822
Milyakburra 0822
Miniyeri 0852
Miniyerri 0852
Minjilang 0822
Mitchell 0832
Moil 0810
Moulden 0830
Mount Bundey 0822
Mount Johns 0874
Mount Liebig 0872
Mount Zeil 0872
Muckaty Station 0862
Muirhead 0810
Mulga Bore 0872
Murputja Homelands 0872
Murrumujuk 0822
Mutitjulu 0872
Nakara 0810
Namatjira 0872
Napperby Station 0872
Nauiyu 0822
Nemarluk 0822
Newcastle Waters 0862
Nganmarriyanga 0822
Nguiu 0822
Ngukurr 0852
Nhulunbuy 0880
Nhulunbuy 0881
Nicholson 0862
Nightcliff 0810
Nightcliff 0814
Nitmiluk 0852
Noonamah 0837
Northlakes 0812
Numbulwar 0822
Numbulwar 0852
Numburindi 0822
Nutwood Downs 0852
Nyirripi 0872
Oenpelli 0822
Palmerston 0830
Palmerston 0831
Pamayu 0862
Papunya 0872
Parap 0804
Parap 0820
Pellew Islands 0852
Peppimenarti 0822
Petermann 0872
Phillip Creek Station 0862
Pigeon Hole 0852
Pine Creek 0847
Pinelands 0829
Pirlangimpi 0822
Pitjantjatjara Homelands 0872
Point Stephens 0822
Point Stuart 0822
Pularumpi 0822
Pulumpa 0822
Raaf Base Darwin 0820
Rakula 0822
Ramingining 0822
Rapid Creek 0810
Renner Springs 0862
Robin Falls 0822
Robinson River 0852
Rosebery 0832
Rosebery Heights 0832
Ross 0873
Rum Jungle 0822
Sadadeen 0870
Sanderson 0812
Sanderson 0813
Sandover 0872
Sandpalms Roadhouse 0822
Santa Teresa 0872
Shoal Bay 0830
Simpson 0872
Southport 0822
Stapleton 0822
Stuart 0870
Stuart Park 0820
Sturt Plateau 0852
Tablelands 0862
Tanami 0872
Tanami East 0852
Tara 0872
Telegraph Station 0872
Tennant Creek 0860
Tennant Creek 0861
Tennant Creek 0862
Thamarrurr 0822
Thangkenharenge 0872
The Gap 0870
The Gardens 0820
The Narrows 0820
Three Ways 0862
Ti Tree 0872
Timber Creek 0852
Tindal 0853
Tindal Raaf 0853
Tipperary 0822
Titjikala 0872
Tivendale 0822
Tiwi 0810
Tiwi Islands 0822
Top Springs 0852
Tortilla Flats 0822
Tumbling Waters 0822
Uluru 0872
Umbakumba 0822
Umpangara 0872
Undoolya 0874
University 0909
Uralla 0852
Urapuntja 0872
Venn 0852
Vernon Islands 0822
Victoria River 0852
Victoria River Downs 0852
Virginia 0822
Virginia 0834
Virginia 0835
Wadeye 0822
Wagait Beach 0803
Wagait Beach 0822
Wagaman 0810
Wak Wak 0822
Wallace Rockhole 0872
Wanarn 0872
Wanguri 0810
Warrego 0862
Warruwi 0822
Warumungu 0852
Wave Hill 0852
Weddell 0822
West Arnhem 0822
White Gums 0870
Wickham 0822
Willowra 0872
Wilora 0872
Wilton 0852
Winnellie 0820
Winnellie 0821
Winnellie 0822
Winnellie 0906
Winnellie 0907
Wishart 0822
Wollogorang Station 0862
Woodleigh Gardens 0812
Woodroffe 0830
Woolaning 0822
Woolner 0820
Wulagi 0812
Wurrumiyanga 0822
Wutunugurra 0872
Wycliffe Well 0862
Yarralin 0852
Yarrawonga 0830
Yirrkala 0880
Yuelamu 0872
Yuendumu 0872
Yulara 0872
Zuccoli 0832
Which Northern Territory postcodes qualify for hospitality work?
Every Northern Territory postcode
All postcodes in Northern Territory are eligible
Ranges include both endpoints. These location lists apply to tourism and hospitality under both subclass 417 and subclass 462.
Pick the workplace and lifestyle that suit you
With the whole territory included, start with the role, roster and place you want to live. Ask a remote employer how staff get to work, where they stay and what housing costs. Use the workplace’s physical address when keeping your records.
What should I ask before accepting a job?
What is the physical workplace address and postcode?
What will my actual duties be, and what roster can you offer?
What is the pay rate, and how will my hours and wages be recorded?
What accommodation and transport are available, and what will they cost?
Eligible services include food and drink businesses, accommodation and services provided directly to tourists. Bar, restaurant, hotel and tour roles can qualify when the actual work meets the rules. See the bar-work guide for training and applying.
Do UK passport holders need this work?
People applying for a second or third subclass 417 visa using a UK passport on or after 1 July 2024 do not need specified work.
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