The Working Holiday Maker visa encourages young people from 44 nations to live and work for up to three years in Australia, contributing immensely to the temporary migrant workforce in regional areas. However, the conditions they experience while completing 88 days of mandatory ‘farm work’ to apply for visa extensions often place them in vulnerable situations and states of immobility that are counter to the perception of backpackers as mobile. Types of accommodation specifically for temporary migrant farm workers are known as working hostels and in some cases the ways in which they are administered have perpetuated the precarious and immobile situations in which backpackers find themselves. This article explores the lived experiences of backpackers who have undertaken farm work in the Bundaberg region, a new ‘hot spot’ for seasonal migrant labour. Drawing on ethnographic observations and interviews with 35 working holiday makers, the article advances the suggestion that recent shifts in hostelling accommodation practices and increased competition for agricultural jobs in the region place individuals in increasingly precarious states of immobility.

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暂时不动：澳大利亚班达伯格的背包、农场工作和旅馆

打工度假者签证鼓励来自 44 个国家的年轻人在澳大利亚生活和工作长达三年，为偏远地区的临时移民劳动力做出了巨大贡献。然而，他们在完成 88 天强制性“农活”以申请签证延期时所经历的条件往往使他们处于脆弱的境地和无法移动的状态，这与背包客的移动观念背道而驰。专门为临时农民工提供的住宿类型被称为工作旅馆，在某些情况下，它们的管理方式使背包客发现自己处于不稳定和无法移动的境地。本文探讨了在班达伯格地区从事农业工作的背包客的生活经历，班达伯格地区是季节性移民劳动力的新“热点”。