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4868 Cairns

Queensland · 5 of 6 official tables

Official list last changed 5 Apr 2025 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Worker in a hard hat and hi-vis vest at an open-cut mine
4868
Bartender making a cocktail behind a bar

As of 19 Oct 2026, postcode 4868 (Cairns, QLD) appears in 5 of the six Home Affairs specified-work tables. 417 visa: all eight types of specified work. 462 visa: all work types except mining.

Work types listed for 4868, by visa.
Type of work417 Working Holiday462 Work and Holiday
Farm work (plant and animal cultivation) Listed Table 4: Regional Australia Listed Table 3: Northern Australia Table 4: Regional Australia
Fishing and pearling Listed Table 4: Regional Australia Listed Table 3: Northern Australia
Tree farming and felling Listed Table 4: Regional Australia Listed Table 3: Northern Australia
Mining Listed Table 4: Regional Australia Not listed
Construction Listed Table 4: Regional Australia Listed Table 3: Northern Australia Table 4: Regional Australia
Tourism and hospitality Listed Table 1: Remote and Very Remote Australia · work done from 22 Jun 2021 · applications lodged from 5 Mar 2022 Table 3: Northern Australia · work done from 22 Jun 2021 · applications lodged from 5 Mar 2022 Listed Table 1: Remote and Very Remote Australia · work done from 22 Jun 2021 · applications lodged from 5 Mar 2022 Table 3: Northern Australia
Bushfire recovery (paid or volunteer) Listed Table 5: Bushfire declared areas · work done from 1 Aug 2019 Listed Table 5: Bushfire declared areas · work done from 1 Aug 2019
Flood, cyclone and storm recovery (paid or volunteer) Listed Table 6: Natural disaster declared areas · work done from 1 Jan 2022 · applications lodged from 5 Apr 2025 Listed Table 6: Natural disaster declared areas · work done from 1 Jan 2022 · applications lodged from 5 Apr 2025

✓ Listed appears in a table for that work. ! Listed appears, with date conditions.

What to know about 4868

  • The postcode that matters is where you physically work, not your employer's office address.
  • Tourism and hospitality work counts in this area only if it was done from 22 June 2021.
  • Recovery work in a declared area can be paid or volunteer. For volunteer work, each day worked counts as one day.
  • Mining is listed for the 417 visa only. It is never specified work for the 462 visa.
  • The work must be paid at the legal award rate (except volunteer recovery work).
  • On a 462 visa, these don't count in 4868: mining. They do count on a 417.
  • ABS classes 4868 as outer regional Australia. That's an ABS statistic and isn't the same as Home Affairs' list of remote areas for hospitality; the tables above are what count.

Nearby listed postcodes

  • 4870 Cairns · 6 km
  • 4869 Cairns · 6 km
  • 4878 Cairns · 15 km
  • 4865 Gordonvale · 16 km
  • 4879 Cairns · 23 km
  • 4881 Kuranda · 25 km

Questions about 4868

Does farm work in Cairns (4868) count for the 88 days?

Yes. Farm work (plant and animal cultivation) in 4868 is on the official list for both the 417 and the 462 visa.

Does hospitality in Cairns (4868) count for the 88 days?

Yes, for work done from 22 June 2021. 4868 is in Northern Australia or a remote area, so cafés, bars, hotels, hostels and tour jobs here count on both the 417 and the 462 visa.

Does mining in Cairns (4868) count for the 88 days?

On a 417 visa, yes, including mining support services and cleaning on a mine site. Mining never counts on a 462 visa.

Does construction work in Cairns (4868) count?

Yes. Construction in 4868 is on the official list for both the 417 and the 462 visa.

Does it matter where I live or where my employer's office is?

No. What counts is where you physically do the work. If you work in 4868 but your payslips show an office elsewhere, ask your employer for a letter naming the work site and postcode.

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