Its getting harder to find work if you dont have the correct visa - employers are liable for some large fines not only from immigration dept but also taxation and workers injury insurance. Maybe 1 in 500 small employers are prepared to take the risk. Larger companies will not even think about employing you without a tax file number. The fruit picking areas have had some well publiscised immigration sweeps and I dont think too many farmers will take the risk.
Its really only businesses that deal in cash (no EFTPOS, no cheques or credit cards) that can employ people without the correct visa - very few businesses dont take cards nowadays.
Bear in mind that if you work for cash you will be exploited - either paid well below what you should be, or when you leave you wont be paid at all.
You can volunteer to work for food and accomodation without hassles - weblookup "wwoof ing" = willing workers on organic farms.
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