At the moment we have a space from February 27.

We live about 30 minutes north of Toowoomba, two hours west of Brisbane on 80 acres. It's a new place and there is lots of work to do, so we just need help in the house to free us up to get out and do the landscaping, fencing etc (which you can help us with if you prefer to be outdoors). Mum works and is also doing a PhD and Dad is away with work most of the time, so it's hard getting through the list of things we want to do! Because we are a household of girls much of the time, we are looking for a female Workawayer.

We have some horses, although we only have one that can be ridden at the moment, so our Workawayer will be able to ride sometimes if they are experienced at riding (some competition experience is what we would be looking for in jumping, dressage, western or reining). If you are hoping to ride, you must be a competent rider with fairly recent riding experience as you will have to ride by yourself most of the time. Having siad all that, it is perfectly fine if you have no horse experience at all :-))

A driver's licence and safe and competent driving skills are absolutely necessary as we are way out of town.

We have access to beautiful riding and bushwalking country as our house is surrounded by bush with lots of wild animals and birds.

Much of the work we will give you will be house or garden related while I work or study and then on weekends we will tackle bigger jobs or take horses to competitions. There is plenty of time to go bushwalking with the dogs or ride and explore the area.

Toowoomba on the Great Dividing Range, Queensland

Feeding and rugging horses at least two mornings and two afternoons a week.
Riding or working a horse most days (for those who can ride).
Helping teenagers get organised for school.
Cleaning up kitchen and wiping down benches after breakfast and dinner.
Vacuuming house once a week and checking kitchen floor in between.
Helping supervise teenager chores in mornings.
Occasional weekends away with horse competitions (or you can stay at home and look after the animals in peace!) in return for weekdays off.
Hanging out and gathering in washing.
Preparation of a meal once or twice a week
Collecting children from school or the school bus a couple of days a week during term.
Helping us with the occasional bigger job such as clearing paddocks or fencing.

French, English

Own very large room and bathroom in a new house with a new king size bed; wireless internet (although we have 15GB download limit so we ask that you limit your Skype sessions and downloads as it is needed for work); some use of a car for experienced drivers.

Both daughters are learning French, so we'd love it if you speak French, but not imperative. The horses and dogs are a BIG part of our lives, so we need someone who is comfortable around them and OK with the dogs and cat living in the house. We have one very quiet horse for you to ride - normally we have more, but we have just had to retire one and he has been replaced by a baby who needs in-hand, long reining work, so a challenge for anyone trained in this work? Plenty of bush and quiet tracks to ride on. Two of our Workawayers saw a koala! Wallabies appear every day, there are echidnas and kangaroos and there is a huge range of birds around us.

Absolutely no smokers, sorry!