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Host rating
100 %
Last replied
25 Feb 2024
Reply rate
100.0 %
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Feedback
29
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Description
David and Kim recently sold their small farm and are ready for Travel. We have hosted hundreds of backpackers through various platforms (you can see our workaway profile here
You can see our host profile here ()
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Biological farming /gardening practices
Zero waste practices
English including some Aussie slang :)
Animal care (we have dogs, cat, horses, cows and chickens)
Local attractions
Help
Looking for people that can help with the animals, our yard/property maintenance, vegi garden and around the house. If you have any special skills (eg artsy) let us know as we always have things that can be spruced up. Prefer 2 week stay with a maximum to be negotiated before hand. Volunteering 5 days 4 hours each (we can be flexible if you want to work longer days and have more days off in a row to sightsee)
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Accommodation
The accommodation is self contained within the main packing shed, it is new and clean.
it consists of a bedroom, and separate kitchenette. There is a shower and toilet and refrigerator and laundry facilities. Unlimited wifi is available.
What else ...
Maryborough is part of the Fraser coast region, so we are close to Hervey bay for the whale watching and Fraser Island getaways.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
4 hours a day, 5 days a week
Host ref number: 275973976787
Feedback (19)
11 Apr 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Mariska)
Mariska came as a last minute guest, she was an Absolute delight to have stay.
She worked along side with us and learned very quickly,
Always helped out during meals and house cleaning, and make the best chocolate chip cookies.
Would highly recommend Mariska, and you are welcome back anytime.
She worked along side with us and learned very quickly,
Always helped out during meals and house cleaning, and make the best chocolate chip cookies.
Would highly recommend Mariska, and you are welcome back anytime.
(Excellent
)
11 Apr 2023
Left by Workawayer (Mariska) for host
Kim and Dave are absolutely amazing, kind, hardworking, genuine people. They let me in their home while they were away as I was looking for a last minute host, which I appreciated soo much. It was very interesting to see how the farm works. The work itself is fair and the food is great! (Especially the homemade sourdough). Thanks soo much for the… read more
9 Mar 2022
Left by Workawayer (Leonardo & Kirsten) for host
Me and Kirst spent almost 3 months with Kim and Dave and any words of appreciation would fall short of the real thing. We had a truly amazing time.
We´ve learned so much in so many different areas. From Dave´s endless knowledge on tools and how to fix and build things to growing and processing the very best limes we have ever seen, the entire… read more
We´ve learned so much in so many different areas. From Dave´s endless knowledge on tools and how to fix and build things to growing and processing the very best limes we have ever seen, the entire… read more
10 Dec 2021
Left by Workawayer (Neville (Monty)) for host
I stayed almost three weeks. David and Kim are exceptionally friendly hosts offering wonderful hospitality. They will make you feel at home straight away. A wonderful relaxed and fun attitude, had plenty of laughs. They are very willing to share their knowledge and experience they have gained and learnt in their mushroom farming and the lime… read more
Feedback
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(5.0)
Cultural exchange:
(5.0)
Communication:
(5.0)
11 Apr 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Mariska)
Mariska came as a last minute guest, she was an Absolute delight to have stay.
She worked along side with us and learned very quickly,
Always helped out during meals and house cleaning, and make the best chocolate chip cookies.
Would highly recommend Mariska, and you are welcome back anytime.
She worked along side with us and learned very quickly,
Always helped out during meals and house cleaning, and make the best chocolate chip cookies.
Would highly recommend Mariska, and you are welcome back anytime.
(Excellent
)
11 Apr 2023
Left by Workawayer (Mariska) for host
Kim and Dave are absolutely amazing, kind, hardworking, genuine people. They let me in their home while they were away as I was looking for a last minute host, which I appreciated soo much. It was very interesting to see how the farm works. The work itself is fair and the food is great! (Especially the homemade sourdough). Thanks soo much for the… read more
9 Mar 2022
Left by Workawayer (Leonardo & Kirsten) for host
Me and Kirst spent almost 3 months with Kim and Dave and any words of appreciation would fall short of the real thing. We had a truly amazing time.
We´ve learned so much in so many different areas. From Dave´s endless knowledge on tools and how to fix and build things to growing and processing the very best limes we have ever seen, the entire… read more
We´ve learned so much in so many different areas. From Dave´s endless knowledge on tools and how to fix and build things to growing and processing the very best limes we have ever seen, the entire… read more
10 Dec 2021
Left by Workawayer (Neville (Monty)) for host
I stayed almost three weeks. David and Kim are exceptionally friendly hosts offering wonderful hospitality. They will make you feel at home straight away. A wonderful relaxed and fun attitude, had plenty of laughs. They are very willing to share their knowledge and experience they have gained and learnt in their mushroom farming and the lime… read more
10 Sep 2021
Left by Workawayer (Louise) for host
Kim and David are the best hosts you can find on the planet! They were extremely helpful, humourous, and thoughtful. I had a great stay, learnt the kinder way to live and treat the animals, picked freshest mushrooms, ate delicious meals Kim cooked, was amazed by how skillful that David could make everything work!
I stayed for nearly 2.5 months,… read more
I stayed for nearly 2.5 months,… read more
7 Aug 2020
Left by host for Workawayer (Melissa & Esteban)
Melissa and Estabon were lovely. We don’t often have Workawayers in our home as usually seperate accomodation is available for them, but it worked out really well with these guys. They were really polite, gave us plenty of time to ourselves while sharing our home and jumped in and helped with the dishes and offered to help with anything we needed.… read more
(Very good
)
17 May 2020
Left by Workawayer (Miriam & Fulvio) for host
Kim and Dave are an awesome couple!
We will never be able to thank them enough for giving us a safe place where to stay during this difficult moment. It was an amazing experience and we felt treated as part of their family while also learning many things about farming, animals, tools and even cooking.
We had such a lovely time at the farm and we… read more
We will never be able to thank them enough for giving us a safe place where to stay during this difficult moment. It was an amazing experience and we felt treated as part of their family while also learning many things about farming, animals, tools and even cooking.
We had such a lovely time at the farm and we… read more
3 Feb 2020
Left by host for Workawayer (Sarah & Fay)
Sarah and Fay were a pleasure to have stay with us. They were bright, cheerful and always willing to help with any job (as well as help with making dinner and washing up!). While we did not have our usual orchard work available for them to do, they did some amazing decorative painting for us (they painted rocks as veg garden markers and decorated… read more
(Excellent
)
2 Feb 2020
Left by Workawayer (Sarah & Fay) for host
Kim and Dave were truly amazing people! Very friendly and welcoming and had a great passion for their farm and life! :)
We loved hearing your stories on an evening - and Kim your cooking was absolutely wonderful!
We will miss the chilled out atmosphere and the ability to let our artistic nature's thrive!! The stone decorating was great fun - we… read more
We loved hearing your stories on an evening - and Kim your cooking was absolutely wonderful!
We will miss the chilled out atmosphere and the ability to let our artistic nature's thrive!! The stone decorating was great fun - we… read more
7 Nov 2019
Left by Workawayer (Catharina & Marc) for host
We stayed about one month on this beautiful farm and we enjoyed every day there! Kim and David are wonderful people and it’s been a pleasure to spend this time together. We had a great time together and they helped us with everything we came up with, for example purchasing a car. Kim is a brilliant cook and Dave is a really funny guy. The animals… read more
19 Sep 2019
Left by Workawayer (Maria Gabriela) for host
Kim and Dave :
Gracias Infinitas!!!
I am so lucky to have arrived here.
Kim and Dave are amazing people. Thank you so much for accepting me at your house and making me feel at home . I had so many things to learn. I loved it!. I could not have chosen a better place to say goodbye to Australia. Im really happy this was my last workaway.
I can't… read more
Gracias Infinitas!!!
I am so lucky to have arrived here.
Kim and Dave are amazing people. Thank you so much for accepting me at your house and making me feel at home . I had so many things to learn. I loved it!. I could not have chosen a better place to say goodbye to Australia. Im really happy this was my last workaway.
I can't… read more
15 Aug 2019
Left by Workawayer (Siewiorro) for host
Kim and David are such nice and fun people! We really enjoyed working and spending time with them. During our stay we were helping them with fencing. We learned a lot about suistainable, organic farm and living. It was very inspiring to watch how hard they are trying to live environmentally friendly! It was so much fun to help and learn more about… read more
30 Jun 2019
Left by Workawayer (Dennis) for host
Can recommend this place 100%.
Kimi and David are both really awesome, easy goin, funny and they really try to make this experience good for both sides. They always try to talk to you, ask you questions and make you part of their life for the time you are there. Kimi is also a great chief. So every evening there is a great dinner and most times… read more
Kimi and David are both really awesome, easy goin, funny and they really try to make this experience good for both sides. They always try to talk to you, ask you questions and make you part of their life for the time you are there. Kimi is also a great chief. So every evening there is a great dinner and most times… read more
26 Mar 2019
Left by Workawayer (Hortense) for host
I had a wonderful time with Kim and David during almost 10 days.
It was what I was missing the most during my 6 months trip. I really wanted to spend time in an Australian family by helping with different activities, learning about a better way of life, sharing cultural habits... and I couldn’t expect a better experience !
The work in the lime… read more
It was what I was missing the most during my 6 months trip. I really wanted to spend time in an Australian family by helping with different activities, learning about a better way of life, sharing cultural habits... and I couldn’t expect a better experience !
The work in the lime… read more
22 Mar 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Hortense)
We really enjoyed having Hortense stay with us. She was very polite, friendly, helpful, happy to help with anything that needed doing and went above and beyond what we expected. She also makes an amazing chocolate cake!! Hortense was very neat and tidy and left the accomodation lovely and clean. Thanks Hortense for everything, hope we will see you… read more
(Excellent
)
15 Feb 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Valerie)
Valerie was a lovely and thoughtful guest on our farm. She was happy to take on any job we asked of her. Always smiling and friendly we would happily recommend Valerie to anyone.
(Excellent
)
22 Dec 2018
Left by Workawayer (Valerie) for host
I spent about 10 days with Kim & Dave on the Lime Farm & it was such a great experience !! As this was my first work away ever I didn't really know if I would like it .. now all I can say: it is such a great opportunity to get in touch with the real aussie farm life & especially with great people .. thank you so much for your hospitality !! I… read more
15 Feb 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Lucile)
Lucile was a pleasure to have on our farm. She was thoughtful and courteous, always helpful and makes a great pie! She left the accomodation lovely and clean. We would happily have her back and would highly recommend her.
(Excellent
)
12 Nov 2018
Left by Workawayer (David) for host
We had the wonderful opportunity to stay with Kim and Dave on the Farm for about 10 days. My two boys still talk about their experience - packing the limes was a highlight for them! We were exposed to many things during our time there, even though the drought at the time took a big hit on lime production. Kim did a great job of keeping us busy!… read more
3 Sep 2018
Left by Workawayer (Waidullah & Elisabeth) for host
We had the chance to live & work together with Kim & David for about 2,5 weeks.
What we experienced was a warm welcome and a beautiful place where we mainly helped to pick & pack limes, fertilizing trees, weed & general maintenance. Furthermore we have helped them with timber work on the farm, drove the tractor & cleaned the dogs/ horses. Both… read more
What we experienced was a warm welcome and a beautiful place where we mainly helped to pick & pack limes, fertilizing trees, weed & general maintenance. Furthermore we have helped them with timber work on the farm, drove the tractor & cleaned the dogs/ horses. Both… read more
27 Aug 2018
Left by Workawayer (Pierre-Alexandre) for host
My stay at Kim and David’s place was very pleasant. They are very nice people, always positive, always smiling and all of this results in a very good atmosphere. Furthermore the place is relaxing by the countryside and the lovely animals moving freely in the garden. The accommodation in the shed is really nice and comfortable and I never lacked of… read more
16 Jul 2018
Left by Workawayer (Po Yi & Ming Shan) for host
We stayed in here around 6 weeks and we love here! David and Kim are patient to our poor English. And Kim is a wonderful chef that we tried a lot of different dishes. We learned a lot and made us have some new idea in our life. Also the animals are very cute. Thank you so much to treat us! I am highly recommend to stay here ,you will have a… read more
25 May 2018
Left by Workawayer (FEDERICO) for host
I spent at Kim and Dave's place really good time. They are such as lovely couple, very kind and friendly. They were very good in making you feel comfortable. The accomodation is cozy and I had everything I needed. Kim's jams were delicious. And australian homemade pizza too! Spending time with them was always interesting and funny. They explained… read more
22 May 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (FEDERICO)
Federico only stayed with us for just under 2 weeks but we really enjoyed his stay. He was very polite and well mannered and always helped with the clean up after meals. Federico was happy to do everything we asked from weeding in the garden where he was meticulous about getting out the nutgrass, to picking and packing fruit to making row markers… read more
(Excellent
)
21 May 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Fatima)
Fatima and Hanna stayed with us for nearly two weeks. They were lovely girls, fun, interesting and very open to share about their amazing travel experiences. They spoiled our animals with lots of patience, love and attention did everything we asked of them (even hours getting nutgrass out of the garden) and helped out extra around the kitchen… read more
(Excellent
)
13 May 2018
Left by Workawayer (Fatima) for host
We stayed almost two weeks at Kim and David’s Farm and had an awesome time. Kim and David are such lovely people. We helped picking limes which was an amazing experience - we will never forget the beautiful smell - as well as sewing bags and did some weeding.
David is tremendous amount of fun an Kim is an amazing cook - she even managed to create… read more
David is tremendous amount of fun an Kim is an amazing cook - she even managed to create… read more
8 Aug 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Antonia)
Antonia and Lea were absolutely delightful to have stay with. Always full of good cheer and happiness, willing to learn and ask questions. They are eager to help with any of the jobs around the farm and house. Hope they have a wonderful time travelling and hope they come back to visit again.
(Excellent
)
11 Dec 2015
Left by host for Workawayer (Hanna & Karsten)
We enjoyed having Hanna and Karsten stay with us for two weeks. They willingly got stuck into the mulching work we needed to get done even though it was hot, they had to get down under the trees and there were plenty of insect pests. It was really helpful for us that we only needed to show them what to do once and they were able to work… read more
(Very good
)
11 Dec 2015
Left by Workawayer (Hanna & Karsten) for host
David and Kim are very nice people! We stayed at their farm for 2 weeks and we loved it very much! The food was excellent - Kim is such a good cook! It was interesting for us to see how to live on a lime farm and we learned a lot of new things. Thank you for that great Time!
