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4 May 2024
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Description
We are a busy easy going family with one mum (scientist), 4 kids (in shared care with their dad, so mostly they are not here when you visit), one very friendly dog, a cat, 1 chicken and 2 guinea pigs. We also dog sit for other people part-time and this involves a lot of dog walking (early in the morning), feeding, taking photos and cleaning after them.
We get a lot out of hosting people from different countries and love to hear your stories about your travels and your culture. We have an ongoing traveller cook book where we record new recipies that our visitors have taught us. We can show you local places to visit and when you are with us you will be like one of the family.
We are very happy to have people visit for 3-7 nights when the kids are mostly at their dad's house and we have room :).
We are a very busy house and it can be crazy sometimes when the kids are here as we are always doing something! I don't have time to chase or manage people so we are looking for independent, adaptable and hardworking people with a good work ethic who can get on and do things without being asked. Mostly this is things like cleaning, gardening, walking dogs, sometimes DIY painting etc. around 4 hours a day (preferably in the morning when it is not raining as much in Cairns). There is always something that needs to be done! We would really prefer people who can organise and clean up after themselves and get up in the morning to do things (rather than sleep all day and party all night, if this is you the backpackers would be better :)).
Our house is near a bus stop into town and isn't far from the botanic gardens which is beautiful. I can also lend you a bike.
I’m looking for people who can help with looking after dogs and cleaning, who get up no later than 8am, who can work unsupervised and use their initiative to get on and do things on their own. Please let me know if this is you! 😊
Thanks for looking and we look forward to meeting you :)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We love to show travellers around Cairns and often have people from other countries stay. You would be one of the family whilst you were with us.
Help
Jobs would depend on your previous experience but could include household cleaning, gardening (weeding and sweeping mostly) painting, staining, gurneying, trimming trees
walking, feeding, cleaning up after dogs, taking photos for their owners
cleaning cars inside and out
assembling flatpack kitchen cupboards, with tools provided.
Let me know too if you have any trade skills (carpentry, concreting, building etc) as there is always something to do.
We really prefer people with a mature work ethic who will contribute to jobs in the morning when it is not raining and who we can trust to get on with things without us having to chase them. Please don't apply if you like to party all night and sleep all day or if you need a lot of direction to get on with doing things. With 4 kids, working and a lot of adopted dogs coming and going things are already busy enough without chasing people, thank you for your initiative and understanding :)
Thanks for looking, please contact me if interested for further details!
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Double Bed room or Bunk bed room both with air conditioning. You choose :)
What else ...
We are 10 minutes from the city with a bus stop right outside. We can lend you a bike and show you around the beautiful natural sights of Cairns.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We have space on the street for your van.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
4 hours a day on average during stay (does not include cooking or cleaning up after yourself) can be flexible
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She is so lovely and caring all the time with you, always asking if you need something; you feel like to be at home, living in a super friendly atmosphere, surrounding by cute dogs and interesting people from around the world.
Thanks so much for all your hospitality and kindness, and even for the… read more
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She is so lovely and caring all the time with you, always asking if you need something; you feel like to be at home, living in a super friendly atmosphere, surrounding by cute dogs and interesting people from around the world.
Thanks so much for all your hospitality and kindness, and even for the… read more
We stayed 4 nights with her and were the best! Kind and loving person ❤️
She constantly shows gratitude and care about us and we really enjoyed our time with her and helping to get things done in her house.
She is always helping people around and the best part was having so many and different dogs around.
We… read more
She is so helpful with everithiyng and so flexible with the working hours, to allow you to travell and visit other places around.
We hightly recommend this host!
He was polite, courteous, clean and my children loved him.
I didn't need to worry about him at all, he did his jobs without supervision and then made the most of his travel experience, going off in the… read more
