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Currently we are in Europe looking for fun adventures and like minded individuals :)
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Hey there! We're Cassie and Alex and we are travelling Europe throughout 2023!
A little about us, we love to visit new places, experience new things and get out of our comfort zones. For Cassie, this means trying new foods that I would normally say no to, but I am getting better! Our home town is a regional place called Darwin, in Australia. We enjoy the National Parks and swimming holes, meeting new people as well as spending time with our friends, family and pets.
At home we have a cat called Annie and a spoodle (cockapoo) called Benji.
We only plan on staying with hosts for 1-2 weeks so we can continue to explore Europe 😊
Interests
HistoryTeam sportsTechnologyCooking & foodBeachSelf developmentDIY & craftsCyclingAdventure sportsPetsOutdoor activitiesNatureMountainMovies & TVMusicHikingFitnessDancingEvents & socialAnimals
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Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentMore details about my language interests
We are both interested in learning Spanish! We have both recently started learning with Duolingo (April 2023) but increasing our knowledge with native speakers would be amazing.
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Eco Projects
Art Projects
Life at a Farmstay
Animal Care
Helping around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Languages
Some knowledge of:
Charity Work
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Able to teach about:
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping with Computers/ Internet
More details about your skills
Cassie has worked in Admin for the past 6-7 years completing a variety of large projects and has done a range of work in the Retail and Hospitality space in supervisor and management roles.
Alex has done a range of jobs that continue to improve his handyman and manual worker skills, and he is always willing to give things a try!
We are both resilient people, who love setting goals for ourselves. We are curious on how other people live and work and want to experience it first hand for ourselves as we prefer to be out of the big cities! We both adapt very easily and are happy to get down and dirty if the work requires it.
We have done a number of trips with workaway and have done the following tasks:
- rendering outside walls
- teaching English
- working in the forest and chopping firewood both with a chainsaw, axe, wood cutting machine and a chipper
- building rock walls around garden edges
- clearing fields to allow them to be ready for planting or harvesting
- feeding and taking care of a lot of animals including horses, ponies, donkeys, goats, chickens, ducks, cats and dogs!
- learning about permaculture and assisting in the garden (weeding, watering, planting etc.)
- painting inside and outside the house (floors, doorways, tables etc.)
- dog walking
- child minding
- running errands (we both have our international drivers licence)
If a task you need isn't on the list, let us know as we are always willing to give things a try :)
Age
26 & 25
What else ...
We aren't party people and love a good night at home, watching tv, snuggling our puppy. Alex is a wonderful cook, always wanting to try new recipes and food. We enjoy playing board and card games and keeping our weekends busy. Both of us love to exercise and when we have the chance, we love to go exploring, hiking and completing walking trails.
We would appreciate hosts providing the basic necessities that may be required for the work to be conducted - i.e. gumboots, gloves and sunscreen (if working in the sun)! As we are travelling and unsure what each host may require, we are unable to travel with the bigger items ourselves :)
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Driver's licence
Allergies
Not allergic however Cassie doesn't eat (fresh) tomatoes or mushrooms and Alex doesn't eat mushrooms.Special dietary requirements
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Srdjan is an amazing cook and we were extremely well fed, we took turns in cleaning the kitchen and doing the dishes as well as… read more
While visiting, there were two other volunteers who were our main contacts as Laila has a lot of work going on :)
The volunteer Ingrid was amazing and provided us with a lot of information and help. She is also an amazing cook! The other volunteers only speak Spanish and we only speak English so we… read more
Alex and Cassie's hard work and careful attitude… read more
Work was 25 hours, starting early in the morning to avoid the heat and it was flexible if you wanted to work longer to take some time off. Cassie did a large amount of weeding, as well… read more
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Srdjan is an amazing cook and we were extremely well fed, we took turns in cleaning the kitchen and doing the dishes as well as… read more
While visiting, there were two other volunteers who were our main contacts as Laila has a lot of work going on :)
The volunteer Ingrid was amazing and provided us with a lot of information and help. She is also an amazing cook! The other volunteers only speak Spanish and we only speak English so we… read more
Alex and Cassie's hard work and careful attitude… read more
Work was 25 hours, starting early in the morning to avoid the heat and it was flexible if you wanted to work longer to take some time off. Cassie did a large amount of weeding, as well… read more
During our stay, Martina (who was the primary contact) was away on holidays. Before our stay commenced, we were advised that Bruno had accepted a new job and wouldn't be home much and that our tasks would focus around… read more
Kerry provided all the food we could have needed, and although we sorted ourselves for breakfast and lunch, we took turns cooking dinner which was really lovely!
We stayed in one… read more
The family integrated us into their lives, having long and wonderful lunch and dinner conversations, all working together… read more
Alex helped us outside in the garden clearing and did a great job power washing our patio
Cassie helped inside and out, cleaning and organising a very overflowing library of books.
They were both very respectful of our house always asking what was expected of them and how we did things in our… read more
There are a lot of family members and every single person was lovely, welcoming, accommodating and some of the best people to chat to and hang around. On weekends and school holidays, the number of kids grows but all of the kids were amazing, funny and so easy… read more
We did a number of tasks including cutting up fire wood, cutting the brambles off the fences and our favourite, feeding the animals and collecting the duck and chicken… read more
They helped us a lot with removing wallpaper (in super speed), planting tulips, feeding animals, restoring horse arena, ect. they can do any job I'm sure !
Even though they are used to totally different food, they tried tasting everything i served them, and gave very honest feed back. If they needed something, they would let me know.… read more
She lives in the woods, about 10ks away from the nearest big town, but she always made sure that you had everything that you need.
We were able to go on bike… read more
We had long conversations at… read more
