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- urgently needing a helper to help me with feeding all animals, meal prep and cooking and some basic house work :)
We are a busy working family looking for helpers to stay with us and experience the lifestyle and culture of living on an Australian cattle station. While we do enjoy horse riding, working dogs, and other outdoor activities, we are looking for someone who is willing to help with all aspects of life on the station not just horse riding.
We live about 2 hours from Charters Towers (a historic gold town) and 4 hours from Townsville, in a beautiful rural setting surrounded by waterfalls, creeks, basalt lava walls, and other unique natural landmarks.
Our home is shared with a wide variety of animals including 13 dogs, 4 cats, chickens, turkeys, ducks, pet pigs, sheep, cows, and a lot of horses. If you love animals and want to experience life in the Australian outback, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
We’re looking for someone to lend a hand with a variety of daily tasks, including:
Feeding and caring for animals
Mucking out yards and stables
Gardening and watering
General cleaning and tidying around the house
Helping with station chores and mustering (depending on experience)
Help in cattle yards with drafting, branding, etc.
If you’re confident and experienced around horses, you may have the opportunity to ride I usually ride daily and follow natural horsemanship principles. However, this is not a horse-riding holiday. Riding is optional and based on your experience and the time available after essential jobs are done. If you're keen to learn, I’m happy to teach when possible but helping with the day-to-day workload comes first.
We ask for help around 3–5 hours a day, 5 days a week (unless we are mustering on weekends) but we are flexible depending on the day’s needs. Animals still need feeding every day, but schedules can often be adjusted to allow for free afternoons and weekends. We enjoy getting out and about and would love to show you around our area if time permits.
Couples are welcome to apply if available, you may have your own room. We're looking for people who are friendly, have a good sense of humour, show initiative, and are comfortable working independently when needed.
We've been hosts for many years and have met wonderful people from all over the world many of whom we have stayed in touch with. We love welcoming travellers into our home and sharing our way of life. Please note that life on a cattle station isn't always as romantic and pretty as you may think. The work can be hot, dusty, involve blood and can be quite hard.
Also, please be aware that we generally don’t host during the peak of summer, as the heat can be intense and challenging for most visitors. However, feel free to contact me if you’d like to discuss this further.
If you're interested, please tell us a bit about yourself, your work experience, and why you'd like to join us. We look forward to hearing from you!
Please note: NO DRUGS you will be asked to leave immediately!!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House sitting
Interests
Sustainability
Movies & TV
Farming
Photography
Gardening
Cooking & food
Books
Art & design
Animals
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Nature
Camping
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Cultural Understanding: Experience what it’s like to live and work alongside an Australian family in a rural setting. You’ll learn about our daily routines, values, and the sense of community that comes with station life.
Hands-On Skills: Get involved in a wide variety of jobs — from feeding animals and gardening to fencing, housekeeping, and station chores. You’ll gain practical skills and confidence in areas you may have never tried before.
Animal Care: Learn how to care for different animals including dogs, horses, poultry, and livestock. You’ll also see how working dogs are trained and used on the land.
Horsemanship (if interested): Understand the basics of natural horsemanship and what it takes to work with young or green horses from groundwork to saddle time.
Self-Reliance & Work Ethic: Life on a station requires initiative and teamwork. You’ll learn to work independently, adapt to challenges, and take pride in contributing to something real and hands-on.
Bush Living & Nature: Discover the beauty of rural Australia waterfalls, wide open spaces, starry skies, and the peacefulness that comes with being far from the city.
Connection & Friendship: Many of our past guests have become lifelong friends. You’ll leave with more than just photos you’ll have memories, stories, and a stronger understanding of Aussie hospitality and resilience.
Help
Feeding animals, mucking out horse yards, helping around the house and yard. Occasionally if we are working cattle than your help may be needed and you can learn about this.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Separate accommodation available. AIrconditioned, wi-fi.
What else ...
We have waterfalls with beautiful swimming spots, basalt wall national park as well as being only 1.5hours from the historical town of charters towers.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
Plenty of room
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
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Luke was great helper to have and a great person to host.
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Luke was great helper to have and a great person to host.
That in short is our summary for a wonderful time in this nice part of the Outback. Genine, Robert and Mack are hard working people – and so much fun to be with. We very much fell as part of the family and thus joined in the work that had to be done. We feel privileged having had the… read more
Young kayleen is the most beautiful and enigmatic young girl. SHe is a very capable horse rider and a VERY good helper to have with the animals. Yvonne is a skilled photographer and always a really good helper. THey were happy to do any job that was required and… read more
Property was huge and beautiful with all cows, friendly horses, dogs and cats and also camera-eating pig and biting cockatoo! Sleeping in a swag under the stars and swimming in… read more
Robert and Genine have a big property, big house and a couple of animals, means: There is a lot of work to do! So I helped Genine with the household, what gave her a free moment to spend her time… read more
