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Volunteer with us at the farm and explore the beautiful sunshine coast in Queensland, Australia

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 1 month

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  • Description

    Description

    UPDATE AS OF FEB 2024 (have filled the position, thanks guys)

    Hi all, we are having a break from short term travellers at the moment as I’m full, but I am looking for some cool people to join our farm family for a long term rental from March26th 2024 for a 6 months rental This might suit long term travellers wanting to settle somewhere for a few months. Everything provided including bills and access to our beautiful organic gardens, eggs and honey. In exchange we ask for help around the farm, feeding animals, gardening, and theres potential for extra work cleaning the accommodation, or if you have experience even running everything while i do some small amounts of travelling!
    Please send me a detailed application as why you want to join our lovely community. There are 4 other adults and 2 kids who live on the property all in their own spaces so very private. Sorry but we dont have any storage space or room for extra kids.

    Emma

    We are looking for a couple or single from the for a min of 3-6 months. We have a funky caravan all set up with your own space, veranda kitchen and shower and toilet We just ask in exchange for 15 hours a week to help feed the animals and some gardening. We eat meat but vegetarians and vegans welcome. We provide eggs, honey, bread and organic produce from the garden and we do some communal meals too. People with skills of carpentry and building highly sort after but not necessary. We have now finished our bus conversion, have just finished a tiny house on wheels and have built another!

    We will favour people wanting to stay a month or more as most people that stay here come for a few weeks and stay a few months! Look forward to meeting you! You must have your own car! There’s no public transportation from here.
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    Hi! We have a 20 acre farm at the base of the beautiful Glass House Mountains, Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia. We run a bed and breakfast and farm stay, where people can come and stay with us and enjoy the farm life. We have a variety of farm animals including miniature pigs, alpaccas, dexter cows, chickens, miniature goats, sheep, quails, ducks and dogs. We are aiming to be self sufficient as possible and have a huge organic vegetable garden, we have our own beef, pork and egg supply, honey and are starting to plant fruit trees and expand our food production. It is the perfect base to explore the sunshine coast, only 20 min to the beach, one hour from Brisbane and just down the rd from Australia Zoo.

    We are a couple in our early 40’s with a 7 year old and 4 year old boys, many animals, gardens and a farm stay business. So come and stay with us at the farm and explore the beautiful sunshine coast. Oh and if you love food and cooking this is the place to be.

    Emma and Mark


    We have babies everywhere at the moment...mini pigs, puppies and calves

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Some of things our workawayers have learnt here
    principals of permaculture and no dig gardening, composting, worm farms, animal care
    milking cows and cheese making
    making bread, sour dough starters, preserves (jams) and basil pesto, chilli sauses
    home made cleaning products, and beauty products
    fermenting (kombucha, kiffir)
    improving your english and learning about the Australian farm life
    Building a tipi, tiny house and bus/van conversions
    feeding bay lambs and pigs and ducklings

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    Hi everyone. We are building a organic garden from scratch and would love help with getting this up and running,(UPDATE: this is in full production and we eat every day from the garden, we still maintain it regulary and can teach yu too) help putting up a greenhouse, (completed) help feeding all of our animals, and general farm duties. We do all live in the main house (and now have a funky caravan which is just for the workaway crew) so its a 'everyone helps' communal lifestyle, and you will be required to all pitch in and help. Plenty of free time an welcome to join us when we go to the markets and beaches ect.. you will need a car to stay here.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    A caravan with farm views and own private space for couple or two friends sharing. FREE UNLIMITED WIFI

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    close to Australia Zoo (10 mins) 5kms from town, 20 mins to the beach, 10 mins from glass house mountains, 30 from eumundi markets and noosa. We run a very relaxed lifestyle here and only help with light duties will be required. We are in our 30's, love the farm and our animals and spending time in the garden and growing our own food.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    have starlink in the main house welcome to use our communal rom, cant guarenttee will always be quiet!

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    can have a small van here but we provide the caravan for accommodation. Would consider an off grid bus?

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

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    Hours expected

    Maximum 3 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 377237152466

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