Help out on a small hobby farm, a short drive from the famous Burleigh heads beaches - Australia

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  Description

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  We are a small 3 acre hobby farm ten minutes drive to famous Burleigh Heads, Palm Beach and Currumbin beaches. We are a Mum, Michelle, living with her 7yo and 22yo son. The older daughter and her boyfriend (both 27) visit regularly and have a small house of their own in the backyard. We also have Michelles brother, Damo and the kids Dad, Andy who also lives on the property. We call ourselves the Tally Commune. We have horses, chickens and guinea pigs, as well as one cat, three dogs and another dog that visits regularly. We have a sometimes friendly parrot. There is a small shopping strip within a five minute walk, which has pizza, seafood and a corner store. We provide one double electric bike for transport. We live next to a 100 acre park with a playground and lakes, with close connections to other parks. Because we have free range guinea pigs and birds, we cannot accept travellers with pets.
  
  HOUSE AND ROOM
  The house has lots of facilities available. This is a kid friendly family house. We have a a pool table, table tennis table, pool with waterslide, heated spa, basketball court and small soccer field. We would love to host families with children, we have a 7yo boy who is very friendly and sociable and loves to hang out with kids of all ages. There is one workaway room, which is quite small, it has a queen size bed and a desk. There is also a small bedroom that is used by my son during the day as a play/study room, that can take a mattress on the floor if more space is required
  
  THE WORK
  We provide the room, bike and facilities in exchange for 2 hours of help per day each for couples, or three hours of work for a single, five days per week (Tuesday-Saturday). Weekends are Sunday and Monday. Food is not provided and you need to provide your own food.
  The work is all gardening and outdoor work, occasionally there will be some spring cleaning jobs inside, but general cleaning is considered part of living in a house and is not part of the work.
  
  OTHER INFO
  We try to keep a tidy house, we don't leave dishes in the kitchen, and the bathroom is cleaned after use.
  Toilet paper/soap toiletries etc is also not supplied - you need to bring your own.
  There is a small supermarket within walking distance and a large supermarket within a ten min bike ride. You will be sharing the house with the family and are expected to leave all communal areas clean and tidy and not leave your belongings lying around.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Babysitting and creative play

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are happy to take you to the beach, horseriding, bushwalking etc. You just need to let me know what you would be interested in doing while you are here or before you come. I dont have a lot of free time, but can organise outings with workawayers and my son Ara on Tuesdays

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  Projects involving children

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

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  Help

  We would love 2-3 hours per day of work in exchange for accomodation and food. (Three for a single, two each for a couple, families with kids - One parent does 3 hours gardening per day, the other parent may be asked to do babysitting rather than gardening, depending on the period. Tasks required at the moment is all outdoors - gardening, weeding and planting.
  Some Spanish conversation lessons would be nice also!!!

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  You will be staying in a lovely room in our house and sharing with ourselves and our 8yo and 23yo sons. The house is quite large with plenty of space for everyone. The room is private for your use but the bathroom is shared.

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  What else ...

  We are 8-15 minutes from surf beaches in Currumbin, Burleigh Heads and Palm Beach. We are close by car to Currumbin rock pools and are adjacent to hundreds of acres of parkland with paths throughout. If you want to know where we are, look up man on the bike shops on google maps in Tallebudgera

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  Great wifi unlimited

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Our front yard can fit any size van

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  Can possibly accept pets

  No, no pets, we already have too many

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  2-3 hours a day, 5 days per week

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