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Welcome to our family. Mountain bikers, hard workers and artists welcome to help on our bike park in Nelson, NZ

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  2024 

 Séjour min. souhaité : Au moins une semaine

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  • Description

    Description

    After 24 years away on international adventures Alistair has returned home to New Zealand, and bought the family with him! Alistair met his American wife, Karin, in Bolivia where they lived together for nearly 20 years. Their two teenaged sons were born in Bolivia and grew up there. Both Alistair and Karin are international travelers who thrive on good conversation, fun, laughter, music and adventure travel.

    As your hosts we hope to provide you with a great opportunity to learn about New Zealand, practice your English and get involved in a variety of projects that play to your strengths. Along the way, you can tell us about your country, your travels, and your life. Having been backpackers and travelers throughout the world ourselves we are also keen to "pay it forward" and offer the kind of experience to our helpers that we hope one day our sons can have when they travel the world. We have a 10-acre lifestyle block with plenty of native bush and many incredible native birds. As such, our projects are aimed at improving the property and eventually making it more sustainable. Please note we are a scenic 20-minute drive from the centre of Nelson City, so it's best suited to have your own vehicle to take advantage of your time off. Please let us know in your message to us that you have a vehicle.

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Projets artistiques
    Aide avec des éco-projets
    Jardinage
    Bricolage et construction
    Aide dans une ferme
    Cuisine/repas pour la famille
    Aide à la maison
    Entretien général
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    We are an international family that has traveled and lived around the world. We believe strongly in sharing our cultures with others, and providing the kinds of experiences we hope our sons will have when they travel the world. We have many stories to tell about our own adventures, and we understand the life of international travelers. Karin is very knowledgeable about the English language and can assist with those keen to refine their grammar and verbal skills. Alistair is a serial entrepreneur and mountain biker who can provide many insights into lifestyle businesses, as well as adventure travel in New Zealand. We have an awesome wee mountain bike track that mountain bikers of all levels will enjoy, and we can help you get onto many of the amazing mountain bike tracks around the region with heaps of inside knowledge. We also have our own bike shop so can help sort out any bike problems you have or perhaps arrange a loaner mountain bike and some discounted shuttles up into the hills.

  • Projets impliquant des enfants

    Projets impliquant des enfants

    Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

  • Aide

    Aide

    We have a private 400m mountain bike track in our backyard! This area requires yearlong maintenance: mowing, weed whacking, weed spraying, securing drainage, etc., plus we are always looking to improve jumps wooden features

    Additionally, around the property there is gardening, landscaping, eliminating weeds, some house cleaning, cutting fire wood, planting and maintaining native plantings, plus other non-technical chores.

    The majority of tasks suit physically fit individuals who enjoy working in the outdoors.

    We require 2 7 . 5 hours of work per week. We can give you good tips of how to plan your time off!

  • Langues

    Langues parlées
    Anglais: Courant
    Espagnol: Courant
    Français: Intermédiaire

    Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
    Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
    Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    We provide space in our modern, separate studio with camp kitchen, splash pool access (summer only!), wifi internet, and parking.

    Our location is a 20-minute drive from the town of Nelson, so it’s advantageous that you have your own vehicle to maximise your time off.

    We provide ingredients for you to make breakfast and lunch on your own schedule. Most evenings we share dinner meals with the family; other nights (when the student homework load is high!) we will provide ingredients for you to prepare your own dinner.

    Please advise us of any dietary restrictions ahead of time and general likes (tea? coffee? dairy milk? etc.) so that we can meal plan appropriately.

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    Nelson is a beautiful town with some of the best weather in all of New Zealand. The Top of the South region is home to many scenic spots to visit. We are very flexible about work hours so you can take advantage of good weather to make the most of the region. We can provide plenty of advice about what to do and see in the vicinity. Mountain bikers will find that Nelson is one of the world's best mountain biking destinations and we can provide intimate details on the great trails to ride here. P.S. We are REALLY CLOSE to Cable Bay Adventure park!

  • Informations complémentaires

    Informations complémentaires

    • Accès Internet

    • Accès Internet limité

      Accès Internet limité

    • Nous avons des animaux

    • Nous sommes fumeurs

    • Familles bienvenues

  • Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Pretty good WiFi, and your own studio space to work in. We have had many digital nomads woof for us, and they've all had good results with the WiFi.

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Plus de 2

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    Nombre d'heures attendues

    5 hours a day, 5 days a week.

N° de référence hôte : 541363437362

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