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Host rating
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Last replied
9 Dec 2021
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Description
I am a self employed builder, historian, writer and setting up business as a tour guide. For the past two years I have operated a guesthouse in the Flinders Ranges and done NFP work to protect the environment and cultural heritage.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Help with Eco Projects
Art Projects
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
As an SA historian and tour guide you will see many places not accessible to tourists and meet many interesting indigenous locals and see some of their sites, you may pick up some building skills and learn about bush tucker and how to distill plant essences and more...
Help
Help around a unique eco property, many projects on the go around the property and in the region, no heavy lifting just assistance and motivation to keep churning through a fun list of jobs!
Tasks -
> Construction of stone/brick garden beds
> Cement rendering of walls and fences.
> Fence repairs
> Compost making
> Tree planting/pruning
> Construction and design Plant oil distillation
> Painting, floor sanding and oiling
> Plumbing projects
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Luxury caravan accomadation on site, and shared meals from an organic garden, meals covered of course
What else ...
There is only Telstra mobile, please get a Telstra sim if you have Optus
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 3-4 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (2)
Well, mannered and polite and mature beyond their years!
We smashed a long list of jobs in a week, Rhyan toiling outside on a goat gate and landscaping projects and Detta on the carpentry tools inside transforming the floors of our old Coal Miners Cottage in the Flinders… read more
Nigel was very accommodating to Benedetta and I providing good quality food for us, we had our own private accommodation to stay in, the work was exciting and always fun. He is a very knowledgeable and friendly person who loves to crack a funny joke often, I'm grateful I had the chance to spend… read more
Well, mannered and polite and mature beyond their years!
We smashed a long list of jobs in a week, Rhyan toiling outside on a goat gate and landscaping projects and Detta on the carpentry tools inside transforming the floors of our old Coal Miners Cottage in the Flinders… read more
Nigel is a very interesting and knowledgeable person and an absolute delight to be around him and Ginny (the doggy).
In the middle of the desert he managed to grow beautiful lush gardens following the principles of permaculture.
While staying in Copley I had the chance to learn how to restore a 100… read more
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Well, mannered and polite and mature beyond their years!
We smashed a long list of jobs in a week, Rhyan toiling outside on a goat gate and landscaping projects and Detta on the carpentry tools inside transforming the floors of our old Coal Miners Cottage in the Flinders… read more
Nigel was very accommodating to Benedetta and I providing good quality food for us, we had our own private accommodation to stay in, the work was exciting and always fun. He is a very knowledgeable and friendly person who loves to crack a funny joke often, I'm grateful I had the chance to spend… read more
Well, mannered and polite and mature beyond their years!
We smashed a long list of jobs in a week, Rhyan toiling outside on a goat gate and landscaping projects and Detta on the carpentry tools inside transforming the floors of our old Coal Miners Cottage in the Flinders… read more
Nigel is a very interesting and knowledgeable person and an absolute delight to be around him and Ginny (the doggy).
In the middle of the desert he managed to grow beautiful lush gardens following the principles of permaculture.
While staying in Copley I had the chance to learn how to restore a 100… read more
