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Paula and I (Is) are a professional couple: a lawyer and an alternative therapist, living in a permaculture hobby farm. We grow vegetables and fruit. Our home is located in a world heritage site: the Blue Mountains in the west of Sydney. An extraordinary environment if you love walking in pristine rainforest, climbing, canyoning, mountain bike riding to name a few of the activities you can find here, close to our place (the first waterfall walk is 10 minutes walking distance!). It is also 12 minutes walk to the train station and 1.40h from Sydney by train which makes it easy to go and spend the day in an amazing city full of various delights. There are a lot of other small towns around us.
We are both passionate about music, storytelling, theatre, improvisation, art and are an LGBTIQ friendly home.
We both love meeting new people and hearing stories!
We also have a German Sheperd Dingo dog called Mila.
We are a small business offering Massage Therapy, Sound Healing and Story Telling if you are interested in these services during your stay.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The cultural life of the Blue Mountains is thriving all year long with events like the art trail, open gardens, permaculture events, concerts, the Blue Mountains Music festival. We will love exchanging with you about music, story telling, theatre, improvisation, art. We speak French, English and a bit of czech.
Help
The main activities we invite our guests to participate in, according to the season, are the preparation of veggie beds, maintenance of the Orchard, harvest, weeding, building, gathering of wood, mowing, planting, feeding our beautiful and friendly chickens! And general work around the land and house. It could also be some website help if you are computer savvy. We are expecting you to work an average of five hours/day and are quite flexible about the schedule of these hours.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Czech: IntermediateThis 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.
Accommodation
At this stage, people share our house and stay in a comfortable guest bedroom with en-suite and views to the trees.
Food provided for all meals.
Please note that this is a non-smoker homestay.
What else ...
Besides all the activities and the extraordinary magical and mysterious energy of the Blue Mountains already listed above (walking in pristine rainforest, climbing, canyoning, mountain bike riding...), and the proximity of Sydney, you could just be resting in the grass, or painting the trees, or taking some amazing photos of parrots and cockatoos, magpies or bower birds (they are everywhere), possums and sometimes wallabies. You could walk and swim in our Lawson Olympic pool surrounded by trees (spring and summer)! Or explore one of our local coffee shops and enjoy a cappuccino and meeting our friendly community. We have a local French baker and he has exquisite croissants! Or you could sit in meditation with us in the morning. Or you could just do nothing at all for a little while... and be.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We have a driveway where a van can be parked with view on trees. call us to discuss.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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The house is beautiful and the bedroom… read more
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The house is beautiful and the bedroom… read more
The work consisted of around 4 hours gardening with Is each day, followed by cooking lunch/cleaning up. We enjoyed working in the garden and learned a lot from Is who explained everything thoroughly… read more
They… read more
We spent 4 hours per day working with Is in the garden or assisting with the Marketing/IT of their business website. We enjoyed the work, and it is a great exchange for the top class food, accommodation and company… read more
In the morning I worked with Is in the… read more
I had my own bedroom and bathroom in their house, that was perfect!… read more
