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Description
I am a single woman (no kids) living on 10 acres of very beautiful garden and Australian bushland. My house and land is located 14 kilometers from the Brisbane CBD in a suburb called Pullenvale. My land is immediately surrounded by the Moggill Conservation Park which is a wonderful place for birdwatching, hiking, mountain bike riding. I have fairly recently purchased the property.
I am a very quiet, solitary person and I work from home. I very rarely have visitors and enjoy reading, hiking and gardening in my spare time. I share my life with a tiny toy poodle - she is immaculately clean and non-shedding and loves to play with her toys and playing 'fetch' in the garden. I am artistic and creative and I work as a construction law consultant. I bought this house and land with the intention of buying a pony/horse so I'm slowly preparing my land for a horse. I am also a car enthusiast, specifically classic Porsches.
Although I am very helpful and friendly, and I prioritize your comfort and the quality of your experience, when I share a house with someone I tend to seek out privacy and stay in my own areas/rooms. I am not a super-sociable person and therefore I like my guests to respect my privacy/quiet time. When I'm not on my computer working, I am generally outside working in my garden.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
General Maintenance
House sitting
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Myself and my neighbors are very interested in bushcare and land regeneration. We all volunteer in the conservation park next door by doing plant, wildlife and bird 'surveys' and also by doing volunteering weeding days. There is an abundance of native wildlife all around the house and land - I have kangaroos, bandicoots, goannas, wedge-tailed eagles, many kinds of native birds including tame kookaburras and parrots in my garden and on my verandah on a regular basis. This place is perfect for a naturist/outdoorsman. The conservation park next door is excellent for mountain biking, birdwatching, horse-riding, hiking.
Help
I am offering accommodation in a lovely, clean, tidy, luxurious house in exchange for help around my garden and land. I provide fully serviced accommodation (private bedroom and private bathroom, internet, electricity and water) in exchange for help around my home and garden. I do not provide food/cooking.
The work that I currently offer is exterior house painting and general garden maintenance.
House Painting:
This is exterior painting of window frames, door frames, veranda posts, etc. It is easy and comfortable work, mostly in the shade but can require use of an A-Frame ladder (just a few steps off the ground). If you're performing painting work, I require 3 hours per day of work.
Garden Maintenance/Yard Work/Tree Planting:
This work is by nature a bit hotter, dirtier and more difficult that the painting work so I only require 2 hours per day. Typical jobs are hedge trimming, lawn mowing, tree planting, weeding. No experience is necessary but if you have experience or skills in landscaping or gardening I'm very interested to hear from you.
Note:
I am very flexible with how and when the work is performed. For example, you can work longer hours on one day and then have the following day off or you can work an entire day and then have several days off. I will often work with you since working outside is my favorite thing to do.
If you have special or valuable skills (carpentry/concrete/welding/construction/garden design etc) then the hours of work can be negotiated and I will also consider paying you cash if you have skills that I need.
I will accept guests for a minimum of 3 or 4 days up to a couple of months (or long term for the right person). If you are staying for a longer period of time and are looking to earn money, my suburb is FULL of acreages and mansion homesteads and owners looking for casual gardening and maintenance labor. It is very easy for a local person to find casual work.
If you are interested, please write to me providing as much information about yourself as possible.
This position is not suited to a couple.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Private bedroom fully furnished with private bathroom and private (small) lounge/sitting/TV room. Guest can also use my home cinema which is great fun to watch movies/listen to music/chill. Shared kitchen. Guest must be very clean and tidy especially in the kitchen. My kitchen and communal areas are always very clean and tidy.
The suitable person would respect my living habits - which is to conserve water and electricity as much as possible. Buying and maintaining a property of this value and size is extremely expensive and therefore my house guests must assist me to minimize my bills by not taking long showers or being wasteful. I'm not obsessive about these things but I do require the person to show respect to this issue.
Unfortunately the swimming pool in the photographs is not available for use (I am converting it into a pond/wetland for wildlife, birds/frogs/fish).
What else ...
Depending on the planned lifestyle/activities of the guest, it may be necessary for the guest to have their own car or motorcycle or bicycle if the guest plans to do a lot of activities like going into the Brisbane CBD. There is a very good, regular bus that goes from Pullenvale to Brisbane CBD (and back) however, the distance between my home and the bus stop is approximately 4km and takes about 50 minutes to walk (it is a beautiful walk but there are steep hills).
The guest can do anything in their spare time that they wish to do, but without a car/motorcycle/bicycle to travel between my house and the bus stop, it would be difficult to do activities away from my home. If you want to get a better idea of what the environment around my home is like, please go on google maps 'satellite' view and look at 'Pullenvale'. Find the location where the suburb of Pullenvale meets with the 'Moggill Conservation Park' and you will see what the area/environment is like. No footpaths, no street lights, no neighbors close by.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Feedback (1)
Thank you Nina!
The work of maintaining the garden/bushland, and assisting in some creative projects has been fun, varied and casual.
As long as the work is done, Nina didn't mind me doing extra one day and having the next day off.
When not working the local area is… read more
James is a very hard worker, follows instructions well, works very quickly, is highly motivated and uses initiative to solve… read more
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Thank you Nina!
The work of maintaining the garden/bushland, and assisting in some creative projects has been fun, varied and casual.
As long as the work is done, Nina didn't mind me doing extra one day and having the next day off.
When not working the local area is… read more
James is a very hard worker, follows instructions well, works very quickly, is highly motivated and uses initiative to solve… read more
