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1 Dec 2025
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Description
I am a marine biologist, single mother, living with my joyful 6 year old son in Cape Woolamai, only 5 min from beautiful ocean beaches. We live in a quiet area very close to nature walks, surf, and fantastic wildlife, like penguins, seals, whales, koalas, wallabies, and more! We love meeting new people, so send me a message and hope to see you soon :)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Sustainability
Photography
Gardening
Drawing & painting
Books
Art & design
Outdoor activities
Nature
Camping
Beach
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Our place is in a beautiful natural area close to beaches, dunes and bushlands. There are so many activities that you could do including surfing, paddleboarding, kayaking, snorkeling, camping, wildlife viewing (penguins, seals and whales!), and bushwalking. I am a marine biologist and nature lover, happy to offer lots of recommendations on places to experience wildlife in the area. I work on a wildlife tourism boat and can offer you to join a cruise to see the seals, dolphins and whales! (Whales only in winter June-Oct). I speak Dutch, Indonesian and Spanish.
Look forward to hearing from you!
Projects involving children
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Help
I am looking for fun, easygoing, self-motivated workawayers to help with minding/playing with my son and general house maintenance. For example, playing on the beach with my son while I surf (and take turns with you!), or some general cleaning around the house, cooking meals and help maintaining the garden and vegetable plots. Sometimes I might need help with painting or fixing things around the house. Once or twice a month I might also ask your help with putting Wes to bed if I'm away for the night. You might need to pick up my son from school on some afternoons (by bicycle or car) . The work hours are flexible, usually just a few hours in the afternoon, and sometimes full days if I'm working on the weekend. In total around 20 hrs per week. You'll have plenty of free time to enjoy the island lifestyle!
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Indonesian: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
I love languages and have learnt new languages when I lived abroad. I would love to improve my Spanish and Indonesian, and keen to learn some basics in any other language!
Accommodation
Private bedroom in our house, with a queensize bed. Shared bathroom with the family. I am happy to include all meals, and expect workawayers to help with food preparations, like taking turns with cooking. We have a small vegetable garden and include organics veggies, fruit and herbs.
What else ...
If you love the coast and the ocean, you will absolutely love Phillip island, you can go surfing, swimming, kayaking, paddleboarding... I have boards that you can borrow. I also have bicycles available, you can easily get around by bike here. I have a car, and can help taking you places further away. There is a regular bus service nearby too! Plenty of fantastic wildlife in the area, go see the cute penguins, watch koalas, wallabies, birds and so many more in their natural habitat! I spend lots of time outdoors with my son, and would love to host workawayers that are passionate about wildlife and nature too.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
There is a small desk in the bedroom for workawayers to use as a workspace. Great Wi-fi all throughout the property.
Can possibly accept pets
We can accept dogs, as long as they are reasonably well behaved.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
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They were so incredibly welcoming and although I was nervous, because this was my first work away experience I felt right at home. Mika and Wes are both really open, funny, enthusiastic and caring. I got to see so many wonderful places with them and had the chance to… read more
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They were so incredibly welcoming and although I was nervous, because this was my first work away experience I felt right at home. Mika and Wes are both really open, funny, enthusiastic and caring. I got to see so many wonderful places with them and had the chance to… read more
Mikala was so welcoming, including me on camping trips, beach trips, and trips into town. Mikala has had the most interesting and inspiring career, she has so many… read more
I had the privilege of staying in their beautiful home from Mid-April to Mid-May of this year. Though my experience was a unique one, due to unforeseen circumstances that meant I was mainly dog sitting the beautiful Juno and looking after the home, this gave me the… read more
The house is very nice, comfortable and it was very easy to feel at home.
¡¡¡¡Mikala is very enthusiastic, she always suggests me different things to do or invites me to her plans, we went to different places on the island, to waterfalls and camping which was AMAZING,… read more
Mikala is so reasonable when it comes to hours / type of work. I mainly helped out with watching Wes, cooking dinners (and adding to her Workaway recipe book:) ), and doing some… read more
They are very welcoming and respectful ! The house is just amazing and I felt very good in my bed room. She cook very well and you can also cook your country’s dishes ! I felt like at home :)
The job is not hard and often it’s just 2h/day, sometimes less. I did… read more
