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Hello travelers!
We are on 40 acres overlooking Moogerah Dam in the Scenic Rim South East QLD. Our property is situated 1.5 hours from Brisbane and 1.5 hours from Gold Coast with amazing views!
Our property is a hobby farm which has many animals including horses, donkeys, goats, dogs, cat and a dairy rescue cow. We have our own veggie and herb gardens (not in use due to drought). This is not always in growth due to our busy schedules.
We prefer that helpers stay a minimum of 2 weeks and please only send us a message if you are confident with animals and if you are happy and willing to undertake daily and weekly duties.
Your day will start at around 6.30am from then you will help undertake below; (not as early on weekends)
• feeding all animals that require feeding (horses and goats will depend on paddock conditions)
• rugging and un-rugging horses pending weather
• walking the dogs morning and afternoon
• collecting horse poo regularly.
• cleaning the house each Friday
• spraying weeds in paddocks and clearing weeds
• clearing paddocks rocks and weeds
If you are experienced with horses that would be wonderful as it is always helpful to have extra help with experienced horse people. Unfortunately, our horses are not horses that you can go trail riding on, but we can show you how to feed them and some other groundwork.
We would love to experience the culture of guests and treat them to time on a hobby farm in exchange to help around the property. Some of the other things we would like help with include.
• Clearing weeds in paddocks
• Fencing
• Collecting rock from paddocks
• Gardening
• Painting
• Cooking
Our house is quite large, and helpers will be able to retreat to their own space in a loft area partitioned off and there is unlimited WIFI. There is a king single bed in this area, but we can accommodate another helper with a mattress in the same area.
In exchange for 4 to 5 hours of work per day, we will provide you with breakfast, lunch and dinner. If you’d like any additional snacks, you’re welcome to bring them with you. As you could imagine due to the cost of living, we cannot provide you with snack food so please feel free to bring all the goodies you like. If you choose to eat outside the family home, please keep in mind that you will need to purchase these meals yourself.
During the week, helpers will be at the property, sometimes by themselves due to our work schedules. If you do not have your own transportation access to the local town is not possible without a car, so you will need to work with us to get you there. Alicia works away 2 to 3 nights a week and the family can get pretty busy so some evenings we will eat together and you’re welcome to join the family, but breakfast and lunch, most of the time you will organize yourself.
Helpers can relax enjoy and explore for the remainder of your time with us. You will be staying within the family home and so we appreciate that helpers tidying up after themselves, keeping kitchen bathroom, and living areas clean and tidy. We like to keep a tidy house especially a clean kitchen and bathroom.
Our property is on TANK WATER and due drought / minimal rain we do ask our helpers to be conservative with the use of water.
We ask that you please KEEP your SHOWER SHORT 2-minute showers and do not leave taps running.
Our house consists of four bedrooms, three living areas, two entertaining decks with an outdoor spa and a games loft.
Alicia enjoys cooking but also welcomes guests also to cook. There is fresh food as we loved to eat wholefood diet and cooking from scratch! Some days we will eat vegetarian meals, so please keep that in mind. (Vegetarians and or Vegans are welcome).
Our daughter rides horses competitively and for leisure and if you have experience with horses that would be wonderful as working with horses and managing her busy schedule she can run out of time.
Our son loves to play Basketball, Xbox, ride his motorbikes and play soccer and cricket.
Please feel free to contact us to have a chat and see if the area and our place is an experience that you would enjoy and if we have availability at the time, you are looking at travelling.
The Family!
PS. you are able to get to our property by catching a train from Brisbane to Station and we can arrange to transport you to the property.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Travellers are welcome to spend as much time with the family or spend time exploring the local area.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Your day will start at around 6.30am from then you will help undertake below; (not as early on weekends)
• feeding all animals that require feeding (horses and goats will depend on paddock conditions)
• rugging and un-rugging horses pending weather
• walking the dogs morning and afternoon
• collecting horse poo regularly.
• cleaning the house each Friday
• spraying weeds in paddocks and clearing weeds
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
We live in a large four bedroom home that has two lounge areas an outdoor spa two entertaining decks and games loft.
What else ...
Please feel free to contact us to have a chat and see if the area and our place is an experience that you would enjoy and if we have availability at the time you are looking at travelling.
The Family!
PS. you are able to get to our property by catching a train from Brisbane to Station and we can arrange to transport you to the property.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Approx 4 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (10)
She attended to the animals every day and assisted on the property with a variety of different jobs.
I would totally recommend Sunny and will miss her and she is welcome back anytime!
I can't say thank you enough for giving me a great workaway experience like this - I already miss the farm with the wonderful view and the animals (especially the puppies 🐶☺️ and of course the delicious meals from Alicia 😍).
From the beginning on I felt like being part of the family and the… read more
I stayed little bit over 2 weeks here. My tasks were mostly helping with feeding animals (horses, goats, dogs, chickens) in the mornings and nights, cleaning around the house and I did a bit of weeding in the garden.
Whole family is nice and friendly and they have good sense… read more
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She attended to the animals every day and assisted on the property with a variety of different jobs.
I would totally recommend Sunny and will miss her and she is welcome back anytime!
I can't say thank you enough for giving me a great workaway experience like this - I already miss the farm with the wonderful view and the animals (especially the puppies 🐶☺️ and of course the delicious meals from Alicia 😍).
From the beginning on I felt like being part of the family and the… read more
I stayed little bit over 2 weeks here. My tasks were mostly helping with feeding animals (horses, goats, dogs, chickens) in the mornings and nights, cleaning around the house and I did a bit of weeding in the garden.
Whole family is nice and friendly and they have good sense… read more
Alicia and her family and neighbours were all really friendly, welcoming, patient and kind to us. It was a great environment to learn and… read more
Thank you Anna for join our family and we wish you all the best for your travels and you are more than welcome to… read more
From the very beginning on I felt like home and was treated like part of the family.
Alicia, Chris, Erin and Ben are very welcoming, easy going and friendly… read more
He is always happy and positive and has a great sense of humor. No job is any trouble and so easy going!
Elias stayed with us for 3 weeks and it was a pleasure and he is welcome back anytime.
Enjoy your next adventure and I sure you will do it with a smile!
Alicia
xoxo
Their place is so beautiful (especially the view you get from your bedroom), I felt like at home and the food is soooo good!
The work was pretty easy, I mainly helped with the animals and around the house. Most of my days there were work in the morning and walks to the lake with the dog in the… read more
The amount of work Melina accomplished was outstanding and she did it always with a smile on her face. Melina fitted into our family easily and help us every day especially early in the morning with I was trying to get out of the house to go to work and drop the kids… read more
