Learn about equiculture and permaculture while helping with some tasks around our hobby farm near Forster, NSW, Australia

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  • Letzte Aktivität: 8 März 2024

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  2024 

 Geforderte Mindest-Aufenthaltsdauer:  mindestens 1 Woche

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  • Beschreibung

    Beschreibung

    We have a small hobby farm of 10 acres, which we bought in a run down state (ie - endless projects!!). We've renovated the house, rebuilt the boundary fences, and have a wildly overgrown permaculture modelled vegie garden. We have 2 horses, and 4 chickens for eggs. We're self-sufficient with water and water treatment, ie we have tank/rain water at our place; and solar panels. Eugene works full time in IT from home, and Helen works in nearby Forster 4 days a week.

    Helen rides the horses, we ride in the nearby forest and also at the beach. Unfortunately neither of the horses is for a real beginner, although if you are a horse rider I would love your company on rides.

    We love to travel and meet people from other countries, and also love to share our lovely part of the world. Our favourite holidays have been cycle touring in Europe, meeting and staying with local people there.
    We live on our deck when it's warm - have all our meals out there, and lots of BBQs. When it's colder, we're inside sitting around the fire.

  • Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Gartenarbeiten
    Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
    Betreuung von Tieren
    Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
    Handwerkliche Arbeiten
  • Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    We have strong values around health and sustainability, for us personally and for our environment. We use permaculture principles in the garden, and as applied to horse property management. Our goal is to rejuvenate the land in our care. I also try to apply natural horse care where possible, such as having the horses 'barefoot', and avoiding stabling, allowing for greater freedom of movement of the horses while providing shelter choices.

    You could also learn about horses and handling horses, although we can't undertake to teach horse riding.

    The area we live in is a popular and well known holiday destination, with many beaches, surfing and fishing, boating, kayaking, bush walking, mountain biking, and many other outdoor activities. We of course have our favourite 'secret' spots off the beaten track!

  • Projekte mit Kindern

    Projekte mit Kindern

    Dieses Projekt schließt möglicherweise den Umgang mit Kindern ein. Mehr Informationen findest du in unseren Verhaltensregeln und Tipps hier.

  • Arbeit

    Arbeit

    Now that we've renovated the house, we have a myriad of smaller jobs such as some fence upgrades, some painting,... some horse stuff such as jumps and rails; and some bigger projects if you're game, such as horse yard repairs, shed repairs...
    There's also the usual farm maintenance activities, such as mowing/slashing, mulching, weeding. We're implementing permaculture principles regarding managing horse properties (Equiculture), which involves mulching any bare areas, moving the horses regularly before the pasture is eaten right down, and creating a 'home yard' that the horses return to for water and rest times. Lots to do with composting and mulching!

  • Gesprochene Sprachen

    Englisch: Fließend
    Französisch: Grundkenntnisse

  • Unterkunft

    Unterkunft

    We have 2 spare rooms in our home, each with a double bed. You would use the main bathroom, separate to our ensuite. We'd like an initial stay of a week, which could stretch to a month or two, or until the jobs run out if all are in agreement! Our ideal is about 6- 8 weeks.
    We'd love you to join us for dinner in the evenings, and we supply breakfast and lunch as well and generally eat together. We eat pretty much everything, cook vegetarian meals regularly, and Helen is usually dairy and gluten free as well, so we're happy to adapt to pretty much any dietary regime.
    If you wanted to cook your favourite meals from home to share, that would be delightful!

  • Was noch ...

    Was noch ...

    We live on 10 acres, 400m off the main highway running between Sydney and Brisbane. There are 2 regional towns near us -
    North of us is Taree, 20 KM away, 26,000 people;
    south (east) of us is Forster-Tuncurry, also about 20 km, about 20,000 people, where I work.
    Then south of us is the village of Nabiac, 8 km away, about 2000 people - it has everything except for a saddlery!
    And directly east is the beach. Our favourite beach has a village of 2000 people called Hallidays Point.

    We travel in to Forster at least 4x a week, sometimes more.
    It takes about 15 -20 minutes to drive to the beach. There are acres of forest 2 km down the road, both State Forest and National Park, Eugene walks to it in about half an hour. The river is also close, about 5 km, for boating/fishing/walking alongside (but just to clarify, we don't have a boat! Yet!),

    This is a wonderful place for 1 to 4 people who like an active and engaged lifestyle, and would like to be away from the cold winters which you get further south. We would love to talk with you!

  • Etwas mehr Information

    Etwas mehr Information

    • Internet Zugang

    • Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

      Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

    • Wir besitzen Tiere

    • Wir sind Raucher

    • Familien möglich

  • Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

    Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

    We have 10 acres... parking should be ok!

  • Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

    Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

    Cats if they're indoor pets; dogs if they're well trained. Our yard is now fenced for dogs!

  • Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    mehr als zwei

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    Arbeitszeiten

    Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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