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Beschreibung
Our solar-powered home is set in the rainforest of Mount Glorious, 45 minutes from Brisbane. We are a couple with three children (only one still at home).
We embrace a philosophy of sustainability and building resilient communities and households, with a focus on practical skills.
Erika is a midwife working part time in Brisbane. Bruce is an activist and craftsman, working in bush timber work, traditional hand tool woodwork, and blacksmithing with charcoal made from our forest. We build and repair bicycles and electric bicycles (our son is a bike mechanic).
We have a long history of sharing our home with visitors from many places. We enjoy learning about other people and the places they come from.
The natural environment around us is very beautiful. Our living space is busy all day with projects, study, housework and stimulating ideas. We enjoy engaging our helpers with all that is happening.
Our home is not a place for visitors who depend on frequent access to phones, screens or internet. We discourage screen use in our living area: this is an opportunity to connect with a real things and the natural world.
Bruce publishes a blog on some of his practical projects.
Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Sprachpraxis
Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Hausarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Hilfe mit Computer /Internet
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
We welcome our helpers to engage with our daily activities and eat and work with our family through our daily routine. Visitors who enjoy this and have an interest in developing their skills will find a more rewarding experience.
This is a good place to learn about ideas and skills of "transition" households and communities. We are keen to share craft and home production skills, including cooking delicious whole foods on our wood and charcoal stoves, renewable energy, constructing and fixing bikes and electric bikes, traditional woodworking, blacksmithing gardening and building. Our family has a focus on a healthy lifestyle and we eat a range of vegetarian and non-vegetarian foods.
Projekte mit Kindern
Dieses Projekt schließt möglicherweise den Umgang mit Kindern ein. Mehr Informationen findest du in unseren Verhaltensregeln und Tipps hier.
Arbeit
Visitors should plan to help every day with dishwashing and other household tasks, particularly at meal times. This is really important for keeping our busy house functioning well.
Other work includes outdoor tasks, including veggie gardening, maintaining our orchard, building, painting, fixing and landscaping.
Current activities on our property include: Building a new bathroom from local timber, chainsaw milling, rock wall building, chopping and stacking firewood, installing a new water tank and working on house and shed and landscaping, creating a new bicycle workshop. There are many things needing making or fixing.
We like our helpers to be happy doing things that match their skills and aspirations.
Gesprochene Sprachen
Englisch: Fließend
Deutsch: Grundkenntnisse
Unterkunft
We (usually) provide a room with a double bed and bedding, within our house.
We don't have smoking in or around our house or buildings.
We offer limited access to wireless internet. Visitors are asked to leave their screens in their room.
Our house is supplied by solar electricity (with batteries), and electricity use must be very efficient.
Water is supplied from our rainwater tanks, so must be used carefully.
Was noch ...
Time off: Local options include extensive bush walks, a choice of cafes, and beautiful mountain cycling. At our house there are a lot of recreational options with crafts including woodwork and blacksmithing.
Transport: there is a school bus from The Gap State High School on school days. The closest train station is at Ferny Grove, where lifts can be arranged, sometimes with Erika returning from work.
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Internet Zugang
Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal
zwei
Arbeitszeiten
Maximum 5 hours a day, 1.5 days off/week
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The engineering and outdoor skills I learned are invaluable and my time… read more
We spent the unforgettable 10days with them, learned wide range of survival skills (blacksmithing, gardening, wood chopping etc) by doing different… read more
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The engineering and outdoor skills I learned are invaluable and my time… read more
We spent the unforgettable 10days with them, learned wide range of survival skills (blacksmithing, gardening, wood chopping etc) by doing different… read more
Staying with them was one of the best experiences I made in Australia! They treated me like a member of the family and I had a lot of fun! I learned a lot in different fields: woodworking skills, blacksmithing and about the life in a sustainable and almost independent household to name… read more
