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Animal lovers welcome on our outback cattle station in North Queensland, Australia

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  2025 

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  • Beschreibung

    Beschreibung

    We are a busy working family looking for helpers to stay with us and experience the lifestyle and culture of living on an Australian cattle station. While we do enjoy horse riding, working dogs, and other outdoor activities, we are looking for someone who is willing to help with all aspects of life on the station not just horse riding.

    We live about 2 hours from Charters Towers (a historic gold town) and 4 hours from Townsville, in a beautiful rural setting surrounded by waterfalls, creeks, basalt lava walls, and other unique natural landmarks.

    Our home is shared with a wide variety of animals including 13 dogs, 4 cats, chickens, turkeys, ducks, pet pigs, sheep, cows, and a lot of horses. If you love animals and want to experience life in the Australian outback, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

    We’re looking for someone to lend a hand with a variety of daily tasks, including:
    Feeding and caring for animals
    Mucking out yards and stables
    Gardening and watering
    General cleaning and tidying around the house
    Helping with station chores and mustering (depending on experience)
    Help in cattle yards with drafting, branding, etc.

    If you’re confident and experienced around horses, you may have the opportunity to ride I usually ride daily and follow natural horsemanship principles. However, this is not a horse-riding holiday. Riding is optional and based on your experience and the time available after essential jobs are done. If you're keen to learn, I’m happy to teach when possible but helping with the day-to-day workload comes first.

    We ask for help around 3–5 hours a day, 5 days a week (unless we are mustering on weekends) but we are flexible depending on the day’s needs. Animals still need feeding every day, but schedules can often be adjusted to allow for free afternoons and weekends. We enjoy getting out and about and would love to show you around our area if time permits.

    Couples are welcome to apply if available, you may have your own room. We're looking for people who are friendly, have a good sense of humour, show initiative, and are comfortable working independently when needed.

    We've been hosts for many years and have met wonderful people from all over the world many of whom we have stayed in touch with. We love welcoming travellers into our home and sharing our way of life. Please note that life on a cattle station isn't always as romantic and pretty as you may think. The work can be hot, dusty, involve blood and can be quite hard.

    Also, please be aware that we generally don’t host during the peak of summer, as the heat can be intense and challenging for most visitors. However, feel free to contact me if you’d like to discuss this further.

    If you're interested, please tell us a bit about yourself, your work experience, and why you'd like to join us. We look forward to hearing from you!

    Please note: NO DRUGS you will be asked to leave immediately!!

  • Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Unterrichten
    Gartenarbeiten
    Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
    Betreuung von Tieren
    Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
    Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
    Hausarbeiten
    Handwerkliche Arbeiten
    House sitting
  • Interessengebiete

    Interessengebiete

    Nachhaltigkeit
    Film & Fernsehen
    Farmarbeit
    Fotografie
    Gartenarbeiten
    Kochen & Backen
    Bücher
    Kunst & Design
    Tiere
    Outdoor-Aktivitäten
    Wandern
    Natur
    Camping
  • UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt

    UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt

    UNO-Ziele
    Keine Armut
    Kein Hunger
    Gesundheit und Wohlergehen
    Hochwertige Bildung
    Geschlechtergleichstellung
    Sauberes Wasser und Sanitärversorgung
    Bezahlbare und saubere Energie
    Menschenwürdige Arbeit und Wirtschaftswachstum
    Industrie, Innovation und Infrastruktur
    Weniger Ungleichheiten
    Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinden
    Nachhaltige Konsum- und Produktionsmuster sicherstellen
    Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz
    Leben unter Wasser
    Leben an Land
    Frieden, Gerechtigkeit und starke Institutionen
    Partnerschaften zur Erreichung der Ziele
  • Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Cultural Understanding: Experience what it’s like to live and work alongside an Australian family in a rural setting. You’ll learn about our daily routines, values, and the sense of community that comes with station life.

    Hands-On Skills: Get involved in a wide variety of jobs — from feeding animals and gardening to fencing, housekeeping, and station chores. You’ll gain practical skills and confidence in areas you may have never tried before.

    Animal Care: Learn how to care for different animals including dogs, horses, poultry, and livestock. You’ll also see how working dogs are trained and used on the land.

    Horsemanship (if interested): Understand the basics of natural horsemanship and what it takes to work with young or green horses from groundwork to saddle time.

    Self-Reliance & Work Ethic: Life on a station requires initiative and teamwork. You’ll learn to work independently, adapt to challenges, and take pride in contributing to something real and hands-on.

    Bush Living & Nature: Discover the beauty of rural Australia waterfalls, wide open spaces, starry skies, and the peacefulness that comes with being far from the city.

    Connection & Friendship: Many of our past guests have become lifelong friends. You’ll leave with more than just photos you’ll have memories, stories, and a stronger understanding of Aussie hospitality and resilience.

  • Arbeit

    Arbeit

    Feeding animals, mucking out horse yards, helping around the house and yard. Occasionally if we are working cattle than your help may be needed and you can learn about this.

  • Gesprochene Sprachen

    Englisch: Fließend

  • Unterkunft

    Unterkunft

    Separate accommodation available. AIrconditioned, wi-fi.

  • Was noch ...

    Was noch ...

    We have waterfalls with beautiful swimming spots, basalt wall national park as well as being only 1.5hours from the historical town of charters towers.

  • 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

    Plenty of room

  • Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    zwei

  • Meine Tiere/Haustiere

    Meine Tiere/Haustiere

Gastgeber Ref-Nr.: 359682613987

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