Join our forest home where music, nature, and community meet in Newham, Victoria, Austalia

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  Beschreibung

  About Us ❤️
  Hello! I’m Charlotte - a musician, composer, and facilitator of creative voice and meditative arts. I live with my playful 3-year-old son Henry and our gentle Cavoodle Willow on a beautiful bush property surrounded by forest and wildlife.
  
  Our home is a creative family space that also welcomes artists, travellers, and friends who love to live simply, connect deeply, and share music, dance, art, nature, and laughter.
  
  Just down the road, we have a non-profit music and dance studio where we host community events, creative gatherings, and cultural exchanges. We’re gradually growing a small intentional community that celebrates creativity, mindfulness, and connection to the land.
  
  The Exchange 🌻
  We offer a flexible rhythm of shared help and time off - this isn’t about strict hours, but about balance, communication, and mutual care.
  
  We can negotiate the exchange that suits both our rhythms at the time of your visit:
  
  Option 1:
  🌞 Around 4–5 hours a day, 5 days a week — food and accommodation included
  
  Option 2:
  🌿 Around 2–3 hours a day, 5 days a week — accommodation only (you buy & cook your own meals)
  
  Days and times are flexible, so we can work around your energy, study, or travel plans.
  
  
  What You’ll Help With 🪴
  Our “help” looks like being part of family and community life - practical, creative, and sometimes playful. Examples include:
  • Simple cooking and cleaning
  • Tidying shared spaces
  • Gardening or light outdoor work
  • Playing or spending gentle time with Henry (usually while I’m nearby)
  • Helping prepare our retreat spaces for workshops
  • Optional: creative contributions (music, art, photography, writing, community ideas)
  (And translation of children’s books to Spanish is a bonus job!)
  
  We welcome your personal interests - whether that’s permaculture, music, yoga, crafts, or mindful living. We’ll find ways for your gifts to fit naturally into daily life.
  
  
  Accommodation 🏡
  You’ll have a private room and/or small caravan and access to:
  • Shared kitchen, bathroom, and laundry
  • Wi-Fi
  • Musical instruments and creative studio space
  • Bush trails, swimming holes, and campfire spots
  
  It’s simple but cozy and surrounded by forest and stars.
  
  
  Practical Bits 💡
  • We’re in a peaceful rural area with no public transport walking distance, but I go to town most days and can offer lifts.
  • 15 minutes to Kyneton or Woodend (train, cafes, shops).
  • Non-smokers only
  • Couples and small families welcome.
  • Spanish speakers encouraged! (I only speak Spanish with Henry.) othet languages also ok!
  
  
  What You’ll Experience 🌈
  • Connection with a warm, creative family and local community
  • Space to explore your own art, music, or practice
  • Shared meals, song, dance and laughter
  • Quiet rest and nature time when you need it
  • Invitations to come as a guest/s to community events, music sessions, or workshops
  
  We live slowly-ish (I have a toddler), kindly, and creatively - where “help” feels more like shared rhythm than “work.”
  
  Our Ideal Guest 🌿
  You might be a great fit if you:
  ✨ Love children, nature, and creative living
  ✨ Enjoy both quiet and connection
  ✨ Are respectful, responsible, and open-hearted
  ✨ Value community and simple joys more than perfection
  ✨ Want to share something of yourself - language, art, laughter, or stories
  
  
  Interested? 💌
  If this sounds like your kind of home, send me a message introducing yourself -who you are, what you love, and what draws you to this experience.
  
  We can arrange a friendly WhatsApp chat to see if it’s a good match.
  
  Warmly,
  Charlotte, Henry & Willow 🐾

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Kunstprojekte

  Sprachpraxis

  Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten

  Unterrichten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Betreuung von Tieren

  Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof

  Babysitten und Kinderbetreuung

  Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten
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  Interessengebiete

  

  Selbstentwicklung

  

  Darstellende Künste

  

  Musik

  

  Sprachen

  

  Zeichnen & Malen

  

  Gartenarbeiten

  

  Camping

  

  Radfahren

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Fitness

  

  Outdoor-Aktivitäten

  

  Natur

  

  Tanzen
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Creative music and movement is something we specialise in and can share about. We live in an area that has a lot of Old volcanic rock, my parents live down the road, and my mum especially is very interested in native plants and they are part of the local Landcare group, and very knowledgeable-there are beautiful walks and places to visit in the area

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  Projekte mit Kindern

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

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  Arbeit

  We are open to a combo of things- may change depending on when you come!!….Childcare, Cooking, cleaning, gardening, basic home care tasks: gutters, weeding, planting, dishes, a sweep and a mop would be amazing! Cooking. Doing laundry! Help getting studio more beautiful and home! Gardening help!

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Englisch: Fließend
  Spanisch: Fließend

  Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
  I’d like to practice Spanish
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  Unterkunft

  Room in a home with a bed and bedding, or a caravan and studio

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  Was noch ...

  Hanging Rock and Mt Macedon and Turpins water Falls are near by

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  Etwas mehr Information

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    Internet Zugang

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    Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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  Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

  Good Internet

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  Lots of space

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  Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

  Well trained and socially good dog

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  zwei

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  Meine Tiere/Haustiere

  Willow

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