Have fun helping us and we will have fun with you while enjoying family life in Courtenay, British Colombia, Canada.

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02/12/2020
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We are a fun, chill, active family consisting of my husband and I and our 13 year old son. We are looking for fun people (we can take up to three) to come and stay on our acreage and help with the garden and clearing land. Time commitment is negotiable. We always love helping our workawayer's figure out their next step in Adventure! We live 6kms from the little city centre of Courtenay on 17 acres of mostly forested land. There is access to bikes, paddle boards, bonfires, adventures, and good people to hang out with if interested.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Farmstay help
Help around the house
Animal Care
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are a very active family and we own a sports store in town and have access to many fun activities and adventures, we are 20 minutes from Mount Washington alpine resort and 10 mins to the ocean and minutes from rivers. We love to travel when we aren't homesteading!
Help
Tasks would include, weeding, watering, harvesting and planting in the garden. Clearing land with a brush saw, chain saw, or hand tools depending on your comfort level. Bucking, chopping and stacking fire wood. Building projects if skilled to do so. We also love having fun, and going to the beach for bbq's after a good days work, or biking down to the river for a dip mid day to cool off! Four hours of help a day is expected and food from the garden and some meals are shared, or we can do all the cooking too. (Access to grocery stores is easy for ease with dietary restrictions and meal timing... This is negotiable)
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Accommodation
We have a clean and rustic, very cozy, and hip airstream trailer with a queen size bed with comfy sheets pillows and a feather duvet. A out side solar shower and composting toilet is used. The trailer is close to the garden in a private part of the woods on our property. We also have a Boler trailer to stay in, or a loft in our home....Options.
What else ...
We live a very healthy lifestyle with clean surroundings and kind hearts, we would expect the same in return for anyone staying with us. We love going on paddle board, running, mountain biking, river tubing, canoeing, hiking, camping adventures that we would encourage our guests to come on too.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Max 4 hours a day, 5 days a week

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One of our local swimming holes.

This is us...the Fam.

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We have a wood fired hottub!

This is the view from the airstream a porch, and you can see the outhouse where the composting toilet is.

The two main houses on the property, we have a acre pond to water the garden with!

One of last years "haul"

This is the inside of the airstream accomodations.

Feedback left by and about host (10)

08/09/2018

Left by Workawayer (Maureen) for host

Awesome family! I stayed with them for about 5 weeks and had a blast. Really open-minded, friendly, helpful and loving people who also have a great group of fun friends around them.
The tasks expected are well described in their profile, I had a lot of fun doing it and it was always very appreciated which makes it all the more satisfying to do.… read more

(Excellent )

11/08/2018

Left by Workawayer (Hector) for host

Salinas, Paul and Bodhi are awesome people. I was with us for one month and it was one of my best life experiences. It’s tricky to summarize my stay in few words! The family property is a small paradise where the volunteers who love the outside work (as me) could be happy to work. The surroundings offer many activities (hiking, mountain bike,… read more

(Excellent )

09/05/2018

Left by Workawayer (Laura & Ester) for host

Hello everyone!
A little late but at a Spanish rhythm!
Salinas, Paul, Bodhy and Everest home was our first experience as workawayers and it couldn't have been better! They welcomed us as one more in their beautiful home in Courtenay! We also shared our time with James, another workawayer who was a really cool friend. The work was varied and we… read more

(Excellent )

03/04/2018

Left by Workawayer (Marian & Jakob) for host

We had an amazing time during our two and a half weeks stay at Salinas’ and Paul’s. The tasks we‘ve done were so much fun for us, for instance chopping wood, sticking wood or burning branches to clean the property for future use. They also helped us getting around and planning our trip. In total it was an amazing time in a very kind family. In our… read more

(Excellent )

20/01/2018

Left by Workawayer (James) for host

These guys are the coolest family I've ever met. They welcomed me as there own and will stay as family for the rest of my life. They have a beautiful home with just as beautiful land. You will work hard (if you can call being outside in nature work) but will also play hard. Salinas and Paul will make sure you are comfortable and will help you in… read more

(Excellent )

03/10/2017

Left by Workawayer (Felix & Mona) for host

We enjoyed our time with Salinas, Paul and Bodhi a lot. They are a such a nice family, very welcoming and kind. Bodhi is a smart and friendly little boy with whom it was always cool to spend some time with.
Salinas and Paul really cared about us having a good time. And they succeeded! (: They introduced us very well to the Canadian way of life by… read more

(Excellent )

11/06/2017

Left by Workawayer (Charlotte) for host

It was such a pleasure to stay with this amazing family ! Salinas is such an impressive woman, she did a lot to make the landscape around the house a garden. She work hard but always with a smile, and we had fun working together, it's never boring. She always make sure that you are satisfied with the work, your stay or your plans on your days off.… read more

(Excellent )

29/05/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Charlotte)

Charlotte is a sweet, smart, hard working lady to have around. We really enjoyed our time with her and wished she could stay longer! She is great with animals and children. And is very clean and polite.

(Excellent )

08/06/2017

Left by Workawayer (Cristina ) for host

It was a super pleasure to have there with them. They are a nice, sweet and active family.
I felled so good working around the house, cleaning the land, painting the boler, chopping fire wood or doing whatever they needed. And as well, we shared time doing fanny sports activities together!
They helped me too for my news steps.
I feel so grateful… read more

(Excellent )

29/05/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Cristina )

Cristina is a huge pleasure to have around. She is Intuitive, bright, funny, great with children and she makes a killer Tortilla! We wish we could have her with us forever, but we also know that we will see her again. We were very fortunate to have her with us for over a month.

(Excellent )

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