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Host is looking for help immediately
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Host rating
100 %
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Last replied
18 Mar 2025
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Min stay requested: 1 month or more
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Description
We are after 2-3 workers from today to Feb 15.
Surf - canoe - boating - swim - cycle
- bush walks - sand skiing - lots of Cafes, tourist walks.
ALL food is provided and we will regularly take you to free restaurants and cafes.
Plus we have free wifi.
We are after 2 or 3 people or a couple . We prefer people who are over 25 yrs old.
We will work about 3-4 days a week and then have 3-4 days off.
Weekends always free.
Max 24 hrs a week.
Normally we travel once a week to Sydney and enjoy being tourists we walk up to 30km and see lots of tourist spots.
We are very close to beaches and bike tracks plus we have a pool. So we swim most days and have lots of bikes. Plus we have our own tennis court. We also grow a lot of vegetables.
We eat mainly homemade cooking and cater for any food needs even vegan etc.
we often go to an Australian zoo where you can pat kangaroos, and feed wild parrots and emus
The work is cleaning, painting , weeding and digging.
So you need to be fit and can go up ladders to paint.
WORK
1. Get a house ready for rent so painting and weeding etc.we are doing up a house for a family with 7 children.
2. Dig underneath a house to make the soil smooth to make a workshop. We can also go canoeing at this house as it is on the Lake.
3. We may drive 700 km to the Gold Coast to prepare a home for disabled people. So clear gutters, paint, clean
We may stay in a multi million mansion .
My wife and I are semi retired, she works part time as a pastoral care worker in a church and I work maybe an hour a week as a share trader. I was a Pastor for over 40 years .
We have 3 bedrooms with its own bathroom.for workaway workers.
WHAT YOU CAN DO?
I have lots of bikes and surf gear and swim/surf often.
We are surrounded by bike tracks, great walks and surf beaches
Lots to see and do.
We have had 144 workaway workers and love entertaining and will treat you like family. -
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Help with Eco Projects
Light gardening
Creative DIY projects
Light maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
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Interests
Plant care
Photography
Performing arts
History
Gardening
Drawing & painting
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Books
Astronomy
Art & design
Sailing / Boating
Outdoor activities
Nature
Mountain
Hiking
Fitness
Cycling
Camping
Beach
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
- We provide a range of Australian foods.
- Swimming and surf with body boards. I can teach you to body surf or ride a boogie board. Plus surf boards
- can go cycling - we have some spare bikes.
- have you ever skied on sand
~ trips to Sydney
~ often go on a great walk across the harbour bridge to the opera house.
~ good at helping improve your English skills.
- lots of free time to explore.
~ can go bushwalking, sight seeing etc
~ a great bedroom and comfortable bed. -
Help
Nearly All outdoors painting
Some inside painting
Move soil. -
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
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Accommodation
1: each helper will have there own bedroom and a shared bathroom
We normally provide a home cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Plus we will often pay to eat in restaurants, cafes or takeaway. We pay for all food.
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What else ...
Visit Sydney city, Beaches. Bush walks, sightseeing,
Vivid light festival in May
Walk across the harbour bridge.
Dolphin watch at Nelson Bay.
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A little more information
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Internet access
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Limited internet access
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We have pets
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We are smokers
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Can host families
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Can host digital nomads
We have unlimited home internet and access to desks or tables
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Space for parking camper vans
We have off street parking
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How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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My animals / pets
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He is also a great conversationalist and a real joy to be with. We greatly appreciated his help.
We would love to have her return anytime.
I highly recommend her.
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He is also a great conversationalist and a real joy to be with. We greatly appreciated his help.
We would love to have her return anytime.
I highly recommend her.
I really enjoyed showing him Sydney and the Blue Mountains. We would have him again anytime
The work was not difficult and consisted of different tasks in a house they were renovating in Penrith. The hours were flexible and we had plenty of free time. However, there was a lot of travel time (1h45) to reach the house to be renovated.
At their house … read more
I worked them hard as they helped paint and renovate a house that we used for disabled people for 14 years - so it needed a lot of work.
We would have them back anytime and very valued … read more
The job consisted in some painting, repairing, renovation, deep cleaning and gardening in a house in Penrith.
We met another Japanese fellow workawayer who became a friend too so we had a nice team to … read more
He worked like a champion and was great to have around. I highly recommend him . We would have him back any day .
As a person who has never travelled much yet and never used workaway before, I was very worried in the beginning.
But Rob and Jenny let you forget all your sorrows.
Rob has so many nice spots he will go to with you and Jenny is a fantastic cook so your time here is going to get unforgettable!
Looking forward … read more
We did out door painting and preparation and heavy digging of removing turf to put down pebbles. Both exhausting jobs that they did perfectly.
I can highly recommend them and would have them back in a heart beat.
They are also great cooks so letting them loose in the kitchen will be a blessing.
We really lived having them and they are always welcome to return.
They English is good and have a great work ethic.
