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Our lovely rural property is the home to three horses, dogs, a few sheep, and Alpacas. We are perched on the top of a hill and have uninterrupted mountain views, clean air and very comfortable home, and just 1 hour from Melbourne.
My husband and I are now empty nesters and the property is a lot to maintain. We have been fortunate enough to have travelled to 37 countries, lived overseas, and ran our own business. We have previously hosted both workaways and Woofers (WillingWorkers
On Organic Farms)- (similar to Workaway) from all over the world, many who we are still in contact with and have been to visit in their country. We value the friendships that have been forged and the enrichment that each has bought to our lives.
We are foodies and love cooking up yummy food when time permits. We have a quiet but busy life and would love some help with the property maintenance, domestic chores, and help with finishing touches and renovations on the house. Ideally we prefer a workaway couple, or two travel companions. The help we require is of a private nature and does not relate to any business activities,
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House sitting
Interests
Pets
Self development
Van life
Farming
Architecture
Photography
Cooking & food
Animals
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We welcome you in to be part of our family. We love learning about your family and country. It’s hard to say what social activities will present, but We’d offer for you to join us to visit/host family and friends just like you are family, but of course the choice is yours. Externally there is not much happening socially as we are in a rural area, but we are only an hour from Melbourne by train and happy to drop you at the station and pick you up on days off.
Just by spending time together with us you’d learn of our travel adventures and exchange skills and talents and learn from each other.
Help
The sort of jobs we need help with are, gardening, property maintenance , domestic chores, cleaning, and house renovation jobs. We are renovating our house at the moment, could also just do with an extra set of hands to lift, pass or if you have a particular trade we would also love to be tap into your skill set. The work will be mainly shared tasks and will vary most days. Also keen to tap into any one with professional photographic skills or digital marketing skills to help teach me.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Accommodation
We have large executive style home. With large living area and wood fire. If you are our only Workawayer, you’d be offered a private room in this house, share our living spaces and kitchen. Meals and food prep would be shared.
However we also have a lovely country house with 4 bedrooms used as a bnb. This property is only 300m from our family home. In between bookings this would become the home for couples or travel companions. You would self cater and be mostly independent, except for a few social nights with us. If the house is booked for bnb we would share our family home or luxury caravan.
What else ...
We’d ideally prefer a couple or two friends or family with their own transport, which gives them the option to explore our wider region, which has many natural attractions and towns. There are limited transport options without your own car, however we are happy to take volunteers to the station and pick up, so that time off can be spent in Melbourne if desired.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Good internet and workspace. Digital work would need to be done early morning, evening or days off.
Space for parking camper vans
We are on a large property and have plenty of space to park a camper and plug in.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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Michelle and Ron are such kind and lovely people, they will treat you like family. They also have two dogs will grow on you.
The location is really beautiful, you will wake up with the sound of birds chirping and the view is absolutely stunning.
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Michelle and Ron are such kind and lovely people, they will treat you like family. They also have two dogs will grow on you.
The location is really beautiful, you will wake up with the sound of birds chirping and the view is absolutely stunning.
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