Join our family and help us with our kids and practicing german in Eskdale, Australia

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  Description

  We are a family of six.
  Gerard works as a forest fire officer here in Eskdale and Melanie is a midwife working in a hospital. Melanie works different shifts throughout the week. Gerard mainly works Monday-Friday 8:00-17:00, but does on-call work, and needs to be available to respond if there is a forest fire.
  
  We have four children. Our eldest boy Archie (10), identical twin girls Bonnie and Adele (8) and our youngest boy Rex (6).
  
  Archie is a boy who loves to run and jump and climb trees. He loves animals like lizards and frogs and caring for our chickens and pet cat. He also really loves minecraft! He will be in grade 5 in primary school. The little school in our town has around 30 children.
  
  Bonnie and Adele are best friends and they are always playing together. They love to play with Duplo Lego, play dough or drawing and push their dolls around in the prams playing dress ups. They will be in their 4th year of primary school starting in January.
  
  Rex our youngest will be 7 in April. He loves all types of sport. Especially Australian football and cricket! In January 2022 he will start his second year of primary school too! He is super excited!
  
  We have a swimming pool and the kids all swim every day in summer.
  
  As Gerard and Melanie both work different shifts, but whoever is home has dinner with the kids all together every night and we love doing that!
  We have all our extended family living near by and we all spend a lot of time together. Family is very important to us!
  
  The nearest large town is Albury-Wodonga. It has around 100,000 people. It has shops and bars and clubs and cinema and airport. There are other au pairs in the area too.
  
  We’re happy to accomodate different diet preferences or requirements. We’ve had a previous au pair who was vegetarian and have close friends who are vegan.
  
  We’re both vaccinated.
  
  We love to spend time with our family and friends. Spending time in nature is one of our favourite things to do, hiking, camping, fishing. Most of all we love to travel and meet people from other cultures!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Babysitting and creative play
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We live in a farming area, about 50 minutes from the nearest big town. Albury/ Wodonga has around 120,000 people and that’s where Melanie drives to every day for work. There are other families with au pairs in the area and our previous au pairs have made some great friends here.
  Albury wodonga has shopping and bars and a cinema and airport etc. the surrounding region has lots of beautiful nature, wineries, gourmet food, bushwalking, camping, fishing, skiing in winter and heaps more. Albury is an hour by plane to Sydney or Melbourne. Or about 3 hours by train to Melbourne or 7 to Sydney.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  We are looking for someone who we can practice speaking German with. Possibly a few hours of before school/ after school babysitting a week.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  German: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  We’re really interested in practicing our German! We have been learning for a few years from previous au pairs and we are travelling to Germany in June this year!
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  Accommodation

  As a helper, you will stay in a large bedroom detached from the main house by about 10 metres, with your own toilet. The shower you will have to use the children’s bathroom inside.
  There is a car for you to use whenever you like but petrol you will have to pay for yourself.
  You will have access to all foods in the pantry and of course we would love you to eat dinner with us at night! We are able to accommodate some food requests, but treats like chocolate or soft drink you will have to purchase with your own money.

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  What else ...

  Plenty to do in your free time! We have a pool. You can use the car in your spare time.

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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 good internet coverage in the house

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have a large property and can accommodate any size motorhome

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  2-3 hours, 3 or 4 days per week