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Host rating
100 %
Last replied
28 Mar 2024
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Description
We are a mid-sixties couple who need some help taming our wild gardens. If you enjoy gardening or have pruning skills there are no end of jobs to do. There are walking tracks to explore, swimming, snorkelling, diving, surfing and beach combing.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We live on a remote island, generate our own power and live in a very beautiful place. We mainly attract people who want to embrace nature and get away from the big cities for a while. Most people who are here enjoy their stay and go away with new experiences. It is a friendly Island where it is easy to hitch around if you do not have a car.
Help
We have an big rambling garden so there is always gardening to do. Collecting firewood, feeding chickens, helping out on building projects.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
You would be staying either in a backpackers dorm room (4 beds) or a double room. Shared showers, toilet and kitchen. You would work 3 hrs a day for your accommodation.
What else ...
There is a beautiful beach 5 minutes walk away. Surfing, swimming, fishing, stargazing and bushwalks are some of the most popular things to do. We hope that you can entertain yourselves and show some initiative when given work to do.
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
3 hours a day, 5 days/week maximum
Feedback (6)
The island is wonderful and the backpackers is very close to a beautiful beach. Robyn was very welcoming and accomodating with work, I could work later depending on the weather or my plans for the day. Robyn and Malcom gave us some advice, lend us surf boards, invited us to share their Christmas… read more
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The island is wonderful and the backpackers is very close to a beautiful beach. Robyn was very welcoming and accomodating with work, I could work later depending on the weather or my plans for the day. Robyn and Malcom gave us some advice, lend us surf boards, invited us to share their Christmas… read more
I felt super welcome even when I got sick they cared for me and where super nice :)
I did some work in the garden and and a little cleaning the hostel, nothing too hard.
Great barrier island is stunningly beautiful, there a lots of things to see and the beach is super close.… read more
