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Description
🌿 Help around our Rural Australian homestead 🌿
Come enjoy life on 112 acres of beautiful Australian countryside, surrounded by rolling hills, sunset and sunrise views, wide-open skies, and plenty of kangaroos and birds.
We’re Lauren & Lou, a friendly couple in our 30s who love nature, creativity, good food, and sharing country life with travellers from around the world. Lou does contract work in events and Lauren coaches and does art. We have an interest in health, travel and spirituality. A few times a year we lease our farm out to festivals and events but otherwise just enjoy the quiet and space of regional living.
We welcome people who enjoy being outdoors, getting their hands dirty, and joining in with day-to-day life on our rural property.
🌿 WHAT YOU MAY HELP WITH
Tasks may include:
• General help around the house and property
• Gardening, watering, weeding, and seasonal outdoor tasks
• Tree planting and light landscaping projects
• Raking leaves and collecting fallen branches
• Helping tidy and organise shared spaces, sheds, and tools
• Occasional creative outdoor projects or simple DIY tasks
• Cooking or helping prepare shared meals
Tasks vary depending on weather, season, and what’s happening around the property.
🏡 WHAT WE PROVIDE:
All meals and shared kitchen facilities
Hot showers and toilets
Comfortable shared cabin accommodation for up to 8 people with bathroom and laundry facilities
A private 3-bed room (double + single) for couples
A mixed 5-bed dorm room
Or bring your own van or tent — we can supply water and power!
💡 WHY JOIN US?
Enjoy a peaceful rural escape and a great taste of Australian country life
Be part of a meaningful and creative project
Make new friends! We often host 2–4 Workawayers at a time, so it’s social and fun.
Eligible for your 88 days (due to past flood-affected area)
Please note, this is volunteer work around personal house and garden and not related to business activities.
LGBTIQA+ friendly and inclusive
🥗 FOOD & DIETARIES:
We provide three meals a day and enjoy cooking and eating together. Please let us know in advance about any dietary needs. We do our best to cater, but can’t accommodate to all special diets. We are open to discuss.
🚆 GETTING HERE:
From Melbourne Airport, get a bus($7-10) or Uber ($20?) to Broadmeadows station
Then catch a V/Line train to Seymour Station ($7–$10 - should be included in bus ticket)
We’ll pick you up from there!
The farm is 90mins from Melbourne
📅 DURATION:
We’re currently welcoming short-term stays (3–14 days)
Longer periods (30-60 days) around Autumn or spring Feb/Mar & Sep/Oct when the weather is supportive for outdoor work.
📩 BEFORE YOU APPLY:
Please let us know:
Any physical limitations or health issues (farm work can be physical)
Any dietary restrictions or special requirements.
We look forward to welcoming you to our land, our community, and our creative journey.
Our workawayers love their time here and we enjoy our time meeting new travelers and sharing our Australian farm experience! 🌞 -
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Light gardening
Creative DIY projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Light maintenance
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Interests
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Great company, delicious food & comfortable lodgings in a stunning location
The land is beautiful. You will be involved in inspiring, creative work in a calming environment.
You will have a chance to practice your english with the host.
You can be as social or secluded as you would like.
You have a chance to travel and be involved in a creative project that will be enjoyed by many people. -
Help
We are looking for help landscaping, creating native gardens, retaining walls, cleaning, small building projects and helping around the house and garden
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Languages spoken
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Accommodation
2 room container cabin with bunk beds and amazing views of sunset and sunrise.
1 - 3 bed room ( double bed and single)
1- 5 bed mixed dorm with bunks
Use of house bathroom, lounge, deck and wifi.
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What else ...
The train station is 15mins away. Melbourne city is 1hr 20min away.
The area is close to country markets, vineyards, bush walks through natural parklands.
Swim in the dam, unwind in the Infrared sauna or enjoy an indoor and outdoor fireplace!
The house is a sanctuary of calm. Perfect for reading books, lazing in hammocks, enjoying shared meals together, drinking chai and gazing at the views. -
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 internet connection - better through optus but can tether from our house wifi
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Space for parking camper vans
We have power and outdoor toilet available.
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Can possibly accept pets
We are happy to accept pets
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How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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My animals / pets
Koda
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They would be welcome back anytime and we highly recommend them to other hosts.
A lot of the work we did was … read more
The work involved building rock walls, weeding, gathering sticks and shoveling gravel, as well as raking, whippersnippering, and clearing a … read more
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They would be welcome back anytime and we highly recommend them to other hosts.
A lot of the work we did was … read more
The work involved building rock walls, weeding, gathering sticks and shoveling gravel, as well as raking, whippersnippering, and clearing a … read more
As hosts, they were very welcoming, always happy to answer qus on the work / share experiences and chats with all the volunteers and provided such delicious food, which I was v grateful for. They also kindly … read more
We enjoyed our time with her and would readily welcome her back to the farm. :)
She was polite, respectful, hardworking and willing to help out. She also has great English and comprehension skills. Vanamo loved baking which was a joy for Lou and I . :)
We had a good time helping them organize the farm, weeding, and … read more
Lou is a magician, everything concerning organisation went smoothly in this place.
I am honeslty surprised how easy life felt around this lovely people.
Communication was great and I definitely learned a thing or two about team management, schedules, meal plans, landscaping, … read more
We were warmly welcomed straight away and felt like home. Working with the other workawayers was great fun and we learned a lot. The food was also extremely tasty and varied. Definitely recommended to have a good time.
We would do it again any time!
She was super hardworking, clever, efficient and very responsible. She went above and beyond. She made a great banana bread loaf and always cleaned up after herself. I highly recommend her to other hosts. You will be glad you took her on
We will miss you Pia. You are welcome back anytime
They were exceptional hosts, providing a … read more
She has a positive attitude, was open, friendly and hardworking.
I highly recommend her to other hosts. All the best Lea.
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Volunteering for the gardening project at Lou and Lauren's house before winter was a positive experience. The tasks were varied and suitable for all skill levels, with clear guidance from Lou and Lauren.
Learning new gardening techniques and working with other volunteers … read more
He was a great help around the farm, he helped with landscaping and installing a new shower/laundry block for workawayers. Nolan is hardworking, clever, great at following instructions, sharing ideas and very responsible. We comfortably let Nolan stay at our place whilst we were away overnight and have full confidence … read more
Thanks Lauren and Lou :)
She was a pleasure to host and we enjoyed her time with us.
She is warm, clever, open and willing and was definitely one of the hardest-working workawayers we have had. Ilse was a great support to us at the farm.
I highly recommend her to other hosts and would gladly welcome her … read more
it was hard and physical work but very rewarding to see everything come togheter. The festival was such an unice experience with lots and lots of learning opportunity's.
The site is beautifull with the best sunsets, … read more
They are a friendly, polite, reliable, hardworking couple, who joined us for a couple of weeks.
They speak excellent English, have great capacity, comprehension and willingness.
I highly recommend them to other hosts and would gladly have them back. :)
We felt very welcome at their home, which is located on a hill on their massive and beautiful property. We had our own shed to sleep, which was really nice as a couple.
The work was in preparation of their festival. It was not hard but a lot of fun and they gave us all the room to fit … read more
We always received amazing food! and we were able to take pretty much anything to eat and drink.
Lauren is a super friendly person, who makes you … read more
They did a great job in the garden and building rockwalls.
I would definitely host them again and recommend them highly to anyone considering hosting them.
He is welcome back anytime.
They have definitely provided some of our best workaway experiences yet. Jazz and Matt are both hardworking, dedicated, and full of knowledge, skills and great ideas. They have been polite, respectful and very thoughtful as well as being excellent company. They have a big dream and are … read more
We worked on various things, helping them do a bit of … read more
