Join our family in Coolum Beach, QLD, Australia

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  Hi, my name is Terri. I’m a 39 yr old female. I live with my 42 yr old husband; Ryan and our two young children, Leo (5yrs) and Summer (3 yrs old). We live in our own big and beautiful home in Coolum Beach. I am a Nurse in the Emergency Department and Ryan owns and works in his waterproofing business. We are searching for friendly, happy, fun, responsible, kind, humble and flexible work awayer’s! I have a good friend in Melbourne who highly recommended I use workaway. And after now hosting 7 beautiful work awayers, it has not disappointed. We have all loved sharing our lives with someone new. It’s a less stressful household having another adult to share the load with. We’ve cooked and shared so many varied and delicious meals together, my love language is definitely food!
  
  We are searching for an extra set of hands. But not just anyone. We want someone who has initiative, will enjoy living with young humans (sometimes loud but beautiful) and be able to contribute to running a happy and efficient household.
  
  We are also super encouraging for our work awayer’s to explore the Sunshine Coast, the Gold Coast and other states of Australia on their days off. We are more than happy to share our knowledge and assist you in planning your little day trips and adventures.
  
  Please note you must be willing to provide 25 hours of help per week. Being fluent in English (especially important for communicating with the kids) is required and you will need to have a valid drivers licence. As well as being confident driving on the left hand side of the road.
  
  The kinds of tasks this chosen person would be doing over each week would be:
  -Helping with the morning/evening routines with the kids if I am working. I work shift work and a changing fortnightly roster. I work 6 shifts per fortnight plus 1 day a fortnight doing online modules. My shift work sees me working weekends and night shifts. So there could be the odd weekend where Ryan is working and I need you to work which means I would give you an extra day off during the week. My roster is complete about two months in advance so I can be very transparent enabling you to plan your days off or even taking up a casual job.
  -driving kids to/from daycare (they attend three times per week-Tuesday, Wed & Fri)
  -Drive Leo to and from therapy sessions (for his Global developmental delay).
  -Take kids to their soccer skills session (every Thursday at 10am) and/or swimming lesson (currently Mondays but hoping to change to a Thursday afternoon) if I’m working
  -cleaning/tidying frequently to help me keep on top of the house. This could look like 5-10 hours per week which would include: sweeping/mopping floors, cleaning kitchen, toilets/bathrooms/glass sliding doors/gates/louvers.
  -helping to day day tidiness of the house- dishes, washing ect.
  -gardening/plant care.
  -You would need to be a morning person! Sorry to the ones who like to sleep in🙈 I like to do early morning spin classes a few times a week when I can. This means you would be up and ready to take over the kids at 6:30. But not every day. The weeks do vary quite a bit.
  
  I also ask that you flexible, as am I. If some weeks Ryan and I are working a day that the kids aren’t in daycare, I would hope that you’d be ok with doing a 9-10 hour day in exchange for an extra day off. If I have a quieter week at work (some weeks I will work 2-3 day shifts which means I’m around a lot more), I would expect that you can do less work this week and more on one of my bigger work weeks. I’ve also been more than fair whereby giving an extra day off to have an extended weekend to enable you to enjoy places like Byron Bay, Fraser and Stradbroke island a little longer.
  
  Leo and Summer are very loving, kind and empathetic kids (if I must say so myself!). They love their scooters and playgrounds. We’d love you to take the kids to skate parks and playgrounds when able. The kids love to help with cooking, baking and unloading the dishwasher. They also love just playing at home. It’s actually so cute just letting and watching them play when I’m cleaning up the kitchen ect. They enjoy swimming in our pool and playing at the beach. Summer enjoys the ocean more than Leo.
  
  The right person would have a bedroom and bathroom to themselves on the bottom level of the 3 level house. When available you will have use of a car to use at times. Otherwise the Public bus system is easy and cheap, $1 to get to Noosa. We have a pool you can use (although chilly in winter) and a communal kitchen/living area.
  
  Ryan and I (when I’m not on shift) generally go to bed early so you’d have the lounge to yourselves some nights. We don’t let the kids watch much TV at all, never in the mornings. More so a movie if it’s a rainy day or occasionally Leo watches something (generally a Daddy/Leo time. Not something Mummy allows haha). Leo loves a screen and we’ve found when it is on, he zones out of other learning opportunities hence we limit the use of screens. We actually went two months last year with no TV!
  
  We are a super friendly, giving and kind family. Ryan and I have travelled a lot so sitting around the dinner table having a meal and exchanging travel stories is something we can offer. We’re open to trying new foods and enjoy a nice glass of wine here and there.
  
  If you think you’re suited to join our family, send a msg. We would prefer our work awayer’s stay for a minimum of 5 weeks. But if you are only available for a shorter time, send a message because it could still work out. And if we find that you’re a good fit and you too are happy, we could extend your stay. Look forward to hearing from you :)

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are an Aussie family. My partner and I love to travel and have made many memories and friends worldwide, particularly pre kids. We also travelled Asia for 7 months in 2023 with our two little ones, at the time they were 1yrs and 2.5 yrs! We’re super friendly and love a chat! We’d be open to providing local advice so you get the best out of your Sunshine Coast stay. We love cooking. Happy to teach you how to use the charcoal bbq which delivers the most smoky flavoured meat. Our home is only a 3 minute drive to beach or 15 min walk, you would have plenty of free time to get to the beach for some solo time.

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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

  Taking kids to and from daycare (we have a spare automatic car they could use), helping to get them ready for the day and some bedtimes. Helping with the household cleaning.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  The person would get a bathroom and bedroom in our home to themselves There are three other bedrooms in the house but these are not on the same level as the workaway’s bedroom.

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  What else ...

  Coolum beach is located only 25 minutes from the iconic Noosa. If you’re into hikes and keeping fit, Mt Coolum is only an 8 minute drive from our home and the Noosa National Park isn’t far either. You could use our spare car when we don’t need it. This would be helpful getting to Noosa ect. You will be added to our car insurance. All we ask is that if you take the car for longer trips in your free time, you put some fuel in. The days you use the car with the kids, obviously all fuel will be paid for.

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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 wifi

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

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