Join us in our vineyard and around the home near Canberra, Australia

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  Description

  We are living on a 60acre property. We used to make wine from our vineyards and run a restaurant, but now we are retired, these facilities are leased out to others .
  We are restoring our vineyard to back to health as a love project. We sometimes require help with this project. There is also garden work, dog sitting and the odd job. We are looking mostly for couples but will take singles.
  
  Your room has a king size bed with electric blanket, heater, large TV, bathroom and laundry, and is outside the house but close by so you have privacy if you wish. We like to share some of the cooking with our Workaway but can do all the cooking if you are not comfortable in the kitchen. There is a kitchen in our Workaway studio and then you can also cook some meals by yourselves.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet

  House sitting
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  Interests

  

  Self development

  

  Movies & TV

  

  LGBTQ

  

  Politics / Social justice

  

  Culture

  

  History

  

  Beach

  

  Nature

  

  Art & design

  

  Architecture

  

  Gardening

  

  Plant care

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Pets
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are both well travelled Australian businessmen who are now retired with our focus being restoration of our vineyard, travel, garden, culture, art, politics and dogs. We usually find we can have interesting conversations with travellers sharing knowledge and experience of each country and the culture. We have many kangaroos, and other wild life such as Echidnas, birds, wombats, snakes and lizards on the property and a small social life. We travel to Sydney and the Sunshine Coast regularly.

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  Help

  There is vineyard restoration work and household chores such as cooking, cleaning, gardening and taking our dogs Bertram (8yrs) and Miss ellen (3yrs) for walks, or dog sitting while we are away for the day, or overnight. Please don’t pretend to be a dog lover if you’re not as they are part of the family! We will adapt the jobs to your skills and interests as there is always plenty to do. We have bikes and happy to be tourist guides for Canberra.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  We have a bedroom at the rear of our garage which has its own bathroom, laundry, a king bed and its own kitchen. It is next door to the house. The room has many books including many about Australia. Food can be shared in the house and can also be cooked by yourself when you would like to eat on your own. We can cater to dietary requirements such as vegan or vegetarian.

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  What else ...

  We are fifteen minutes from the Canberra Airport, fifteen minutes from Bungendore (there is a train station there if coming bby train) and Queanbeyan, and 30 minutes from the centre of Canberra and all it has to offer. We are happy to drop helpers off in Canberra for the day and pick you up.

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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 no problems with the internet here.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Plenty of space to park camper vans.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

  Bertram or Berty and Miss Ellen (8 years)

  Hungarian Viszla are very emotional and sensitive and friendly. Miss Ellen also Viszla and her DOB is 17/04/2021 and she is a wild woman now, very friendly and loves to play. Please note do not pretend to love dogs if you don’t as ours are allowed inside and while obedient and well mannered love to play so if you are scared of dogs at least let us know!! And not pretend!!

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