Join an animal loving family of five looking for a cultural exchange in Brisbane, Australia

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  Description

  We are an animal loving family of five looking for a cultural exchange and extra helping hands.
  
  We have been hosting international language students and au pairs for 14 years and have loved the experience of sharing cultures and also food. We have made lifelong friends and have kept in touch with and are still visited by previous au-pairs.Our children are now 18, 15 and 11 and no longer need an au pair, so we are looking for travellers to bring a little of their culture into our home and help us the day to day running and maintenance of a home and bush property.
  
  We would also like to show you around our lovely corner of the world. We are 30 minutes from Brisbane CBD and live in an area that is great for bushwalking, mountain biking and horse riding. Our families interests are rock climbing, skateboarding, horse riding, bush walking and camping.
  
  We live on 10 acres and have chickens, sheep, dogs, guinea pigs, horses and an abundance of weeds that all need taking care of.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Sustainability

  

  Pets

  

  Gardening

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Animals

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Nature

  

  Hiking

  

  Camping

  

  Adventure sports
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You are welcome to come on outings with our family. We always eat dinner together and have long chats over dinner. We are happy to help with improving your English . We love trying new foods and attempting to learn new languages.

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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 particularly seeking help from people with a love of horses and children. Most of the help we need will involve the horses and the two younger children. Particularly supervising horse care and riding and doing lots of arts and crafts and cooking with the children.
  
  There are also home maintenance projects such as building fences, painting and high pressure washing . We like to match your jobs to your interests. We would like 20 hours a week or 4 hours a day 5 days a week in exchange for meals and accomodation.
  
  We are mostly home during the day so will often be working alongside you on projects. However there will be times that you will need to work alone or with the children if I am running errands. With a busy house of people coming and going there is always a list of jobs sitting on the kitchen bench for family members to pick from.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  You would have a large room with a queen bed, a single trundle bed, table and chairs and desk. The room is downstairs from the kitchen and we are early risers so it can sound like elephants stomping above you. There is a shared bathroom and toilet with the children.
  There is a kitchenette where you can prepare your breakfast and lunch. Dinner we all take turns cooking and eat together. Some nights we go for a walk and have a picnic dinner.
  
  We like to eat healthy, gluten free meals. If you would like bread and cereals we ask that you only prepare them in the kitchenette as our son is coeliac.

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  What else ...

  The bus is a 10 minute drive or 40 minute (steep) walk from our house. We are happy to drop you to the bus and pick you up (as long as it isn’t too late). Our home is in a very quiet area so isn’t really suitable to people who like the bustling city life and partying.
  
  We don’t accept smokers or vapers in our house. Also we ask that you don’t wear strong perfumes as we are quite sensitive to smells.

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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

  The internet can be a little slow at times, but we manage to make it work when working from home.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have a number of areas you can park and we can hook you up to power and water.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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