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Join us to create self-sufficiency in beautiful music-focussed Creswick, Australia

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: No minimum

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  • Description

    Description

    Creswick is such an amazing, vibrant town with a huge emphasis on music. Once you arrive, you're in!
    I live here with my 17 year old son (my 18 year old son has just moved to Brisbane). It's a busy, happy place with plenty of animals to look after and a vegetable garden to tend. Kangaroos and wallabies are regular visitors!
    I work from home as the Media and Comms manager for an international NGO that works with small scale farmers to restore land. All the time differences mean that my work times vary a lot.
    We are turning our house into our dream and we live with three indoor cats and a small Australian Silky Terrier called Cricket.
    I love to cook, and I love to teach others to cook. I am vegetarian, but my son is not.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Help with Eco Projects
    Teaching
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    I travel quite a bit for work - mainly to Africa and SouthEast Asia and I was a homestay host for students for many years.
    There are so many things I love to do and they range from carpentry to preserving to crochet to dancing and gardening. I share all my skills with those around me and love the opportunity to chat with people from other cultures.

  • Help

    Help

    There's plenty to do here. There are blackberries and goorse bushes to chase, gardens to tend, animals to care for and new plans to realise! I work from home and am always eager to be outside, teaching and working alongside others.
    It's a small place, but a busy place with an emphasis on fun, food and creation.

  • Languages spoken

    French: Beginner

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We have a spare room with 2 single beds. We also have ample space for campervans.
    Everything that is ours, is yours.
    I love cooking, but my own cooking is vegetarian. I'm always eager to learn new skills!

    We will provide meals 3 times a day

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    This is a popular tourist destination, particularly for food lovers and mountain bikers!
    Our only house rules are that you join our family, are kind to animals and are eager to learn and join.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    Two acres of land beside a dam (pond)

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    Any animals that are good with cats, dogs and poultry ... and won't chase kangaroos and wallabies!

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

Host ref number: 453699974899

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The image shows a group of people, likely children, standing together in a line, with a few individuals in the foreground. The background is a light-colored wall. The overall atmosphere is one of unity and solidarity.
The image depicts a serene outdoor setting with a couple standing amidst a tree, surrounded by lawn chairs, a table, and a vibrant red blanket on a sunny day.
The image depicts two individuals standing in a muddy pond, surrounded by lush trees and bushes, with one person holding a paddleboard. The atmosphere is serene and peaceful.

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