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Description
I have a small farm located approx 40mins south of Christhchurch on which I breed and train Sport horses, provide a foaling service for outside mares and raise orphan lambs and grow some crops. Any help with the horses/lambs would be welcome dependant on your experience or interest but I am also wanting to develop a vegetable garden to contribute to our communities self sufficiency and some small building projects. I can provide accomodation in my older but warm character home and good home cooked meals in exchange for help. I live in a rural area so there is the opportunity to experience different types of farming if wished. As well as horses I also have 3 dogs, 2 cats and chickens so it will help if you are a animal lover. I enjoy sharing my home and this great country with visitors. We are close to lots of great places from mountain to sea. I can accomodate 1 or 2 people at a time but also happy to help with any request. If you are keen, don't mind some hardwork, have commonsense and like to laugh you will fit in well.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will be treated as one of the family and likely get dragged along to the pub quiz I go to weekly. Alternatively, happy for you to have time to go exploring/skiing etc. Happy to share my equestrian knowledge and Equitation Science training principles (Ethical Horse training) . For Equestrians there is often a opportunity to attend a horse show.
Help
There is always plenty of work/projects to do around the house and property from painting, fencing, gardening, feeding animals, building projects and maintenance. Opportunity to ride horses for suitably experienced or help with grooming/care.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
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Accommodation
Own bedroom with a shared bathroom. House is warm with 2 living areas. It is partially renovated but still comfortable. Two Home cooked meals provided using mainly local produce, can cater for some food requirements. Breakfast you can help yourself from the pantry - toast/cereal/fruit etc.
What else ...
A car would be helpful as public transport is limited but happy to help out with travel when I can. Small township 10mins drive from farm with supermarket, pharmacy, atm, cafes, pub, Medical centre. Lots to do within 1-1.5hrs drive. Great walks, ecological sites.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
Plenty of space, power access.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Feedback (17)
We had a lovely dynamic with her and the other Workaways. it almost felt like we were at home with family ☺️
The work she asked us to do hardly felt like work as we were surrounded by horses all day.
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We had a lovely dynamic with her and the other Workaways. it almost felt like we were at home with family ☺️
The work she asked us to do hardly felt like work as we were surrounded by horses all day.
Tracy… read more
The place was very peaceful and had beautiful sunsets.
I loved helping with the animals. It was also nice to work with the horses and learn Tracy's point of… read more
My job was mainly to feed animals 2 times a days (which doesn't take a lot of time), and accomplish some small tasks like cleaning barns and around the farm, planting trees, etc (it's a farm, you can… read more
The work we had to do was not hard at all. We fed the horses every morning and evening. We did some wood chopping and stacking.
We also did some fencing.… read more
I definitely need to come back !
Moreover we had many different tasks and learned a lot about farm life. We already miss our pet lambs and the dogs.
We’ re looking forward to see you in Australia.:))
Sometimes I was helping Tracy on her farm as well which was a great experience too. She even took me for a short ride with her and… read more
The family Mc Alistair welcomed us very well, we felt home and we had great time among this kiwis with heart in gold.
Most of the work was feeding the animals (lovely dogs and horses), but we enjoyed to do also cooking, painting, gardening, storing the… read more
