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Hello! We are Amy and Latham and we live on a sustainable small farm in Central Victoria, Australia. We have sheep, alpacas, chickens, three cats and two dogs on our 42 acres, and grow vegetables and fruit, with over 100 different fruit trees.
We are a family of 5 (three kids ages 10, 12 and 14) and live as waste-free as possible. Our children are home educated and very active on our farm.
We currently only have accommodation for those willing to stay in a caravan or that have their own caravan, van, etc as we build our new workaway accommodation. The caravan we have is new and we have all the mattresses and bedding needs for your stay.
My partner works 4-5 days a week outside of the farm and I run a small business. We generally need help with planting, weeding, harvesting, preserving, help with the sheep and other gardening jobs.
We are also interested in help with our children and with house duties, and also teaching our children different languages.
You can do either inside (house duties/children) or outside (farm/gardening) jobs or a mix of both, we don’t mind which you choose.
We look forward to welcoming you to our property!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Teaching
Gardening
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Learn how to farm in a sustainable way.
Learn how we live lightly on this earth with minimal waste.
Learn alternative farming methods.
Learn the English language.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Jobs in the garden and on the farm change from season to season: summer is watering, weeding and harvesting; autumn is planting, harvesting and preserving; winter is weeding, mulching, planting, etc; spring is mainly planting and weeding.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We’d love to have people stay and teach us (including our children) their language.
Accommodation
We currently are looking at people staying with their own accommodation, such as tents, caravans. We are about to start building a tiny house in our garden where helpers will be able to stay. You may be able to help us with the construction during your stay here.
We offer 3 meals per day and snacks in-between. Most of the meals are vegetarian, expect for the occasional meat meal from our own meat grown on our farm.
There is one bathroom and toilet to share for the whole household. We are planning a compost toilet for outside.
We have 2 spacious living rooms for you to use.
We have three cats.
Please Note:
- We collect our own rainwater, so please be conscious of how much water you use during your stay with us.
- We generate all our own power. We have solar power, so can't use any heavy machinery (including washing machine, dishwasher, etc) during the night.
- We produce our own cooking and hot water from our wood fire stove (and solar power in summer). The stove is hot all over when a fire is going.
- We try not to produce any landfill rubbish. If you do produce rubbish during your stay please ask for a plastic bag and you can dispose of the rubbish on a visit to town.
Thank you!
What else ...
There are so many beautiful sights to see here in Central Victoria. We can drop you off and pick you up from a particular sight or at the train station/bus terminal.
There is always lots happening in our community: workshops, farmers markets, artist markets, community events, etc. Castlemaine and surrounds is a very alternative place to live.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have wifi available and also have laptops if you are in need of using one.
Space for parking camper vans
Any sized campervan, caravan or tent can be put up on our property.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (6)
Kate and Tom helped us in our garden, taught our children Spanish, cooked delicious meals, assisted in preserving our produce and were such great company to have around.
We highly recommend having… read more
It was lovely getting to know the family and we felt inspired by the way they are creating their own place and lifestyle. We helped out with gardening, harvesting, homeschooling, cooking and some other odd jobs, all of which were enjoyable and… read more
Our kids loved playing with Kaiya and got along really well.
Thank you so… read more
We got an amazing amount of work done with their help and had fun along the way. As well as learning a lot from each other.
Thank you so much for… read more
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Kate and Tom helped us in our garden, taught our children Spanish, cooked delicious meals, assisted in preserving our produce and were such great company to have around.
We highly recommend having… read more
It was lovely getting to know the family and we felt inspired by the way they are creating their own place and lifestyle. We helped out with gardening, harvesting, homeschooling, cooking and some other odd jobs, all of which were enjoyable and… read more
Our kids loved playing with Kaiya and got along really well.
Thank you so… read more
We got an amazing amount of work done with their help and had fun along the way. As well as learning a lot from each other.
Thank you so much for… read more
Our kids love Alice and Fanny so much and enjoyed learning French from them. They made some special connections here.
Alice and Fanny both understood their jobs around the house and on the farm and completed them perfectly. I would highly… read more
We spent the most time with the kids who are interesting by cultural exchange. We… read more
Their kids are very sweet and well behaved, i especially liked drawing and looking after the chickens with them.
Thank you for letting me stay at your farm.
There're lambs, sheep, alpacas, chickens and ducks, a garden, fields in their property.
In those days, I played with kids they are exciting, did gardening, took care of chickens, taught kids some Japanese, cooked some… read more
