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* Availabile from 4th til 12th April 2025*
We have a great opportunity for a fit helper who speaks fluent English as we love good conversation You will be staying with us in our lovely forest home on the outskirts of Melbourne. It is 1-1.30 hour from the CBD with easy public transport.
We are looking for WorkAways for house work and/or outdoor work ( brick paving, carpentry, light and heavy gardening).
We are a friendly family. We are welcoming, open minded and well travelled. We have been hosting for 11+ years. Living at home is a couple, 3 kids, and 2 big, gentle, playful dogs.
We have the children during the week and roughly half the weekends during school term time. It is very peaceful when the children are out of the house, but can be busy and loud when they are home (Eg 7-9am and 3.30-9pm school day. When the children are not here, we (the adults) relax, and occasionally let our hair down with small parties in the evenings.
We value clear two-way communication and welcome feedback during your stay (including things like needing an extra blanket or turning sound from movies etc down). We want you to be comfortable and happy with us. We will try to be very clear about the tasks and hope you will ask if you have any questions.
We love it when our guests do the dishes and thoroughly clean up the kitchen after dinner, when they are around. Apart from that you can schedule your hours as you like.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Outdoor activities
Water sports
Hiking
Beach
Dancing
Mountain
Team sports
Nature
Camping
Fitness
Yoga / Wellness
Politics / Social justice
Sustainability
Culture
LGBTQ
Events & social
Pets
Movies & TV
Charity work
Self development
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We enjoy having travelers stay and in the past have helped them to find local kangaroos, point out the echidnas in the garden, driven them up the mountain to the tree-fern gardens, and invited our guests to join us in activities such as waterskiing, ecstatic dancing and bush walking. We are busy but love to talk about your country and life and share about ours.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We seek help with moving and laying bricks , gardening (e.g. mowing a steep block) and/ or housework. .
Physical health and fitness is required.
You can do your 25 hours a week of work at times that suit you, though we do appreciate you doing the dishes and cleaning up the kitchen immediately after dinner, if you are at home.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
We have a amazing mud brick house on the edge of the forest, looking into the valley.
You will sleep in a small, cosy, private room built inside the garage. See the photo. It has insulation, a comfortable single bed, desk, chair, heater, fan, rugs, fast internet and own entrance. If you are a couple we can change arrangements and accommodate you. This room is separate from the house (toilet is in the house), next to the garden so it is totally private. Sometimes you might see echidnas walking past!
Alternatively we can offer you the unique experience of living in a huge medieval bell tent.
You can make your own breakfast, lunch and snacks from the food in the fridge and panty: we can also add foods that you need, just tell us.
During the week we often cook an evening meal for the whole family that you can share with us if you are at home. After dinners that *we* cook, we do appreciate it if you could clear the table, do the dishes and tidy up the kitchen.
We love to try new food so if you have a particular dish you like to cook, we can buy your ingredients and one night you can cook for everyone.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a good fast (by Australian standards!) unmetered broadband internet service
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
Jet
Calm, gentle larger dog
Bonnie
Friendly mid size dog
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I had no idea what to expect at the start as this was my first Workaway experience. This truly went above and beyond what I had imagined. I enjoyed every minute of my stay.
Mia & Jeff not only opened their house to me very generously, they also treated me like a member of their family and gave me… read more
Mia and Jeff
They live in an amazing spot on the edge of a gorgeous tropical… read more
She is a very hard worker, self motivated, able to take the initiative and conscientious. Our house was organised and sparkling clean. Jeff was also grateful for the tailored yoga class!
She fit in like a member of our family, great with the kids and the dog and super easy… read more
It was a great experience. She is lovely, an intelligent person to talk with and is independent with a mature attitude. She was very easy to live with and fit… read more
