Help us at our lush home in Carrara, Australia

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  Description

  Hi,
  
  We are Yvonne & Danny.
  Our lush home is located on the beautiful central Gold Coast, in a suburb called Carrara. We are close to the theme parks, the beach, and our stunning national parks. We have a large, modern 4 bedroom home, beautiful gardens, and a great pool to enjoy.
  
  Yvonne was born and raised in Germany, but moved to Australia 16 years ago. She works full-time in corporate IT, is a meditation teacher, and currently completing a master certification in meditation therapy / holistic counselling. She works from home most days with one day per week in the office. Danny grew up in Canberra and has been living in the Northern Rivers / Gold Coast area for 20+ years. He runs his own landscape construction business and is usually out during the day for work.
  
  Leon, our small dog, is 14 years old and very affectionate. Mostly a professional sleeper, but he loves cuddles and would spend all day on a lap getting belly rubs if he could. Our second dog, Czar is 3 years old, she suffers from high level anxiety, but is very sweet once she knows you.
  
  Zac, our housemate, is an easy going dude in his mid 30s. He's a swimming teacher / child educator.
  
  In our free time, we love doing yoga, travelling, hiking, camping, healthy food, going to the beach, cultural events such as exhibitions, concerns, theatre, and shows, or simply relaxing. We enjoy welcoming people to our house as long as they are respectful, friendly, and willing to contribute to the household.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  Animal Care

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Having lived in the area (between Northern Rivers and Brisbane) for many years we are able to provide you with lots of great insider tips. We offer to take you to secluded beaches, waterfalls, swim holes, markets, camping, hiking, to see kangaroos' and koalas etc. Yvonne speaks fluent German and English, is able to teach out meditation and yoga. Danny is a great teacher in all things plants & building.

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  Help

  The help we need is mainly around the gardens and general housework. Garden tasks includes mowing, whipper snipper, cutting palm leaves, weeding, clearing gutters, mulching, planting and developing veggie pats and garden beds, and we would love to build a chook pen to house chickens. House tasks includes, general cleaning, laundry, cooking. Also, we need someone who is happy to look after and cuddle with Leon & Czar when we go out.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  Yvonne speaks fluent English and German, and beginners French, Italian, and Spanish. Danny speaks English only.
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  Accommodation

  You will have your own room with double bed, desk, in-build wardrobe, ceiling fan. You would share the bathroom / toilette with Zac and have access to the rest of the house. Our kitchen is the heart of our house and the place where we all meet and hang out. We also have a media room with a big screen TV and fireplace as well as an outdoor fireplace and of course the pool!

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  What else ...

  Carrara is in the center of the Gold Coast, if you don't have your own car, we are happy to provide you with lifts to the closest train station (Nerang) from where you can take the train to Brisbane (1 hour) or Robina Town Centre. There is a number of bus stations around with the closest about 300m away, busses run hourly. Our National Parks (Springbrook, Binna Burra are 40mins drive away, O'Reilly's about 90mins). The beach can be accessed by bus (20mins) or car (15mins).

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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

  We have high speed NBN.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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