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Help Clearing Kanuka brush, Pet-sitting, Cleaning and odd jobs- in rural Wanaka/Cromwell, New Zealand

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  2025 

 Min stay requested: No minimum

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  • Description

    Description

    Kia Ora, Gidday, Hola, Bonjour , Salut ,

    Before wasting your time reading further (and our time messaging us, haha), we are not interested in what we call "holiday-awayers' this will sound bitter, but sadly, over the past ten years hosting travellers, we have noticed a definite decline in the quality and quantity of help given. I don't skimp on providing comfortable accommodation and plenty of food. Over Christmas, when hosting 3 travellers, my grocery bill for one week was $700. If you are not prepared to work a solid 5 hours per day in return for food and accommodation then we are not interested in subsidising your holiday.

    We are situated halfway between Cromwell and Wanaka. A regional Bus from Queenstown passes by, and we can pick you up from the main road, but there is no other sort of public transport for going in and out of town.

    We have been self-building our forever home for ten years now. There is still a way to go, so we live in an old bus. You would be accommodated in a modern self contained caravan with power and cooking facilities. We do have running water, flush toilets and internet access so not so shabby!

    We have two friendly fur babies, seven human babies (all grown up and left home) and 3 Grandchildren

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    I was going to say we are just your average DIY self employed Kiwis but, actually, we are not. We do a lot of things "outside the square" e.g. building our own steam bending-timber machine.

  • Help

    Help

    General tidying and cleaning of our build site , some pet sitting perhaps depending on when you want to be accommodated. Cutting up of bottles to make our next bottle wall . Shifting of stone in readiness for the stome mason.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Caravan - double bed , kitchenette , shower
    Also the house has a shower and flush toilet.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    We work from 8am - 5-6pm . For your 5 hours you can choose what time you start . Most start at 8 , we break for lunch then you finish at 2pm so you can have the afternoon to explore. In your time off there is 25 acres here to walk and explore and Department of Conservation land nearby also for walking. 30 minutes walk away is a rock area for climbing.

  • 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

    We are on a lifestyle block of land so plenty of space

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

Host ref number: 622536341937

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