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Help out around the house and garden in Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada

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Last activity: 24/01/2023

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My husband and I live in a nice three bedroom house in beautiful Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Victoria is an international tourist destination with lots of tourist sites and surrounded by sea and nature. Our cat "Pookie" recently passed away and now a bunch of different birds have decided to make our backyard their hangout.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Elderly Companionship
Gardening
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Learning about a unique way of living. Assisting me with community affairs in our city. I am the president of a non profit organization. Learning organic urban gardening and cooking. I'm a great cook (as long as I can instruct you) and love to have friends over for dinner!
Help
Cooking, Housework, Organic urban gardening. Our place can be very noisy and busy. Sometimes the work can be mundane like weeding, cleaning, dusting, cooking, I will train you.
I am an activist in my community and often need assistance to do my volunteer work.
I am asking travelers to be fully vaccinated.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
This host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
3 bedroom house in residential area.

You will have access to the whole house and yard. You will usually share a bedroom especially when there is an overlap - when guests are arriving and leaving.

We provide food and accommodation.

Bus tickets.
What else ...
Bus service is nearby which takes you downtown or out of town. Butchart Gardens is a world class tourist attraction. World class museum is downtown.

Lots of art and culture in Victoria.

Hiking trails, bicycle trails and nature very close by. City of flowers! Ferry rides to nearby Vancouver or the USA.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 625879974226

Feedback (7)

05/04/2022

Left by host for Workawayer (María)

I always have a hard time when I come here to leave feedback because I feel sad; not because she beat me at the game of life, although.... :-) ... hahaha... but because I really miss her. Maria is a truly amazing person: always ready for a good laugh (even over what pillows belonged to who ... hahaha ... very positive, resourceful and determined (… read more

(Excellent )

01/12/2021

I spent almost two months with Joanne and Dale and I don't lie when I say it was one of my best experiences. I don't know where to start because some experiences are just ineffable, however, I can say Joanne is an inexhaustible source of knowledge. I've learnt a lot about all kind of stuff, she was so patience and generous (which was so handy with… read more

(Excellent )

11/04/2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Jessica)

Jessica is lovely and friendly, respectful, and trustworthy. Very positive and a pleasure to host. We have enjoyed keeping in touch when possible. Happy trails.

Joanne and Dale

(Excellent )

28/10/2020

I just figured out and finally remembered to do this, how rubbish am I! I stayed with Joanne and Dale for three months from December 2019 to March 2020 and it was my first Workaway experience. How lucky was I?? I loved every minute of being in their comfy Victoria home with them, with other fantastic Workawayers and with my buddy Pookie the cat,… read more

(Excellent )

04/07/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Caroline)

It's very strange-I thought that I had already left feedback for this person but I cant see it anywhere so I will do it now. Caroline-the Neil Diamond song (one of my favorite singers) definitely describes this person. Everything about Caroline's visit and help here was excellent! She was a willing helping hand, trustworthy, positive, cheerful,… read more

(Excellent )

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05/04/2022

Left by host for Workawayer (María)

(Excellent )

01/12/2021

Left by Workawayer (María) for host

(Excellent )

11/04/2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Jessica)

Jessica is lovely and friendly, respectful, and trustworthy. Very positive and a pleasure to host. We have enjoyed keeping in touch when possible. Happy trails.

Joanne and Dale

(Excellent )

28/10/2020

Left by Workawayer (Caroline) for host

(Excellent )

04/07/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Caroline)

(Excellent )

05/10/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Thaïs)

Thais is a lovely young woman; pleasant, friendly, helpful and a willing worker. Thais pitched in wherever she could. We wish her well in her journeys.

(Very good )

18/06/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Shiho)

Shiho is an amazing person with such a beautiful spirit. Even though we had a language challenge we made it work; it worked very well indeed. she is very observant and has an excellent memory. she was very willing to try everything and anything and just spontaneously did some jobs that needed doing. shiho set herself a schedule and just did the… read more

(Excellent )

02/05/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Margaux)

I just want to say thank you so much Margaux. Margaux ended up staying longer than she had planned and I really appreciated it especially after covid-19 became such a problem for the world. She is very neat and tidy. Margo not only pitched in and helped with whatever needed to be done, she did a good job and kept her commitments. She is fun and… read more

(Excellent )

23/04/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Lena)

lena is a lovely young woman and we were happy to host her. we thouroughly enjoyed her and had some good fun. it was unfortunate that the carona virus reared its ugly head and cut short our time together. lena you are welcome back any time. joanne, dale, and pookie

(Excellent )

18/11/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Lea)

lea was a pleasure to have around. she had a positive attitude and was willing to try pretty much everything. lea was always on time, reliable, and trustworthy. she was great with our cat and Pookie also really liked her. we miss her and wish her well in her future endeavours.

(Excellent )

16/10/2019

Left by Workawayer (Saliou) for host

I stayed in Canada 2 years with VWH. First time i met Joanne and Dale was décembre 2017 and i stayed some Times with them to help. I go back in 2018/2019 and i hope i could go back again!
The y are both very Kind people. And Joanne knows à little french as i knew à little english so she learn me a lot!!

See you next year maybe!!
Bizzzzz

(Excellent )

01/08/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Jennifer Rebecca)

Our experience with Jennifer was fantastic. Shortly after she arrived we left for a road trip for northern BC and she was up for the trip. She was so positive and pitched in and did everything we needed with a willing spirit. she appreciated the trip and getting to see a lot of BC and never complained once. her communication skills are… read more

(Excellent )

25/06/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Mari)

We really liked Mari and would love to have her back anytime. She was positive, kind, and willing to try new things. Mari is a very capable young woman and successfully accomplished everything asked of her. All the best,

Joanne, Dale and Pookie

(Excellent )

07/03/2019

Left by Workawayer (Shiva) for host

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(Neutral )

03/03/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Anna-Sophie)

very pleasant, outgoing and positive. very good at communicating. we would have loved her to stay forever. hopefully she will return.

(Excellent )

02/02/2019

Left by Workawayer (Anna-Sophie) for host

What to say other than that i loved to stay with Pookie, Dale and Joanne. At the beginning of my stay we were quite busy with Pickles, Jams and Jellies (they are all sooooo delicious!!!) for the Christmas market and i learned how to do and sell them. I liked to help as well in and outside of the house, and to my big joy hummingsbirds are in… read more

(Excellent )

30/04/2018

Left by Workawayer (Rozenn) for host

I m very happy to meet Joanne and Dale, both nice people!!!
Joanne take a time for learn me to speak better English because I don’t speak very well!
Dale give me his bike for visit around the house!

Both give me goods explains and I can visited a lot of place to Victoria!!!!
More... I am so happy to meet you for Christmas and meet Laura, Carol… read more

(Very good )

27/09/2017

Left by Workawayer (Jana) for host

Joanne and Dale are very lovable and open-minded people who were always considerate that i feeling comfortable in their house. I felt very welcomed. Dale lent me his bike to explore Victoria and his library card. In the evening we all got together for dinner and good conversations. Thank You for hosting me and all thoughts we shared.
All the best… read more

(Very good )

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Help out around the house and garden in Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada

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