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We are a friendly family living on Kaurna country in a wonderful old seaside home in urban Henley Beach, known as "The Seaview Zoo" about 7 km from the centre of Tarndanya- Adelaide.
We are lucky to live here and love to share our home and life with others.
There is public transport (bus) close by and good cycling paths. We have bikes available for you to use.
We are continuously creating this urban permaculture art project (we live in it) whilst running a family business (we are both Physiotherapists) and helping our 3 kids Olivia 23, Noah 21, and Xavier 13 to live and learn without school.
So there is always something going on here!
We are all trying to learn Greek so would LOVE anyone that can help us with that.
Olivia loves to practise her Japanese so that is especially welcome.
Olivia and Noah are moving into adulthood, working and travelling themselves.
Xavier loves any attention he can get! He loves to talk, and has a lot of energy and enthusiasm, loves meeting new people, playing games, riding his bike, blacksmithing and welding and is very playful.
Nick loves bushwalking and cycle touring when he is not working, and would love help completing the many small construction projects he would love to be doing himself but has little time for at the moment.
(building retaining walls, chopping wood, painting, etc).
Nicole loves gardening and travelling and creating an interesting life and loves help with cooking, gardening, seasonal food preservation, feeding the chooks, playing games with the kids, and often company on road trips and foraging expeditions! She also loves getting time to herself which doesn't happen very often - so gratitude if you can help with this.
We all love to welcome guests as part of the family and are happy to show you interesting places or invite you with us to family events and such.
We love to match the work with your passions and skills so let us know what they are.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Nicole knows a lot about local culture, ecology, and is interested and learning more and more about indigenous Kaurna culture and its local bush foods.
She loves to cook tasty healthy local food and share recipes and will make sure to make a great "Australian" pavlova sometime during your stay.
You might earn a lot about creative education movement sometimes known as *️unschooling*️.
And obviously English.
Also you could learn what we know about: permaculture design, earthbag construction, organic low tox living, our approach to healing injuries and movement therapies (McKenzie physiotherapy, nutrition, pilates rehab etc), business management, passive solar living.
We are also fascinated to learn what you are passionate about and share many travelling tales.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We are completing minor construction projects around the house it would be great to have help with depending on your skills available.
Aside from that general household activities like cooking food preserving (tomatoes and grapes at present!) and gardening, wood collecting, chopping and storing, doing stuff with our 10 yo is always possible if you get along....
Languages
Languages spoken
Greek: Fluent
English: Fluent
Japanese: FluentThis 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
Options are, the mezzanine bedroom in our handmade earthbag dome (involves a ladder), in the back of our campervan if it's available, in a traditional aussie swag on the back lawn. This is solely for sleeping. If one of the kids is away then there will be a bedroom available for you.
What else ...
We have been hosting home stay guests for more than 15 years. Prior to workaway mainly through word of mouth recommendations, and some couch surfers.
We love the inspiration and connection that hosting travellers and other homestayers have brought to our lives.
Henley Beach has a great village like atmosphere, with lots to enjoy and everything you need within walking distance.
Henley Square is a great place to soak up Australian culture on a sunny Sunday morning, with restaurants and cafes. There are 2 great cycling access routes - the 70km Coast Park Adelaide walking/ cycle path, and the linear park - a 30 km cycle/walking trail connection the city centre (40 min ride) to the hills and sea via a trail along Karra Wirra Parri (River Torrens)
We are happy to share our bikes, stand up paddle board and surf ski etc with visitors so you too can enjoy our great seaside lifestyle. If you are over 25 with an appropriate international license and highly responsible we can sometimes loan you a car.
Aside from this the city centre is easily accessed by the H30 bus which stops about 50m away.
Nick and Noah are working full time at present, Nicole works only part time so she is often going to camps and events for home education gatherings, or taking Xavier and friends to home education meetups and classes etc
We live with the goal of mutual respect for kids and adults alike and something that is very important to us is that we equally respect all household members needs for feeling safe without intrusion on other peoples private space.
We expect workawayers to treat our young people with the kind of respect you would like to be treated with.
We value clear communication so if something is bothering you please talk to us!
We eat mostly organic, fresh home cooked local food, sourced from farmers we know and trust.
Morning coffee is an important ritual and your first lesson might be how to use the Italian espresso coffee machine.
We include workawayers in our regular evening meal plans but a lot of the time you may need to prepare your own breakfast daytime meals/snacks from what we have available.
We eat an omnivorous diet, and can generally accomodate vegetarian diet and other variations - gluten / lactose free etc, as we can work around it and eat greek style with many small plates.
We enjoy good food and wine but excessive alcohol or any drug use won't be tolerated here.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
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Their house and its setting are beautiful - sunsets on the beach just around the corner and all the delights of Adelaide just a walk, bike ride, bus trip or short drive away.
The jobs I did were suited to… read more
The workload was fair and in my 3 weeks there I feel like I picked up new practical skills that I have already been able to use on my travels after leaving.
You're not going to find a better location around here for a Workaway, it's next to a lovely… read more
He tackled the jobs with infectious enthusiasm despite the frequently very hot temperatures.
He’s happy to work on his own, and is a great team player working with other workawayers too.
Dan knows his limits and abilities, and is happy to give most things a go.
He’s… read more
He was happy to go with the flow though, even happily squeezing his tall frame into the loft of our earth bag dome to sleep.
Conor made a huge dent in our woodpile, splitting, cutting and restacking, just in time for the cooler
weather to arrive.
We… read more
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Their house and its setting are beautiful - sunsets on the beach just around the corner and all the delights of Adelaide just a walk, bike ride, bus trip or short drive away.
The jobs I did were suited to… read more
The workload was fair and in my 3 weeks there I feel like I picked up new practical skills that I have already been able to use on my travels after leaving.
You're not going to find a better location around here for a Workaway, it's next to a lovely… read more
He tackled the jobs with infectious enthusiasm despite the frequently very hot temperatures.
He’s happy to work on his own, and is a great team player working with other workawayers too.
Dan knows his limits and abilities, and is happy to give most things a go.
He’s… read more
He was happy to go with the flow though, even happily squeezing his tall frame into the loft of our earth bag dome to sleep.
Conor made a huge dent in our woodpile, splitting, cutting and restacking, just in time for the cooler
weather to arrive.
We… read more
He got stuck in and demolished a chicken coop, and other random garden structures, sold some things on marketplace for me, joined Xavier with some mountain biking, and learned how to change the oil on his beloved ute.
Sounds like your trip is going great Hidde,… read more
She was a pleasure to have around, quiet and clean yet helpful, coming to ask what she could do to help.
She was willing to get her hands dirty and so hard work and assisted in demolishing a shed roof at our farm, cooked… read more
Xavier (13) loved hanging out with you, you really helped a grumpy teenager get out of his shell and socialise again.
You also helped so neatly dismantle an old chicken coop, and put together a new one, the chicks are now huge and… read more
I looked after the kittens which was the best job I ever worked. I love animals and the small babys were so cuute. I will… read more
She is curious, open, energetic, and flexible, hard working and was willing to turn her hand and try anything.
Fabulous with kids. My son absolutely adored her playfulness and they did heaps together allowing me to therefore get heaps… read more
The family were so welcoming, they took me with them on snorkeling trips, home-school camping adventures, and even invited me to join them in Tasmania (i sadly couldn't go due to other… read more
How could i forget to write your feedback!
This was my last experience of 2 years in Australia and it was just perfect.
I was really tired after working with oranges and i needed a place to rest but I also wanted to learn something more, always!
So here I found this incredibly beautiful house, very close to the center yet a little… read more
It was an absolute gift since my father was dying and I (Nicole) was spending long hours away caring for him.
Beatrice was able to quietly and calmly keep things going here at home, taking Xavier to his activities, keeping the home fires burning in this crazy time, and… read more
They are helpful In the household and flexible and open to whatever work comes up.
We hope your trip is everything you hoped for guys and wish you well for the future whatever it may bring you!
Best wishes for your journey and sorry for the delay in this feedback.
Right off the bat Nicole picked us up from the airport at 11pm at night, got us settled in with a cup of tea and our own private space in the studio out back with a basket of… read more
From having a great bush experience camping with us and the cockatoos in the Gariwerd/Grampians national park to cooking up crepes for a crowd to skilfully preparing the base layer of the earth floor in our earthbag dome this workaway exchange demonstrated complete synchronicity.
It’s so inspiring to meet a young… read more
Warm welcoming, full of kindness and sharing their time, food, life with you!
I felt me part of the family first day I arrived, and I had pleasure to share time with all the members of this family !
Thank you Nicole, Nick, Olivia, Noah, Xavier, Lilou, and all… read more
She quickly slipped right into our sometimes busy family life like a big sister, despite this being her first workaway experience.
She made great friends with our kids and spent many nice hours by the… read more
I had so much fun working and living At "the seaview zoo", in their beautiful and perfectly located house a stones throw from gorgeous Henley… read more
Thanks guys for all your hard work in the garden, washing cars and caring for children. That game of Cards against Humanity will be long remembered.
We hope your time in Australia has been everything you wished… read more
We always had the choice for the work we could do, from weeding, cleaning the car, or… read more
You worked hard and the food was AMAZING especially the lemon tarts haha.
We really hope the rest of… read more
