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Hi,
I am looking for a single female or couple over 21 years old to help us with gardening and general house maintenance and sometimes house-sitting.
I live on 7 acres with my twin girls (16) during school days and part of school
holidays and our large friendly dog, a cat and 5chicken.
I have lived and travelled a lot overseas and in Australia and would love to hear your travel stories.
I enjoy healthy eating, yoga, meditation, outdoor activities such as cycling, hiking, kayaking, camping and also card games.
We’ve also recently repaired our piano and restrung my guitar and they are waiting for happy musical fingers🤣🎼
We try to live in a positive, joyful and compassionate way (which is sometimes challenged by my teenage daughters🤪).
We live on beautiful peaceful 7 acres in the countryside with lots of space, trees and native animals, a lovely pool for the warmer months and an outdoor fire pit and indoor fire place for the winter, 4 hammocks, decks and places to chill or just enjoy the sounds of birds.
If you need a break from travelling and sharing noisy backpacker rooms or want some nature time this might be great for you.
You will have your own furnished room,
3 meals a day and share a bathroom with my daughters when they’re home.
You might eat breakfast and lunch on your own but we try to share dinners together.
We have Starlink wifi in the house and Optus and Vodaphone mobile phones work but not Telstra Mobile phones.
We are located in beautiful countryside surrounded by farms 60km south of Brisbane and 65km west of the Gold Coast (each about 1 HOUR BY CAR away). The nearest towns for shopping are Jimboomba and Beaudesert each 15 min away by car.
There are many wonderful places nearby to explore if you have your own car including rain forest, water falls, markets, places for cycling, hiking, kayaking and SUPing.
Or you can walk or cycle from our house in our neighbourhood with big hills for a great workout💪😄.
I also have yoga mats, dumbbells and a rowing machine you can use.
There are many beautiful beaches 1 hour drive away.
If you don’t have a car I’m happy to pick you up from a train station nearby.
You may be able to get a lift to the Gold Coast for the weekend when the girls go there to stay with their Dad. You could stay in a hostel on the Gold Coast and enjoy some of the excitement and beaches there and get a lift back here Monday morning.
If this interests you I’d love to hear from you😊
PetraTypes of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco ProjectsGardeningDIY and building projectsAnimal CareCreating/ Cooking family mealsHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceHouse sittingCultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can experience Australian country living with native animals like kangaroos and many birds. If you have a car you can borrow my kayaks, SUP board & enjoy some water time at a lake 30min away.
We have lots of hills around which are great for fitness - walking, jogging or cycling. You can borrow a bicycle as well.Projects involving children
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Help
Help with housework & gardening, sometimes small building projects on our land
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Japanese: IntermediateThis 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
Own furnished bedroom, share bathroom with my daughters when they’re home Monday afternoon to Friday morning and 3 meals a day. Dinner is usually together with the family.
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have Starlink wifi which works great except when there’s a storm overhead.
Space for parking camper vans
You can park your campervan/Motor home on the driveway or near the garage
Can possibly accept pets
We have a large friendly dog but no fences to keep dogs in. If that suits you you’re very welcome to bring your dog
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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They are both very friendly, clean and keen to learn. They also make very delicious dinners.
Thank you both so much and I wish you all the best for the rest of your time in Australia.
She is so attentive, worked independently and ever so friendly and delightful to chat to.
She did some house sitting as well and looked after our dog, cat and chicken perfectly😍.
Her jobs included gardening, cooking and some house cleaning.
She’s an excellent cook… read more
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They are both very friendly, clean and keen to learn. They also make very delicious dinners.
Thank you both so much and I wish you all the best for the rest of your time in Australia.
She is so attentive, worked independently and ever so friendly and delightful to chat to.
She did some house sitting as well and looked after our dog, cat and chicken perfectly😍.
Her jobs included gardening, cooking and some house cleaning.
She’s an excellent cook… read more
They are the most caring, friendly, hard working and fun couple you can wish for.
Till is an expert with the paint brush and other handy work. Chloe is his skilful apprentice and master dog lover 🐈⬛😍
It was so much fun having them around and we got the pleasure of their company again on their way back.… read more
From the first moment, we felt very welcome in her little paradise. During the day, we helped painting, hanging around the house, took a dive in the pool,... In the evening, we had lovely meals together with Petra, Graham, Hannah and Hailey, sometimes under the… read more
Christin and Charlie are very friendly and hard working. They did lots of gardening. Charlie is a whizz with anything related to trees and used my chainsaw to cut up wood, cut down weed trees and helped me with my ride on mower.
Christin did lots of hard weeding and helping Charlie.
Thank you for… read more
We enjoyed many wonderful evenings and bonfire together (her stockbrot is… read more
They’re very friendly, hardworking, tidy and skilful. And at the end putting tools away and tidying up the work area was very helpful.
They’re also great cooks and we shared lots of delicious meals and fun conversations.
They painted a bedroom, build a fabulous bamboo wall, did… read more
I feel very blessed to have met them and to have had all their help and input.
They re both wonderful people, extremely helpful, friendly and talented.
Tara is a very wise and compassionate person, enthusiastic worker and great cook.
Aaron is very skilled in handy work,… read more
We immediately connected and I loved our dinners, conversations and winter fires together.
They worked tirelessly and beyond their required hours in the garden, moving timber, cutting firewood, painting our bathroom,… read more
Petra and her daughters are such kind people and everything in her profile is in alignment with our experience.
The property is nice and her animals are well trained and ready for cuddles.
The tasks were balanced and we fancied our room and surroundings. It felt… read more
We did basically 4/5h per day (20h/week), we worked with them… read more
Petra made us feel so welcomed since the beginning and we were very grateful for that.
We stayed in a wonderful place surrounded by nature, we did a lot of gardening and maintenance jobs, learning a lot from them.
Petra has never gave us pressure with the tasks and always let us free to… read more
They were great company, funny, hardworking, creative and adaptive.
Ele did a beautiful job repainting my letterbox, gardening and helping in the house. She’s also an amazing cook and we had lots of delicious meals together.
Cristian is also very… read more
She’s dedicated,… read more
I was staying two weeks at Petras place and I loved it. Petra is a really kind and open person and we had really good conversations. I was integrated in the family life and I could have my own space as well.
I love that Petra is so educated in health and that her life is aligned to that. Great food and mindful way of life.
I… read more
Thanks… read more
They also house sat while I was away on a 4 day hiking holiday during which they stayed with my teenage daughters, drove them to school and cooked dinners for them.
They… read more
They’re both very hardworking, friendly and curious… read more
She stayed about 2 weeks, cooked delicious Japanese food for us, did some cleaning in and outside of the house, helped in the garden and showed us how to make fun Japanese origami.
She is a very curious, hard working and kind person. We thoroughly enjoyed chatting with her, playing cards and learning… read more
I felt very welcomed into their home and they did their best to make sure I was comfortable and looked after.
Petra set a list of jobs for me to do to fit in 20hrs a week, and there were lots of spaces around the property to relax, have some quiet time or spot… read more
We wish her all best for her future😄
She was very friendly, happy and hard working and we all enjoyed her company a lot. She built a new large garden bed, planted new veggies and helped with driving my girls to their new part time jobs. It was especially helpful that she could drive home at night when I was… read more
She is a very friendly, bright, insightful and hard working young woman and an amazing cook with a depth of character and wisdom that made it easy to connect in a deep and meaningful and joyful way.
Her chores included cooking, gardening, taking care of… read more
My work around the house was a mix of indoor and outdoor tasks. I cooked meals, fed chickens, cleaned the house, did some gardening, cleaned the chicken den and other outdoor areas.
When I… read more
They did a wonderful job looking after our horse, 2 dogs, cat and chicken. They also did a great job with some chores around the house and garden.
They also cooked a very nice dinner and dessert.
We would have loved them to stay much longer!
Work was sometimes pretty hard but you are going to be appreciated for that. Their property is so beautiful. You can see so much wildlife over there and we really loved that.
They gave us the best opportunities for exploring… read more
Viola is such a beautiful person, cheerful, kind, hard-working and fun. We wish her all the best with her travels and future and can highly recommend her as an outstanding workawayer😄
I wish them all the best and I‘m… read more
They tried to make my stay as comfortable as possible, with showing me the area, driving me to the train whenever needed, supply me with the best food.
My work included cooking, gardening and some houskeeping.
I was only able to stay one week, but long… read more
It is the perfect place if you want to settle a few weeks and share the daily life of an australian familly.
They are friendly, open minded and funny. They share what they can with you, not only good food and a nice (private) room but also conversation, water activities (sailing, paddle...),… read more
We can highly recommend her to any host and wish her a wonderful, happy future!
It didn´t become boring with their three children, every day was full of action and fun… read more
Peter and Petra are very loving parents and we really felt like we were included in their family. Their cheerful and happy children won't give you a… read more