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21/08/2020
We are currently right in the middle of the busiest time of the year here on the farm! Lambing! So we thought, how awesome would it be to share this life with a Workawayer! You will be feeding lambs, possibly feeding calves, tailing the lambs, general farm work and much much more!
There will most likely also be a little bit of helping out with chores around the house, feeding the chickens etc. We are looking for someone who is capable, reliable, can use initiative, work independently when required and most of all fun!
We are a busy farming couple with young children. We have a 600 acre farm of flat to rolling contour. We farm sheep and sometimes run a few cattle too. We also grow our own winter feed crops and some cereal crops too.
We recently built our family home and now have a guest room, with a queen sized bed, ready for a volunteer to move in. Our volunteers have often become part of our family and we like to treat them as such.
There is a spare car here, which might be available for the right person and we can also offer WIFI (although not unlimited). From the beginning of August each year we are lambing and so will require assistance with lambing, feeding baby lambs, childcare and general farm duties then too.
We like to host people who intergrate with our family and who don't have their phones attached to their hand 24/7! If this sounds like you, send us an email!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
Farmstay help
Help around the house
Animal Care
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
When you come to Limehurst, you will experience farm life at it's best. Busy, sometimes crazy times are what we do best. You will learn heaps on the farm from a very patient farmer, who is willing to teach!
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We offer a real mixed bag of help that require assistance, depending on the time of the year. There are always lots of jobs that need doing. From farm work, firewood, gardening, assistance with tasks in the sheep yards, sometimes in the shearing shed, childcare, housework............ etc, a real mix and we can guarantee you will never be bored!
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
You will be staying in our guest room inside our house. You will have a queen sized bed and share a bathroom with the children.
What else ...
We ask our helpers to work 5 hrs per day. As there is a car here (available to those with a full license) you are welcome and encouraged to head away for the day or weekends as you want! We are only 1 hr north of Christchurch and 45 minutes away from Hanmer Springs!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
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The minute she arrived she was thrown in the deep end with lambing! Lambs coming out of our ears, yet CC took it all in stride. She… read more
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The minute she arrived she was thrown in the deep end with lambing! Lambs coming out of our ears, yet CC took it all in stride. She… read more
During our stay we helped with different tasks on the farm, in the garden and in the house. For a couple of days we… read more
The jobs we did were varied: from feeding lambs to planting trees, splitting wood, making fences, helping out with shearing sheep, tailing… read more
Lisa and Bart
Thank you so much for the great week; the good food, the nice and cozy evenings watching movies and playing cards, all the good laughs we had with you (we hope you still enjoy playing skip-bo!), for taking us on your family trips and a huge THANK YOU for welcoming us so warmly!
You are such a lovely family and made us feel like a part of it.
We… read more
