Come and help out our family and on our farm only 1 hr north of Christchurch, New Zealand

Description

07/07/2019:

We will be heading into our busiest time of the year at the beginning of August! That is LAMBING! We would love to host a volunteer to help me with feeding lambs. 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 for you to use and we can also offer WIFI. 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.

Type of help

Gardening
Babysitting / child care
General Maintenance
Cooking / shopping
Farmstay
Help in the house
Animal care

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!

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

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

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  Internet access

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  Limited internet access

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  We have pets

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  We are smokers

How many Workawayers can stay?

Two

Hours expected

Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week