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Hi We are Rachel and Ulan. We are both artists that live on a property in Bega - half way between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. We have lived here for 20 years and over that time have created a beautiful home and garden.
Our 2 children are 23 and 21 and come and go from our home.
We have a number of animals including 2 dogs , chickens and some sheep.
We have built a natural swimming pool and have a large vegetable garden and many orchard trees.
Its good to give us advance warning of a visit so we can organise a project to suit your skills.
One of our other great joys is preparing dinner with a glass of wine.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We offer a beautiful artists retreat for travellers to come and rejuvenate. We have done a lot of travel ourselves and love the idea of opening our home to others.
We are happy for people to be independent but also happy to include you in any of our gatherings and parties with friends.
What we have found that works well is that we do the tasks for a few hours in the morning then eat lunch together. The rest of the day is your own. We ask that you look after your own breakfast and dinner to suit their own eating habits.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
There is always different tasks to do depending on the projects we are doing. We are happy to be flexible with your interests and skills. Tasks include building, gardening chores, cleaning, plant propagation picking and preserving fruit.
Happy to set you up with an activity but needs to be an independent worker as we will be doing our art work.
Ideally we would like people to stay for 1 week
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
During the Spring and Summer we have a little house for you to stay in which is separate from our house with its own composting toilet. In winter you can stay in the little house as it has a fire or we can offer a bedroom inside our home. We also have a very large garden with lots of private areas to explore.
What else ...
We are situated almost half way between Sydney and Melbourne and only 3 hours from Canberra.
We are surrounded by beautiful National parks and pristine beaches.
There is great surfing, fishing and snorkelling spots.
As we are only 5 minutes to town so we can drop you into town where there are shops, library, art gallery and access to buses.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We have loads of room to park a van/bus or camp set up. We have outside bathrooms and kitchens that are separate from the main house. You are welcome to choose where you'd prefer to stay
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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They lived with us in the house and were great guests. They were intelligent, respectful and were a delight to host. The girls were very willing… read more
The farm is 16 acres filled with gardens, livestock, dogs, orchards, pools and other Australian creatures. The family is constantly working to… read more
They were very hard working and committed to the project we presented to them. They gave 100% to all the work we did. They helped us build a beautiful outdoor shower that can now be enjoyed by our future Workawayers,… read more
It was a pleasure to have you in our home and to share ideas, thoughts and experiences. We felt there was an immediate openness and connection with you guys that will last a life time.
You all had such great energy and positivity it made… read more
Communication with you was great from the very first moment. Entering in your space that you have with such a sensitive, but practical logic, artistically created, let us feel livinig deeple comnected.
Getting to know you, sharing the same thoughts and ideas enriched our live with great ambitions and experiences.
As parents we… read more
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They lived with us in the house and were great guests. They were intelligent, respectful and were a delight to host. The girls were very willing… read more
The farm is 16 acres filled with gardens, livestock, dogs, orchards, pools and other Australian creatures. The family is constantly working to… read more
They were very hard working and committed to the project we presented to them. They gave 100% to all the work we did. They helped us build a beautiful outdoor shower that can now be enjoyed by our future Workawayers,… read more
It was a pleasure to have you in our home and to share ideas, thoughts and experiences. We felt there was an immediate openness and connection with you guys that will last a life time.
You all had such great energy and positivity it made… read more
Communication with you was great from the very first moment. Entering in your space that you have with such a sensitive, but practical logic, artistically created, let us feel livinig deeple comnected.
Getting to know you, sharing the same thoughts and ideas enriched our live with great ambitions and experiences.
As parents we… read more
Their home and property, that they have evidently put much love and care into, is absolutely beautiful.
I had lots of free time and independence to explore the pristine surrounding area.
I would definitely stay there again!
