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Description
Our family home is nestled in seclusion on 1/4 acre in the heart of town with Australian birds & wild life a plenty, a creek & bush reserve. Our garden consists of fruit trees, Bush Tucker, herbs, veggies, chooks, wormfarm, native beekeeping. Our fur babies are Lucy our indoor cat and our friendly old Labrador, Dex.
We practice self-reliant practices, growing, cooking, preserving, fermenting, medicine-making, greenhouse gardening, plant & seedling propogation, & home brewing . We have many permaculture systems in place & can show how these self-sufficient principles work in an urban aussie house block in suburbia.
Other hobbies include surfing, weaving, bushwalking, swimming, camping, cycling, music, craft qigong & yoga.
Keith is Canadian (we met while he was backpacking & surfing in Oz back in '89. Nicole is of Italian heritage and grew up in Ulladulla. We have grown children & young grand daughters who live close by & visit often. We are easy walking distance (20mins) to Mollymook Beach, Ulladulla Harbour & shops & a few minutes drive to Milton village.
We prefer 2 week stays and longer by negotiation. Work is 3 hours in the morning week days with afternoons and weekend free leaving you plenty of time to explore the beautiful south coast. Acommodation is in our self-contained 'Cottage'in the garden. You can cook for yourself but also share some meals in the big house with us. -
Types of help and learning opportunities
Light gardening
Creative DIY projects
Animal Care
Help around the house
Light maintenance
House & pet sitting
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Interests
Animals
Movies & TV
Van life
Sustainability
Pets
Events & social
Plant care
Music
Gardening
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Books
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
Dancing
Cycling
Camping
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Gardening, composting, humanure, beekeeping, worm-farming, making seaweed fertiliser & soil amendments, wicking beds, driveway gardening, food preserving, herbal medicine, making sourdough, yoghurt, home brewing. Daily kitchen, animal and garden rituals and practices in a self reliant aussie homestead, preserving through the seasons.
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Help
Work includes general tending of garden, animal care, making compost, mulching, digging, weeding, herb & food preserving.... in flow with the day, season & moment. Some home and garden maintenance like cleaning or painting is also on our list of tasks occasionally. We prefer someone with some gardening experience & able to work independently sometimes.
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Languages spoken
English: Fluent
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Accommodation
Accomodation in 'The Cottage', is a private, self-contained 'tiny house' in our garden, with a Double bed, hot outdoor shower, composting toilet & camp kitchen with fridge/freezer, hotplate, microwave , crock pot, BBQ, blender... all your need to enjoy cooking the fresh produce picked from the garden. We typically share lunch after working in the garden & some dinners together.
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What else ...
Surfing beaches, bushwalking, town, shops, music, cafes all walking or cycling distance.
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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
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Can host families
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Can host digital nomads
Our fur babies are Lucy our old burmese and Dex our old black Labrador. We love our morning swims at the 'golfi' dog beach with Dex.
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How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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My animals / pets
Dexter
Black lab 11 yrs old
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This stay was amazing, Nicole and Keith are kind human beings with good communication which really made my stay awesome !
They are very keen to teach you about preservation and medicinal plants. They have a lot of experience and this was a blessing to learn from them.
During my stay we painted the pool, we planted some … read more
The cottage is very well set up and cozy, giving a lot of privacy and independence. Nicole is a great … read more
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This stay was amazing, Nicole and Keith are kind human beings with good communication which really made my stay awesome !
They are very keen to teach you about preservation and medicinal plants. They have a lot of experience and this was a blessing to learn from them.
During my stay we painted the pool, we planted some … read more
The cottage is very well set up and cozy, giving a lot of privacy and independence. Nicole is a great … read more
Nicole is very knowledgeable and she even makes drinks, juices, honey, … read more
