Join our home and help with some daily tasks in Quesnel, Canada

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  Description

  We live in Quesnel British Columbia on a 10 acre hobby farm in city limits, We have 2 teenage children, horses, a dog and a few cats.
  We're located right next to beautiful hiking and riding trails, You can bike within minutes to any part of town, We have excellent mountain bike trails right out our back door, Quesnel offers a viariety of recreation from Lakes, trails, cross country skiing, downhill skiing, pickleball, tennis, and many team recreation sports such as baseball and soccer fun leaques. We also have an awesome craft brewery we often bike to, and the area is rich in history, visit Barkerville, Wells, Likely for gold rush history, and the area has many indigenous cultural sites as well.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  If you like to be around horses this is the place for you, it's an awesome opportunity to check out Quesnel and surrounding area, the landscape is beautiful and the weather is great. You could learn how to operate small power equipment and a tractor, care for our equine partners, Share your culture with us by showing us new culinary dishes and customs from your home country, while we share ours with you.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  We often need help at home while our business gets busy in the spring and fall months. Help with general house work, cooking dinners, looking after animals, and grounds maintenance on our 10 acres which could include cleaning horse box stalls and paddocks so they are free of manure, feeding, and possibly exercising horses if you are an equestrian. Mowing and weedeating lawns, weeding the small garden.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  Own bedroom with a queen bed and a shared bathroom, and living space. 3 meals a day.

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  What else ...

  You can get to many sites by bike and possibly a spare car for those with a drivers licence.

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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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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

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