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Calling all Vegans/Adventure and Nature lovers in Queensland, Australia

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Hey Foodies/Vegan/travellers,

My property is located in Mackay which is in Central Queensland Coast area. Mackay is a stunning area with beautiful beaches and very nice places for walking and swimming. Mackay is less well known to tourists so you can fully enjoy all its beauty without the crowds.

I truly try very hard to make every workaway stay a positive and memorable experience. Before considering my place there are a few things to know:

I have 2 small dogs, one has super high energy levels. They both love meeting my workaway visitors.

You will be asked to help with outdoor work therefore it is important you are comfortable with the presence of living creatures in my garden. If you have concerns about insects and/or other living creatures or don't enjoy the outdoors then my place isn't ideal for you

On a positive note....

I love food and cooking. I prepare beautiful and delicious vegan meals every day. I have a diverse menu and I can guarantee 100% that you will have a diet rich in diverse nutrients and free of any animal products.

I offer a happy and safe environment. I make a big effort to make you feel welcome. My place is extremely suitable for female travelers and your safety is assured.
My workaway visitors comment that my place makes a nice break from the hectic demands of staying in hostels and sorting out food and travel arrangements.

Please note that I am very interested in learning French and would love to meet people who are willing to share their knowledge of the French language. My French is at an intermediate level, I am also passionate about teaching English so I am really happy to help you as much as possible to refine your English skills. As a language learner myself I have a good knowledge of English grammar which helps in explaining concepts.

We are hugely safety conscious and for this reason you will not be exposed to any work outdoors in the heat. I try to make the work as varied and interesting as possible so you can develop new skills and talents. If we work outdoors it is either early in the morning or afternoon. The work will involve domestic work: cleaning mainly and gardening projects including weeding and maintaining gardens. You will not be required to do any childcare during your stay as my kids are adults and no longer live with me.

I welcome single travellers, 2 friends travelling together or couples.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
There is a rich array of work experiences that you can complete. I try as much to offer varied and interesting tasks wherever possible.
We offer a safe and comfortable environment as we do not smoke and drink moderately.
Help
Pick the help that suits your preferences: *️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️Landcare *️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️gardening *️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ house renos *️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️boat maintenance *️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️cleaning *️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️farming * Reno projects
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Intermediate
German: Beginner
Spanish: Beginner
Turkish: Beginner
This host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
You will be offered a very safe home environment in Mackay. We live very close to the cbd so you can take a quick bike ride to the swimming lagoon. You will have your own private room. You may need to share other areas with me: bathroom, kitchen and laundry.
What else ...
Want to explore around Mackay? We have excellent bike tracks, mostly flat around Mackay. Check out the blue water trail. We can supply bikes.
Mackay is also close to the beautiful Pioneer Valley, more stunning rainforests to explore!!
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours per day , 5 days

Host ref number: 835955337576

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10 Apr 2024

Left by Workawayer (Luciana) for host

Have no doubt, you’ve come across one of the hidden gems of Australia!
Alison is the best host you can hope for. So sweet, kind, funny, generous, and respectful, always making sure we felt super comfortable and always offering to take us out. We went op shop hopping, to the lagoon, body boarding at the beach, to the beautiful property in Seaforth,… read more

(Excellent )

10 Mar 2024

Left by Workawayer (Emma & Benno) for host

Alison and coco are the best hosts ! We had a very very good time during our work and travel. Alsion shows us very nice spots in and around Mackay. She always wants the best for you and take a lot of care. We also learned a lot from her about language and cooking. Every single day we were very exited about the food because Alison is the best cook… read more

(Excellent )

12 Oct 2023

Left by Workawayer (Mathilde) for host

Alison is the perfect host ! She is kind, generous, interesting and with a real interest in creating a culture exchange. I really appreciated all of our conversations where I learnt so many new things : new English words but mostly wonderful vegan recipes ! She is really dynamic and ready to take you at all of her activities : I went to her French… read more

(Excellent )

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Cooper enjoying a walk by the beach.

This is where we do kayaking

Stunning view of Cape Hillsborough. Kangaroos visit the beach at sunrise every morning, a magical and unique experience.

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10 Apr 2024

Left by Workawayer (Luciana) for host

(Excellent )

10 Mar 2024

Left by Workawayer (Emma & Benno) for host

(Excellent )

12 Oct 2023

Left by Workawayer (Mathilde) for host

(Excellent )

10 Oct 2023

Left by Workawayer (Meristella & Alessandro) for host

Alison was a wonderful host! All of Alison’s meals are vegan and delicious. She is a dynamic person and is diligent about recycling, and we admire this quality in her. We assisted her with garden cleaning, house cleaning, and general maintenance. Sometimes we went with her to the sea for surfing. We also loved her dogs.

Thank you, Alison. Best… read more

(Excellent )

14 Sep 2023

Left by host for Workawayer (Emily Marie)

It was an absolute pleasure to host Emily's stay. Emily is a very smart, fun, positive person and is a tremendous asset as a workawayer.
She has a truly great attitude to work and will do any jobs given to her with very minimal supervision. She mainly did gardening for me and some furniture moving.
She was very appreciative of what we offered her… read more

(Excellent )

24 Aug 2023

Left by Workawayer (Rosie) for host

Alison was a perfect host! She is kind, generous, and made me feel like a part of her family. I had a large unit accommodation to myself, ample free time to wander around Mackay, and a bicycle to use whenever I wanted! Alison's meals are all vegan and delicious, and she takes care to make sure that you are well-fed. I especially appreciated her… read more

(Excellent )

22 Aug 2023

Left by host for Workawayer (Rosie)

Rosie was an absolute gem and a fantastic helper. She stayed at my property in Mackay and helped mainly outdoors with gardening tasks. I really loved her energy and enthusiasm for the tasks.
We are also in the middle of a renovation and Rosie was very helpful with moving bulky items.
She helped me at short notice with cleaning my air bnb and again… read more

(Excellent )

3 Aug 2023

Left by host for Workawayer (David & Stella)

Outstanding Workawayers!!

Stella and David stayed with me in Mackay in Central Queensland.
They were a tremendous asset to have with us. They were very motivated to work
and learn new skills. They embraced the challenges and tried new work that they have not done before.

Stella and David both speak excellent English and they are very easy to… read more

(Excellent )

11 Apr 2023

Left by host for Workawayer (Morane)

Morane is an excellent workawayer and I highly recommend her to other hosts.
It was a great pleasure to spend time with Morane. I really enjoyed her company and she helped me greatly with learning French.
She has an excellent approach to work: super reliable and dedicated.
She will also try tasks that she hasn't tried before, very… read more

(Excellent )

2 Apr 2023

Left by Workawayer (Morane) for host

Alison was a very good host ! It was my first volunteering and I keep excellent memories with her family ! We had very interesting conversations with her and his husband. They are very generous persons and they were very helpful with my bad English. It was a so good experience.

(Excellent )

8 Dec 2022

Left by Workawayer (Marva & Allegra Bernadine) for host

We spent three weeks at Alison's place and honestly, it felt much more like three days. Time flew by in a flash as we went on so many awesome adventures together and shared so many laughs. It goes without saying that Alison has got an amazing sense of humor and it was lovely just chatting away with her in the car. Alison was very interested in… read more

(Excellent )

15 Nov 2022

Left by host for Workawayer (Marva & Allegra Bernadine)

Ali and Marva have been staying with me and helping with cleaning my property. They are excellent workers and very well suited to this type of work: time pressures apply in this job and they certainly were a huge help in getting the work done on time.
We had an unexpected booking and they jumped straight in, changing their plans to ensure I had… read more

(Excellent )

20 Nov 2022

Left by Workawayer (Christin ) for host

it was my first workaway experience with Alison and I totally loved it. I enjoyed my one week stay so much that I even came back for another few days to stay with her and her lovely dogs! Alison is the kindest and most welcoming host, you'll go to. The work is super fair and she tries to give you a variety of little jobs which I absolutely loved!… read more

(Excellent )

17 Sep 2022

Left by Workawayer (Melanie) for host

Alison was my first workaway experience and the best I could ever imagine!
She was such a lovely person and always made sure that everything is alright!
I helped her with cleaning her rentals and with different things like painting, gardening and also once concreting.
I learnt a lot of new things from her about many different topics. Gardening,… read more

(Excellent )

4 Feb 2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Celina)

I am delighted to provide feedback on Celina's stay with us during her workaway visit. From the very start, it was also very easy to communicate with her to organize her stay. Once she arrived we immediately warmed to her positive and friendly personality. Celina has many qualities which makes her an ideal person for a workaway placement. Firstly,… read more

(Excellent )

23 May 2019

Left by Workawayer (Celina) for host

This was one of the best workaway experiences I have had! The family is very kind and they all want to make sure that you are feeling good at their place. The work didn’t feel like actual work due to the good relationship we had. I did a lot of gardening and some painting which suited me very well.
However, work is very flexible and Alison always… read more

(Excellent )

9 Oct 2019

Left by Workawayer (Elena) for host

I planned to stay about 1 week or so and I ended up staying 3 weeks in total. It was absolutely amazing. The whole family is super nice. Alison has a great sense of humor and is always smiling and is extremely interested to learn new things. Jade is a really open and funny person, it’s nice to be around her! Alison never made me do things that I… read more

(Excellent )

24 Aug 2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Elena)

Elena is an amazing ambassador for the workaway program. Elena came to our home in Mackay, Queensland in Australia. We are situated in the tropics so heat and humidity were issues during her stay. Elena coped really well and was able to work productively in this situation.
Elena has the ability to fit in perfectly in a home environment because she… read more

(Excellent )

24 Aug 2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Corbin)

Corbin is an amazing ambassador for the workaway program. Corbin came to our home in Mackay, Queensland in Australia. We are situated in the tropics so heat and humidity were issues during her stay. Corbin coped really well and was able to work productively in this situation.
Corbin has the ability to fit in perfectly in a home environment because… read more

(Excellent )

11 Feb 2019

Left by Workawayer (Vivienne-Janice) for host

I totally forgot to write a feedback for my stay with this absolutely amazing family which is probably due to the fact that it felt more like being with friends than “working”.
I was welcomed right from the beginning by Jade and her lovely mother Alison. I also met Talia, she is lovely too as well as Nate, the father.
This work away experience… read more

(Excellent )

30 Sep 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Bradley & Ruth)

Bradley and Ruth were model ambassador s for the Workaway program. They were always highly committed to trying new tasks and learning about new topics. The work that we offered was related to paint prep which was not the most appealing type of work but they were both great and applied themselves to the task. They are devoted nature lovers and this… read more

(Excellent )

14 Sep 2018

Left by Workawayer (Bradley & Ruth) for host

The great thing about our time with Nate is how he focused on the cultural and skills exchange of the workaway programme. We were able to learn about all sorts of things ranging from paint prep (not the most exciting, but useful) to property development advice to, most importantly, learning lots about the wonderful bees and how to care for them!… read more We also shared with Nate info on our plant-based diet - he was interested in learning about it from a nutritional point of view.

So, what to expect? Well, the current workaway description is a bit different to our experience- could be worth updating to reflect current circumstances (Though Alison warned us that would be the case when we contacted her). Nate spends a lot of time living at two properties away from the main family home in Mackay as there is lots of work to do so we spent time with him. We briefly met Alison and she was welcoming and friendly. Most help needed is in a property in Walkerston - great for people wanting to help or learn more about house renovation. We stayed in our campervan there as it is a building site at the moment. Basic needs are met - shelter, water and place to wash/cook. There is no internet or laundry. There is also a fair amount of work needed at the Seaforth property. Mainly outdoor work and beekeeping. There was a room we could stay in there but no internet. Bikes are available at the mackay property so as we weren’t working there we made a trip on our final day to Mackay and borrowed the bikes.
Nate took us on a pleasant bike ride, stopping off at a lovely community garden and botanic gardens. Nate isn’t vegan but was happy to eat vegan with us and we shared making yummy meals, sometimes he’d add fish on the side etc. He provided lots of lovely ingredients to cook with, some fresh from the garden! Yum. His family are vegan but we didn’t spend time much time with them. The advertised ‘sailing adventure’ Is maybe for long term stayers? I’m not sure, Nate goes out occasionally but is a busy man! We didn’t see much of Mackay but we really enjoyed Nate’s company and feel that we made a great friendship with him so that is more important to us than sight-seeing.

I would definitely recommend if you would like to learn new skills in some of the areas advertised. Plus Nate is just a genuine guy that is so giving and knowledgeable - interesting to share conversations with. Thank you for all you shared with us and for teaching us new skills :)

(Excellent )

30 Jul 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Kas)

Kas came to stay with us in Mackay, Queensland Australia. Kas had travelled around Melbourne and Victoria and then came to Queensland. Kas is a fantastic ambassador for the Workaway program! He is an excellent worker: he has a marvellous work ethic and also very good practical skills. He was keen to work on a diverse range of projects: painting,… read more

(Excellent )

18 Jun 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Melissa & Jérôme)

Jerome and Melissa stayed with us here in Mackay, Queensland, Australia. They are a delightful and hard working couple and I highly recommend them as a workaway team. They both have a terrific attitude and will do work regardless of whether it is familiar to them on not. Jerome worked very energetically on our rural property battling some very bad… read more

(Excellent )

2 Apr 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Lilly)

Lilly came to join us in Mackay, Queensland after extensive travel around South East Asia. For the most part Lilly worked with us in our home in Mackay doing a variety of tasks: cleaning, de-cluttering, gardening and generally tidying up. She helped enormously by taking some great photos of our property which I will use for promotional work. Lilly… read more

(Excellent )

2 Mar 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Jessica)

It is a delight to provide this reference for Jessica. She fitted in so well into our family and we really enjoyed her company. Jess came to visit us after extensive travels to several countries in South East Asia. She had also stayed in Brisbane for a brief time. We live in Mackay and I was concerned about how Jess would cope with our high… read more

(Excellent )

21 Nov 2017

Left by Workawayer (Lucas & Dalma) for host

I stayed for 3 weeks with Nate, Alison and Jade. My stay was fantastic, I helped paint a room, Nate introduced me to fishing, I was able to navigate the coral sea which was one of my goals. I also help Nate take care of her second residence in Seaforth which is beautiful, in a very quiet place. And finally I helped Nate in his various work with… read more

(Excellent )

13 Nov 2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Lucas & Dalma)

Lucas visited us in Mackay, Queensland in Australia. He travelled from the other end of the country having spent time on a workaway project in Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Lucas worked on our rural property. His duties were varied and included: painting, helping putting paving bricks in place and assisting us with basic building maintenance.… read more

(Excellent )

11 Nov 2017

Left by Workawayer (Amandine) for host

I stayed 2 weeks in the house in Mackay with Alison and her daughter Jade. They were both lovely. The work was not too hard and relaxing: renovation painting (doors and wall) in the house and a little gardening. When free time, Alison showed me the different places to see in town and around. We had the chance to see the kangaroos at sunrise on the… read more

(Excellent )

10 Nov 2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Amandine)

Amandine travelled to Mackay, Queensland Australia to work with us. Amandine had travelled in Africa and Asia before arriving in Australia. During her stay Amandine did painting, cleaning and gardening. Amandine has excellent language skills: her English is excellent, there were very few words she did not know. Amandine also has excellent… read more

(Excellent )

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