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Hello, we are a well travelled middle aged couple keen to carry on travelling through sharing experiences and stories with travellers that stay with us and hopefully become part of our family. We welcomed a number of travellers (couchsurfers, hitchhikers) in our days and have enjoyed that a lot. We are busy in house and garden. We have a vegetable garden and a green house that feeds us very well. Apart from that there is always maintenance and painting. However we really love it when people leave a mark. Leave a mural or take on your own little project. We love remembering anyone who stayed with us by looking at their project or the produce that is growing extra well because of their efforts.
By the way you are more than welcome to leave a mark in your heart with respect, appreciation and good work.
We live in Oamaru , steampunk and penguin capital of the world 😀 not too far from lookout point and the botanical gardens.Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
TechnologyPetsCulturePlant carePerforming artsLanguagesHistoryDIY & craftsCooking & foodCarpentryBooksAstronomyAnimalsNatureCampingCyclingDancingHikingCultural exchange and learning opportunities
A home away from home. If this is what you are looking for get in touch.
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Help
We welcome anyone that would love to care for a veggie and flower garden or is house proud. But then there are the arty people We have a number of projects on the go and coming up. There is painting if you are arty come and paint a mural, sorting, gardening and a few other projects. DIY skills in every field are more than welcome.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We speak English and German fluently. Love to learn Maori, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese. And maybe a few others. ® not a main goal but love languagesAccommodation
We have a 2 storey house and our visitors stay on the bottom floor with a bathroom and toilet to share with whoever stays downstairs. It is up to you and fellow visitors to keep the area clean and tidy. One room has a king bed and the other one can have two singles but is also the library 🙃
What else ...
Oamaru is the capital of penguins and steampunk. Every November the Victorian Heritage Festival is celebrated. We are close to a geo park and Dunedin, Christchurch any Queenstown are within 3-4 hours
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have unlimited wifi. Usually the connection is very stable.
Space for parking camper vans
As long as you don't have to plug into power and are happy to park on the curb.
Can possibly accept pets
Friendly dogs, cats and birds
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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Stayed with us for 6 weeks in total. They helped painting some sheds and fences and were a great help sorting and cataloging the books for our library. They enjoyed spending time with our son who was visiting at the time and friends. Both are polite and open to give any job a go.
They are A+ students from Germany. Both topped… read more
So great that the originally planned 2 weeks turned into 6. We were treated like part of the family from the day we arrived, taken to parties and meals with friends. They have such a nice garden where they grow so much fruit and vegetables. Petra made so much delicious fresh food ( one of our… read more
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Stayed with us for 6 weeks in total. They helped painting some sheds and fences and were a great help sorting and cataloging the books for our library. They enjoyed spending time with our son who was visiting at the time and friends. Both are polite and open to give any job a go.
They are A+ students from Germany. Both topped… read more
So great that the originally planned 2 weeks turned into 6. We were treated like part of the family from the day we arrived, taken to parties and meals with friends. They have such a nice garden where they grow so much fruit and vegetables. Petra made so much delicious fresh food ( one of our… read more
Have fun in Queenstown.
I stayed with them for 2 weeks and time flew so fast. Petra and Russell gave me a warm welcome from the first day. They took us to various places and I really enjoyed it. I appreciate their kindness.
We wish both of you the best of luck for… read more