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We are a small family of 4, 2 adults and 2 teenagers (who are living away from home our daughter is at University and our son at boarding school) and we have a pet Labradoodle (dog). We live on acreage just a few mins from a popular tourist town - Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays.
We are fun and easy going and have hosted backpackers before, whom we still keep in touch with.
We have one spare room with a double bed, so best suited for a single traveller or a couple.
There are lots of fun activities to do in our town such as, boating around the beautiful Whitsunday Islands, Scuba Diving/Snorkelling out at the Great Barrier Reef, bushwalking, Australian Wildlife Farm, Crocodile Tour and Platypus spotting at Eungella National Park.
We would like someone to work 4 - 5 hours per day in exchange for 1 night accomodation plus 3 meals. If you would prefer to work 8 - 10 hours on one day to have the next day free to enjoy a tourist attraction, that also suits us.
We prefer non smokers.
Must have your own transport as we live 5 mins out of town.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are a friendly Australian family, living a typical Australian lifestyle. My husband and I travelled together a lot before we married and were lucky enough to see many parts of the world. We loved living abroad and really enjoy meeting new people from different countries. We have hosted backpackers before and our kids too enjoy meeting people from other countries. We live in a popular tourist destination - The Whitsundays. We live on acreage, so have a big garden with native bush and are surrounded by Cane farms. We have plenty of native animals living around our house and often see Wallabies hopping around. We are 10 mins drive to Airlie Beach. We enjoy the outdoors and boating around the islands. Our two children are a daughter aged 17 and a son aged 15yrs.
There are plenty of tourist attractions in our area including, the Great Barrier Reef for snorkelling/scuba diving, boat trips around our beautiful Whitsunday Islands, bushwalking, shopping, Australian Wildlife Farm, Platypus Spotting at Eungella National Park.
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Help
We live in an old style home which we are renovating and are seeking help with a bit of cleaning around the house and gardening jobs.
We would like 4-5 hours work per day in exchange for 1 night accomodation with 3 meals. If you would like to work 8-10 hours on one day to have the following day free to enjoy, that suits us well also.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Indonesian: Beginner
Italian: Beginner
Accommodation
We have one spare bedroom available with a double bed, so best suited for a couple or a single person. The bathroom is shared, we live in a very nice older style character home. The bedroom opens onto a private veranda with lovely garden views.
What else ...
There is plenty to do in your time off including; boat trips around the islands, skydiving, a visit to the Great Barrier Reef, bush walking, swimming at a beach or lagoon, shopping, bike riding, golf and much more.
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 room to park a small camper-van.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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We had a lovely time a their house. It was nicely located, pretty close to Airlie beach but surrounded by nature. Cait and Henry are amazing people, willing to share about their culture and also learning about ours. We worked mostly on sanding, painting and gardening and we were really flexible on the… read more
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We had a lovely time a their house. It was nicely located, pretty close to Airlie beach but surrounded by nature. Cait and Henry are amazing people, willing to share about their culture and also learning about ours. We worked mostly on sanding, painting and gardening and we were really flexible on the… read more
They were both very polite, friendly… read more
They did a terrific job with their painting, they were polite and very easy to get along with even taking time out in their free time to play with our kids. Very trustworthy - we left them looking after our… read more
