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Description
Self sufficient turned community sufficient family of five, living on the land in south west Victoria.
We are a multi cultural family coming from New Zealand and Switzerland.
We have three children who are 15, 13 and 12 years old, which we home school and are a part of our daily life and routine.
We pride ourselves in being as close to totally self sufficient as possible to grow all we can and make/cook things from scratch.
Besides our huge vegie patch, rows of berries, an orchard and free range chickens, we also serve the community.
We are located between Camperdown and Terang 30 minutes away from the Great ocean road and Warrnambool and 1.5hour from the beautiful national park the Grampians
What we offer:
Clean, light and private bedroom/shared bathroom.
10 minutes from two major towns and train stations.
Home cooked meals with the opportunity to cook and bake with us too.
Lots of variety of work.
What we are looking for:
Self motivated and enthusiastic
Couples welcome
-Builder/carpentry experience
-Baker/pastry experience
-Horticulture experience
Age is not a limit.
There is not a definite set of skills that we are looking for, we will make use of your skills, whatever they are.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We love sharing our versatile family life. there is a long list of learnable things. we are self sufficient and with that there are many task throughout the day....
Projects involving children
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Help
The weather and season dictates the daily tasks, there will be a lot of variety of work.
Tending chickens, picking veggies and berries, cooking meals and baking, helping in the veggie patch, preserving and general house keeping chores.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Guestroom in the house and shared bathroom
What else ...
We do live in the country but smaller towns are within a ten minute drive. Bigger towns are a hour away.
the great ocean road, beach and twelve apostle's are a hour drive and also the Grampians and other worth wile places to visit are similar distances....
Preferable your own means of transportation, but we are happy to pick you up at the local train station.
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?
More than two
Feedback (11)
All three of them are very capable to do different jobs and pick up new skills. Listening and communication is definitely a challenge and has lead to some frustrating moments. Their English is certainly not the problem, they all speak fluent.
Unfortunately planning skills are not… read more
Fingers crossed for future projects!
Any given tasks were fulfilled in timely and high standards.
He connected and interacted with the kids well.
It was a pleasure to meet and be a host for Alwin.
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All three of them are very capable to do different jobs and pick up new skills. Listening and communication is definitely a challenge and has lead to some frustrating moments. Their English is certainly not the problem, they all speak fluent.
Unfortunately planning skills are not… read more
Fingers crossed for future projects!
Any given tasks were fulfilled in timely and high standards.
He connected and interacted with the kids well.
It was a pleasure to meet and be a host for Alwin.
But thanks to all the jobs they needed to be done, there was no time to dwell.
Jenny settled in right away and adapted to our life. Helped wherever and with whatever was needed, connected with the kids and did whatever we asked her to do for us. Thank you for… read more
We enjoyed having him.
Any task given he completed to a high standard.
Majeed is easy going and great to have around.
Thank you for the cultural experience, a Arabian coffee is sure something special.
Thank your very much for having me, it was only one week and it was my first time as a workawayer but I learned so much about new things in Dairy and farms industry, it's really great efforts that you're doing on a daily basis, all my respect to your lifestyle I really admire it. For me everyday at the… read more
The given tasks exceeded our expectations and we would not hesitate to recommend them for any further stays.
We stayed with Theres, Jamie and their lovely three children two times and would come back at any time. The whole family is very warm-hearted and we felt so welcome! If you want the “real farm-life-experience” this is the right family for you.
Best regards from Germany
Falk&Hanna
She also connected very well with our children and spend a lot of time with them on her own terms.
thank you so much.
all the best for your future
Theres and Jamie
Thanks for some amazing days, and for showing my your way of live
All the best :)
He was also really good with our kids and spend lots of time doing with them origami and other things.
We enjoyed having you here!
All the best for your future!
Thank you for everything. I got good experience and memories!
Theres cooked for me delicious meals!
Jami told to me lots of farm job!
kids gave me enargy!
I had really fantastic… read more
Julia fit well into our family and was pleasant to have around.
She did a really good job with the daily morning tasks once we had her up and running and she took great care of our chickens and pet lambs.
We would of liked to see a little bit more initiative and motivation.
We wish her all the best… read more
thanks for the nice week and the beautiful welcome at your family. I had some good experiences at the farm (like milking cows and feeding the calfs). The trip to the great ocean road was fantastic- thanks. Theres I loved yourhomemade meals. I have not espected that it would be so much work on a farm-my respect that you… read more
All the best for your future
Dominik was really good on the farm and helped wherever he was able to, he also did many tasks on its own.
Susanne was great with the kids, helped in household and wherever we needed a hand.
Thank you… read more
