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Description
Liz and Chris live on an 11 acre property on the Blackwood River. We have just moved to the area called Jalbarragup (25 minutes south of Nannup) in June 2023. We have a WEED that is a small tree called Acacia and we are on a mission to eradicate it. We need your help. Also setting up a vege garden and there may be some other gardening that is required. We also ned to clean up the falling branches and leaves that are a fire jazzers. We live right on the Blackwood River. Lots of nature - possums, kangaroos, birds and wildflowers.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We live in the beautiful south west of western Australia right on the edge of a national park and river. You get to experience the beautiful quiet of the Australian bush, the native animals, birds and the wildflowers. We love cooking and living a healthy life.
Help
We need some help with gardening plus eradicating the Acacia which is a registered WEED. - we have a vege garden that we want to establish and general tidying up of the garden. Also we need to get ready for the summer fire season and need to do some burning off of undergrowth and logs.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Your own bedroom with separate bathroom. House has a beautiful view of the Blackwood River.
What else ...
We live 3 hours drive south of Perth. Jalbarragup is a small community 25 minutes from Nannup. Nannup is a lovely town famous for its music festival, flower festival and is a well known relation for trail bike riding. We are an hour from Margaret River a beautiful wine region and magnificient coastline, 1 hour from Manjimjup and Pemberton with the amazing huge forest trees. Other towns close is Bridgetown and Donnybrook and Busselton. It is a great area to visit and enjoy the wildflowers, bush and the many things that are happening in the region
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 11 acres and if you are self contained you may wish to have some privacy. Otherwise we do have accommodation.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 3 hrs per day for 5 days
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We had a lot of fun cooking our typical dishes for them and going marron fishing in the evening! We will miss them, we wish them the best. Grazie di… read more
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We had a lot of fun cooking our typical dishes for them and going marron fishing in the evening! We will miss them, we wish them the best. Grazie di… read more
So wonderful that you came and stayed with Chris, I and the dogs. Thank you so much for transforming our garden - weeding, pruning, mulching and planting the vege garden and finally washing the whole of the outside of the house! You were such a pleasure to have and we will be following your travel adventures and you never know… read more
Well you are now on your way to Darwin. Safe travels. Thank you so much for helping us in cleaning up the garden in Broome we know it was hot and dusty, lucky you were both young and energetic. Thanks Anna for doing my mosaic - I will get it finished now! Loved your Austrian schlipfkrapfen!!!! Love Liz, Chris, Banu and… read more
We already miss you. Thank you so much for helping paint the outside/inside of the house. You both did a great job helping us and we really hope your next adventures and fun and exciting. You never know we may one day see you in your home country!!!!! The dogs are looking very sad - they will miss you too. Safe travels… read more
We had a great time at Liz and Chris's place. We felt welcome and had a really nice room in a beautiful house. Chris and Liz have been really nice and gave us a lot of information about broome and what to do there. We had a great time exploring the surroundings of the city, they live in such a nice place! We also enjoyed renovating the… read more
