Join our family and help with daily life in Urunga, NSW, Australia

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  Description

  We are a family of 4 (girl 7 years old, and boy 11 years old), and a dog and 2 ducks. Our girl sing in a choir and our boy is super interested in Mountain Biking.
  
  We are hoping to find someone that could help us around the house, with the animals and the children for 4 hours a day. We can offer you your own bedroom in our house. We would eat meals together or you would be free to help yourself to whatever foods you would like.
  
  We live in Urunga, a small town located within the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, in Bellingen Shire. Urunga is a very cozy town with a few shops, and a nice cafes. There is also beautiful beaches, and rivers very close to where we live. Bellingen is also only 15 min drive away, and have lots of interesting events on offer. Coffs Harbour 20 minutes away, Nambucca Heads 15 min away. Lots of beautiful places to visit.
  
  We often have wildlife in our house as Brian is a WIRES volunteer, so you might be able to go on some exciting missions with wildlife, as well as having different Australian wild animals in the house.
  
  In June we will be going overseas to Norway for about a month and a half and are looking for someone to stay in our house to mind our dog and ducks, keep the garden and house, while we are away. If that sounds interesting to you, please get in tough.
  
  If you have your own license, and not your own car, you can use one of our cars when it is available.
  
  This is a great opportunity for you to see this part of Australia, which is beautiful.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  Animal Care

  Babysitting and creative play

  Help around the house
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  - living in a family with two languages spoken (English and Norwegian)
  - Australian wildlife through WIRES
  - Brian is a surfer and we have boards you can borrow if you are interested in learning surfing
  - Australian Family life with school and after school activities.
  - Fishing, this area is known for good fishing

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  Help around the house in return for free accomodation and food.
  
  Help around the house includes: cooking, cleaning, gardening, pet minding and sometimes looking after our children for 4 hours a day.
  
  We're super flexible, so happy to work around you and your plans/commitments.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Norwegian: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  It would be great for the children and us to learn some words or sentences from a different language.
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  Accommodation

  You will receive a bedroom with a single bed in it. If there is a couple we can rearrange and give you a bedroom with a double bed. We live in a 3 bedroom house. We have a lovely balcony where we spend a lot of our time, and a big kitchen great for cooking.

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  What else ...

  Urunga is a beautiful place to explore. We have a bike you can borrow, or a car, when that is available.
  There is also a lot of beautiful places around, Bellingen with the Promise lands, Coffs Harbour (Big Banana), Nambucca Heads, Valla Beach. Lots of great surf beaches and fishing, or just great walks.
  
  We also have a great cafe nearby, that has the best coffee, smoothies and light foods.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Space for parking camper vans

  There is space at the side of the road just outside on the street we live on, if you were wanting to park a caravan or motorhome.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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