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Join us on a family hobby farm near Sydney, Australia

Hi !! We have a beautiful hobby farm just two hours north of Sydney. We have a long list of awesome farm animals (including horses) that need looking after and there is always lot's of farm jobs happening. My wife and I are a semi retired, quiet ......

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Learning about other cultures and gardening in north of Sydney, Australia

I am an Aussie born and bred and love where I live by the beach and bays just north of Sydney with my husband and cats. The area is very quiet and is surrounded by nature. There are only a few shops and cafes nearby. It is good for bushwalking, ......

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Multicultural Swedish and Aussie family in Newcastle, Australia

Help with home projects – large house with pool near Newcastle We’re a friendly Swedish–Australian family living just outside Newcastle in a large home with a pool, and we’re looking for a WorkAwayer to join us for a couple of weeks in March to ......

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Help a family with the garden and experience rural life in New South Wales, Australia

Hello there world! Our busy life is increasingly balanced by the beautiful hideaway we reside! Surrounded by National Park “Coastal heath” we live off the grid, our solar system is small but sufficient also we have beautiful fresh filtered ......

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Learn about self sufficiency on our hobby farm in Nymboida, NSW, Australia

Hello! We are Rachael (30) and Mitch (32). We are located in the beautiful country village of nymboida, known for its white water canoeing on the nymboida river, on 240 acres of cleared land, bush and creeks. We are mostly self sufficient , with ......

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Spend time surrounded by nature near the quiet beaches of Broomshead, NSW, Australia

Come join our family of 4 on our permaculture inspired hobby farm, set amongst a 100 acres of australian native bushland in Taloumbi. Here on our property we achieve the best of both worlds as we are only a 5 minute drive to the quiet beaches of ......

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Live in a spacious mud and natural timber home on a syntropic farm in the making in Coomba Park, Australia

Syntropic in the making, please help. Live in a spacious mud and natural timber home with your own large motel style room with on suite, on a 10 acre block which is in various stages of returning to nature and being developed into a syntropic farm. ......

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Become part of our sustainable permaculture projects in Wapengo, Australia

Sapphire Coast NSW AU-Buddhist couple caring for the land (5+ hectares of forest) in a sustainable (permaculture) manner for the future. We are growing large indigenous trees in the coastal strip of Yuin country between Bermagui and Tathra NSW. ......

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Help a young family of four in beautiful Pittwater, Sydney, Australia

We are a young family of 4 living a slower island life. We live on the Northern Beaches in beautiful Pittwater on an island in 1 of the 3 harbours of Sydney, so boat access only!!! It is a beautiful place, with a very close knit community and very ......

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Help our non-profit sanctuary in Wootton, Australia

The sanctuary moved to the Mid-North Coast in February 2025. While we’ve been here long enough to settle in, it still very much feels like a work in progress. There’s always something to build, fix, clean, or improve — that’s the reality of running ......

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Join our family and in the outdoors by the sea in Woonona, Australia

We are a Franco/Australian family who has travelled the world, and we would be happy to help you with your Australian integration with tips and advice. At home, we speak French and English (we also know basic Spanish if that helps) and are happy to ......

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Lakeside family welcomes you in Newcastle, Australia

We are a family with 3 teens and 2 dogs & 1 grandparent. We live on Lake Macquarie NSW.We have a spare room and can host up to 2 people. Tasks we need help with are: mowing grass on an acreage (ride on mower); whipper snipper help, garden bed ......

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Mindfulness, deep ecology and forest restoration in Fernbrook, NSW, Australia

we are embarking on our project - creating a refuge for both people and nature in the cool uplands of NSW’s mid-north coast, near the beautiful little town of Dorrigo. In March 2025 we became custodians of a 140 beautiful acres, including remnant ......

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Help with gardening and learn about the Australian bush, native trees, and invasive weeds in New South Wales, Australia

I am an 81 year old retired lawyer with a house on the beach at Stanwell Park, New South Wales, Australia, 60 kms south of Sydney. To the north is Sydney's Royal National Park. You can get a good idea of the area through Google Earth. My house is ......

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Get physical in a food forest, a stone throw away from the gorgeous beaches of midcoast NSW, Australia

In 2024 Agnes and James left Sydney, buying a 25-hectare plot near Krambach, in the beautiful Mid North Coast region of NSW. Not long after, Claire, Agnes’ sister and agronomist joined, together with Olivier a compost enthusiast and passionate cook. ......

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Experience music and village life in rural southern highlands of New South Wales in Bundanoon, Australia

I am living in a very pretty, small rural village in the Southern Highlands of NSW in an old (circa 1926) cottage adjacent to the local primary school. You will love sleeping in your room and waking to extensive views over the Morton National Park, ......

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Learn about self sufficient lifestyle in Budderoo, NSW, Australia

We run a regenerative farm in the southern highlands of nsw surrounded by national park. We raise beef cattle as produce, chickens and sheep for our own use. The farm is off grid and working towards being self sufficient. I harvest and mill timber ......

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Stay with us at our hobby farm near Byron Bay, Australia

Would you like to stay around Byron Bay but you can not afford to? this may suit you: We live 10 mins drive from Byron, Mullumbimby and the beach. We have a cute fully furnished studio with private garden available for a single person who wants to ......

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Handy active folk needed on beautiful land in Mullumbimby, NSW, Australia

Living On beautiful Land - 5 acres just outside Mullumbimby with a happy little community of good people. We are dynamic and active, I am into music, surfing and adventure. We have a bus house, a caravan home and a shed house (shouse) and a tree ......

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House help, creative play, child care and daily family life in Ocean Shores, NSW, Australia

Looking for someone to start ASAP (and also open to hearing from people with a later starting date). Please only write if you can stay 4+ months. We are a family of 5 with three young kids aged 7, 5 and 3. We love swimming in the local beaches, ......

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Join our family in our veggie garden and other projects in Northeast Tasmania, Australia

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Join our family in a beautiful coastal town near Bermagui, NSW, Australia

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Spend time with horses in a beautiful country environment near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Great home close to the beach and rain forest in Byron Bay, Ocean Shores, Australia

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