Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Australia

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about 2 days ago

Victoria, Australia

Experience local family life in Ivanhoe East, Melbourne, Australia
Welcome to My Home in Melbourne! Hello! My name is Maria, and I’m a friendly Greek-Australian woman in my 80s who loves meeting people from different countries and sharing stories, meals, and everyday life. I have lived in Melbourne ever since I ......
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Queensland, Australia

Help with rainforest regeneration, gardening and cooking in Samford, near Brisbane, Australia
Help us in our home and garden on our 5 acre property on the South Pine River in beautiful rural Samford, about 25 kms from Brisbane Queensland Australia.
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Western Australia, Australia

Live with us in a beautiful area of Western Australia
I'm Angela I have. 3 loveable dogs. We live in a cottage in broome which is a tropical remote town. Our house is sweet and cozy and we are very friendly so are looking forward to sharing our home and helping you to explore the local area and get the ......
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about 25 days ago

Queensland, Australia

Come and help me around the house in beautiful Maleny, Australia
Hi I am looking for people who want to stay in beautiful Maleny, a lovely town one hour by car to the north of Brisbane. My house is walking distance to the township of Maleny and public transport as well as half an hours drive to the most beautiful ......
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Queensland, Australia

Join a thriving local community in Mount Glorious, QLD, Australia
We live in a cosy, rainforest tree house close to the city of Brisbane and I'm seeking to build a stand alone composting toilet in the backyard using found materials form our local Treasure Island. The outhouse would be an outdoor alternative for ......
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about 9 days ago

New South Wales, Australia

Nurture a bush garden on a unique island in Sydney's Pittwater, Australia
Life on a beautiful natural island in the Pittwater area of Sydney gives you the experience of bush and beach, while also being close to the city. You'll wake up to the sound of cockatoos and kookaburras, the gentle clanking of halyards on yacht ......
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Victoria, Australia

Sustainable living, land restoration and community life in the Dandenong Ranges, Australia
I am running an ongoing land restoration project. This involves removing invasive weeds and planting indigenous grasses and sub story trees. The property is managed following ecological and permaculture practices. Water and green waste is managed on ......
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South Australia, Australia

Learn about life in the hills and share our beautiful home in Ashton, Australia
Hi workawayers! My husband and I live with our 3 teenage sons on a beautiful 9 acre property in Ashton, Adelaide Hills. We love our hills lifestyle and living amongst the trees, birds and native animals. However, we would welcome some help with the ......
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Victoria, Australia

Help us learn German and enjoy a cultural exchange with our family in Melbourne, VIC, Australia
JULY 2026 - We are currently looking for a solo Workaway German-speaking woman. We haven't had workaways for a while but are excited to host travellers again! I have a daughter who is in her final year of high school and may want to practise German ......
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Western Australia, Australia

Sustainable off grid food and syntropic forest in Bridgetown, Western Australia
We are Aura, Emmanuel, and our young son—a small family building an off grid, regenerative homestead guided by permaculture principles, ecology, and simple living. We share our home with chooks, goats, and a lively community of native birds ......
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Queensland, Australia

Explore the Mary Valley, learn about permaculture and plant based eating in Kenilworth, QLD, Australia
I am keen permaculture gardener in Kenilworth Qld and choose to eat a plant based diet. Big food orchard and many edible plants, river front so great for swims on a hot day. We live in a shed house on a small average, 4 km from a rural town with all ......
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Victoria, Australia

Help growing food and building community in the Otways, Australia
I’m a 33 year old single dad with a five year old daughter. We’ve got a 10 hectare block in the Otways where we’re building a house. We have sheep and chickens and have started planting an orchard and building a veggie garden. We’ve got a creek and ......
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New South Wales, Australia

Explore wildlife and the Richmond River near Kyogle, Australia
It's beautiful here..I am situated on the Richmond River. About 10 acres all up.Plenty of room and comfortable living arrangements. General jobs & veggie garden, planting trees, bush re-generation, etc I am looking for a couple or single person ......
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New South Wales, Australia

Join us in a seaside town by the far south coast of NSW, Australia
We have been hosting helpers for over 12 years, in Queensland, Victoria, and now the far south coast of NSW. We have recently moved from a bush property to a house on a headland in Tathra, a wilderness of a different kind, with the sea in all its ......
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New South Wales, Australia

Permaculture, off-grid living in Terreel, NSW, Australia
We live on 115 acres of mixed bush and farming land near Gloucester, NSW. 1.5 hours north of Newcastle. Our vision is build a syntropic, permaculture, sustainable property that can support community. Grow food, integrating animals to support the ......
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about 9 days ago

Queensland, Australia

Share an off-grid lifestyle overlooking Whitsunday Islands in Cape Gloucesterr, Australia
I'm a retired gemologist and have spent many years sailing, exploring, and living around the world. I'd love to welcome you into my recently completed off-grid home on top of a ridge overlooking the islands in the Whitsundays. A car would be needed ......
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Victoria, Australia

Care for injured and orphaned Australian wildlife in East Trentham, VIC, Australia
Hello everybody, I'm Manfred. I operate a government-licensed Wildlife Shelter where I rehabilitate all types of Australian animals and specialise in kangaroos. I look after little joeys in pouches, right through to large adult animals. My purpose ......
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New South Wales, Australia

Poets Garden in the making on the edge of Sydney, Australia
We live off grid on 30 acres of wetlands on with wombats and waterbirds and our beautiful Golden Irish dog Grania. We grow food organically and are planting more orchards all the time. We build the soil and make new gardens and paths. Were ......
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New South Wales, Australia

Fruit abundance, animals, gardens and kids on a peaceful 5acres permaculture farm, Bega Valley, NSW
We are a family of five living on a peaceful 5-acre permaculture-minded farm on the beautiful Far South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Our family includes three young children — a curious 8-year-old boy, a creative 6-year-old girl, and our ......
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about 10 days ago

New South Wales, Australia

Come and live with us as part of our family, on a beautiful property surrounded by Australian wildlife
Hi there! My partner and I live on a property in Ashby, NSW, 20min away from Yamba and its beautiful beaches, with our 2 energetic boys Louis and Jonas (10 and 11) our dog Marlee and 14 chickens. I am from Austria and live here now since 2012, my ......
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