Cal & Hoi Yan

United Kingdom
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Travel information

We are currently

Travelling

Activities we are interested in:

Landing in Auckland 07/07/26 and slowing working our way North for the NZ winter

Our next destination:
New Zealand - from Jul 2026 until Jul 2029
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Description

We are Cal and Jenny, a British/Irish couple who left the UK in 2023 to enjoy life a little bit more slowly. We've spent 2 years round Asia and the last 12 months in Australia.

We enjoy meeting new people, exchanging stories, and finding ways we can help each other. We both enjoy the outdoors, particulars being out on the water, and miss being able to tend to the garden we left behind in the UK.
Interests

Farming

Animals

Vegetarian or vegan

Van life

Camping

Water sports

Outdoor activities

Hiking

Cycling

Adventure sports
Languages spoken

English: Fluent
Chinese (Cantonese): Intermediate
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

We're interested in:

Light maintenance

Life at a Farmstay

Hospitality/Tourism

Charity Work

Art Projects

Some knowledge of:

Light gardening

Creative DIY projects

Being an elderly companion

Eco Projects

Helping around the house

Animal Care

Languages

House & pet sitting

Able to teach about:

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Helping with Computers/ Internet
More details about your skills

Both our professional backgrounds are in Finance and IT, but back home we were both very passionate about being outdoors. We spent a lot of our free time gardening, doing lanscaping and being out on the water. We enjoy cooking (one of us is vegetarian) with fresh ingredients, or catching our own fish to eat.

Over the last 12 months in Australia we have enjoyed volunteering and donating our time to do:
- Gardening, lanscaping, pond building
- Ride-on mowing, tractor driving
- Horse and other small farm animal care
- Pet and house sitting
- General DIY/labouring
Age

37 & 36
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements
  Only one of us is vegetarian (and they're the main chef of us both anyway)

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4 Aug 2026

Left by host (Enjoy meaningful ...) for Workawayer ()

These two lovely young people, Cal and Jenny were the most wonderful guests, very motivated, great self regulation, independent and good fun. welcome back anytime. Best luck with your travels.. Liz&Louie

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26 Jul 2026

Left by Workawayer () for host (Enjoy meaningful ...)

Unique opportunity with the beautiful Liz and Louie clearing the bush that surrounds their stylish house. We spent 5 days helping to clear back the asparagus fern, lady of the night garden, and ginger plants. Cosy room, lovely heated floor bathroom and tidy kitchen to use. Would love to revisit and to have some more of Liz's date and apple cake, … read more

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30 Jul 2026

Left by host (Help in the garden and learn ...) for Workawayer ()

It was fun hosting Cal and Jenny.

Both are well organised and highly skilled in the garden and always managed their tasks very well. The hedge was shredded into smithereening. The grass was cut to the soil and best of all the compost bin was filled to the brim again with almost 2000 litres of organic and garden waste reaching 74c in a matter of … read more

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21 Jul 2026

Left by Workawayer () for host (Help in the garden and learn ...)

Avi and Margaret were our first hosts in New Zealand using workaway and they have set the bar very high for us. We've learned so much about composting and admire Avi's enthusiasm which has been so infectious. The dinners they provided for us were amazing, and they were more than happy to cater to only one of us being vegetarian. The room was very … read more

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