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We are about to travel up the East Coast, looking for workaways & paid work anywhere between approx Byron and Cairns. Ideas welcome!
Our next destination:
Australia - from Oct 2024 until Sep 2025 View all
Description
Hello,
We are Chloe and Dan, from the UK, travelling around Australia from now until late September 2025.
Back in the UK I’m an ecologist and environmental educator, with a love for horse riding, climbing, snowboarding, and animals. I have trained ponies from being unhandled to ridden, and can ride from 12hh upwards. I’ve worked abroad in a variety of countries leading students on mammal survey expeditions, and previously ran the internship programme at a wild animal rescue centre in Indonesia, which included animal care, help in the vet clinic and animal enrichment, alongside all my people management duties. I am also a qualified yoga teacher, but have yet to teach - and would love to start!
Dan is a panel beater and is very handy! He has recently converted a trailer into a mobile soft-release enclosure suitable for brushtail possums. Dan also loves the outdoors, animals and keeping fit, and we train in partner acrobatics together.
We have a 4x4 that we are travelling in/living in when not at a workaway, and neither of us smoke. We don't have any particular dietary requirements.
We have been to some wonderful workaways in the south west, and spent a month volunteering at Mosswood Wildlife in Victoria. We have been to some lovely workaways in Tasmania, and just finished with a horsey family in East Gippsland. We are now working our way up the mainland east coast, with a view to being in the NT/north WA in August, back in Perth mid September.
We are on the lookout for short term employment 6-8 weeks somewhere on the east coast (anywhere between Byron and Cairns), so if you are looking for a house sitter, or we could come to an arrangement where we can work alongside our workaway duties please do reach out.
Interests
Carpentry
Cycling
Water sports
Hiking
Farming
DIY & crafts
Astronomy
Sustainability
Pets
Photography
Performing arts
Gardening
Events & social
Van life
Winter sports
Yoga / Wellness
Self development
Outdoor activities
Nature
Music
Mountain
Fitness
Charity work
Camping
Beach
Animals
Adventure sports
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
House sitting
Some knowledge of:
Charity Work
Art Projects
Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Life at a Farmstay
Helping around the house
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
More details about your skills
Dan: panel beating, car mechanics & maintenance, general maintenance, animal care, can do a backflip (and also teach it), housekeeping, dog sitting/walking.
Chloe: ecology, wildlife surveying/data collection, animal care and rehabilitation, horse riding/training, housekeeping (worked in the alps for a chalet company), events and environmental education (working with children, including safeguarding qualifications and outdoor first aid).
We would both like to gain more experience working outdoors, growing food, looking after animals and native wildlife.
Age
36 & 33
What else ...
We are an easy going couple, looking to learn new things as we travel around Australia, and help people where we can.
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
no allergiesSpecial dietary requirements
no special dietaries
Feedback
Chloe‘s horse skills are exceptional and I would highly recommend her abilities and experience around horses. Dan is quite strong and able to take on any task that’s required around a rural property. We… read more
We helped weed and tidy an area of the garden, cut some firewood, and painted fencing.… read more
The accommodation was great, super cosy, everything we needed & more.
Ueli is a great cook, and the quality & amount of food is by far the best we've had at a workaway (it's such a valuable part of the… read more
They are an absolute pleasure to host - Highest… read more
We were shown around their property & the jobs that needed doing, & were able to select the ones we wanted to do. We did a range of things - moving strawberry plants, uprooting a small tree, digging a small trench for some pipe work, weeding the veggie patch & going to Bridport to collect… read more
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Chloe‘s horse skills are exceptional and I would highly recommend her abilities and experience around horses. Dan is quite strong and able to take on any task that’s required around a rural property. We… read more
We helped weed and tidy an area of the garden, cut some firewood, and painted fencing.… read more
The accommodation was great, super cosy, everything we needed & more.
Ueli is a great cook, and the quality & amount of food is by far the best we've had at a workaway (it's such a valuable part of the… read more
They are an absolute pleasure to host - Highest… read more
We were shown around their property & the jobs that needed doing, & were able to select the ones we wanted to do. We did a range of things - moving strawberry plants, uprooting a small tree, digging a small trench for some pipe work, weeding the veggie patch & going to Bridport to collect… read more
We intended to stay two weeks, and stayed two months! If that doesn't tell you how amazing a place it is, then nothing will.
We did a range of tasks - gardening, helping fix netting in the orchard, harvesting macadamias, driving the tractor, organising the workshop… read more
Very thankful for their help and company for a couple of days.
Enjoy the rest of the trip guys!
We did approx 3 hours work a day, helping Sam to weed his vegetable patch. A great place to visit to learn about a more efficient, sutainable way to live. Doggo cuddles a massive bonus ☺️.
