Melanie

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  • Travel information

    I am currently

    Travelling

    My next destination:

    New Zealand - from Mar 2024 until Jun 2024
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  • Description

    Dec 2019-March 2022 = Canada
    April-June 2022 = Australia
    July 2022 = Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Czech, Germany
    Aug-Sept 2022 = Norway
    Oct 2022-Jan 2023 = Tasmania
    Feb-Oct 2023 = New Zealand
    November 2023 = Denmark
    December 2023 = Madeira, Azores, Lisbon, Barcelona
    Jan-March 2024 = Canada
    Now back in New Zealand for an unknown time!
    I volunteered in multiple provinces with a variety of hosts in Canada plus 1 host in Denmark. I have also worked at hostels.
    I loved doing such different work including physical labour & working outdoors. Farms, ranches, rural properties, B&B, hostel, lavender farm/winery, organic veg farm, etc.
    I love learning self-suffiencey.
    2019 I finally made my dream of travelling a reality! I sold EVERYTHING I own. I haven't gone back to "normal life" since.
    I love animals & volunteered at a dog rescue for 2 years.
    I love travelling, hiking, exploring, camping, road trips, adventures, recreational activities, adrenaline sports, trying new things.
    I prefer the mountains & nature, being away from cities & towns.
    I travelled across Canada & NZ sleeping in a car.

  • Interests

    Gardening
    Drawing & painting
    Books
    Yoga / Wellness
    Plant care
    History
    Dancing
    DIY & crafts
    Culture
    Carpentry
    Charity work
    Winter sports
    Water sports
    Van life
    Sustainability
    Sailing / Boating
    Photography
    Pets
    Outdoor activities
    Nature

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  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent

    More details about my language interests
    I have started Spanish & French on DuoLingo but I am an absolute beginner!

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  • Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

    I'm interested in:  

    Being an elderly companion
    General Maintenance
    Eco Projects
    Charity Work
    Art Projects
    Languages

    Some knowledge of:  

    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Life at a Farmstay
    Helping around the house
    Animal Care
    Hospitality/Tourism
    Helping with Computers/ Internet
  • More details about your skills

    B&B - Ran it alone for 3 wks; house & dog sitting; snow shoveling; firewood; cooked breakfasts
    Farm - Hay, water, feed for farm animals & sled dogs; collected eggs; firewood; snow shoveling
    Rural Property - Fed sled dogs & cat; shoveled dog & horse poo; firewood; snow shoveling; trimmed, cut, ground & packaged bison meat
    Organic Vege Farm - Weeding; picking, planting, washing veges; watering
    Lavender Farm/Winery - Vineyard work; lavender harvesting; weeding
    Hostels - housekeeper, reception
    Bison Ranch - shot, skinned, gutted, cut up & packaged rabbit; plucked & gutted rooster; cut up & packaged sheep; assisted killing roosters; caught, gutted & cooked a fish; tanned a rabbit hide; made a knife & sheath; shot rifles, blowgun, bow; cleaned guest cabins; helped build wood shed, cabin frame, pig feeder; snow shoveling; painting; seedlings; tilling; cleaned coops; electric fencing; roof screws; drove snowmobile & quad; made homemade cider; made bracelet from wood/bone; built bed base for my van; made pendant out of bone
    Organic Farm - food & water for cows, pigs, goats, chickens, cats, dogs; collected eggs; walked dogs; fire; cleaned workshop, barn floor, chicken coop
    Farm - plastering, painting, firewood, planting

  • Age

    36

  • Some more information

    • Smoker

    • Driver's licence

    • Allergies
      I need 100% cigarette free accommodation

    • Special dietary requirements
      No

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