Profile information
Travel information
We are currently
Travelling
Our next destination:
Sicily, Italy - from Jun 2025 until Sep 2025 View all
Description
Dear Workaway Hosts,
We are Eden and Tom, a couple from a small country town in Australia, passionate about sustainable living and working closely with nature. Since July 2020, we have been traveling across the UK, Europe, and Australia, volunteering on a wide variety of farms and gaining hands-on experience in diverse settings.
For the last year, we have been running and managing a ski chalet. Eden takes the lead as head chef, planning and preparing all meals, while Tom ensures that every guest’s holiday runs smoothly with his exceptional hosting skills.
Our journey has included:
• Working on sheep and cattle farms.
• Volunteering on organic vegetable farms.
• Picking and packing strawberries.
• Running a ski chalet in the French Alps, managing cooking, cleaning, and guest care.
• Renovating a van and traveling through Italy for six months.
• Hiking in Morocco.
• Living and working on a permaculture farm in Far North Queensland for seven months, where we cultivated our own vegetable garden and embraced a self-sufficient lifestyle.
I (Eden) am passionate about cooking and baking, especially creating traditional sourdough bread and focaccia from scratch, I have been selling bread & focaccia in our small town here and plan to open my own bakery one day! I also enjoy experimenting with “slow food” methods.
We are deeply inspired by off-grid living, self-sufficiency, and sustainability. Our dream is to one day own a farm where we can grow fresh produce and serve delicious home-cooked meals made with love. We enjoy working with nature, appreciating its abundance, and embracing traditional methods that many have moved away from in modern times.
Skills
Eden’s Skills:
• Cooking and baking (specializing in sourdough and traditional techniques).
• Gardening and growing.
• Creativity and artistry.
Tom’s Skills:
• Craftsmanship and building (including tiling, painting, and general maintenance).
• Tractor operation.
• Gardening and landscaping.
Shared Skills:
• Hospitality (ran & managed a catered chalet for 2 years).
• Animal care (experience with cattle, calves, and lambing).
• House sitting and property maintenance.
• Painting and sanding.
• Fruit and vegetable harvesting (grapes, strawberries, apples, oranges, and more).
• Gardening and planting (from seeding to transplanting and maintenance).
• Hard work, initiative, and adaptability.
We are hardworking, sociable, and open-minded, always eager to learn and contribute. We are also tidy, respectful, and reliable, valuing the trust and hospitality extended to us by our hosts.
Outside of work, we enjoy exploring the outdoors through hiking, camping, bike riding, and swimming. We have a deep appreciation for nature, animals, and connecting with people from different cultures, building lifelong friendships along the way.
We would love the opportunity to join your project, contribute our skills, and share in meaningful experiences.
Warm regards,
Eden & Tom
Interests
Winter sports
Photography
Outdoor activities
Languages
Cycling
Carpentry
Blogging
Vegetarian or vegan
DIY & crafts
Van life
Charity work
Books
Beach
Drawing & painting
Yoga / Wellness
Sustainability
Plant care
LGBTQ
Nature
Mountain
Gardening
Hiking
Farming
Events & social
Cooking & food
Culture
Camping
Art & design
Animals
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Italian: Beginner
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Eco Projects
Languages
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Art Projects
Charity Work
Able to teach about:
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Life at a Farmstay
Helping around the house
More details about your skills
Skills that we both have
- Cooking
- Can speak English
- Hard working
- Gardening
- Artistic
- Painting
- Fruit picking
- Building
- General Maintenance
- Help in the house
- Animal care
Age
29 & 32
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
NoSpecial dietary requirements
Feedback
The way these two live is an inspiration, we learnt a lot from here from them and their way of southern Italian life ( piano piano. )
We ate the most delicious food all from their beautiful orto, we had lots of laughs, lots of card games and lots of fun.
The tasks varied from… read more
Prior to us house sitting we got to spend a week with Cathy and Keith getting to know them and their land. These two are such funny, chill, generous, kind hearted and extremely hospitable people.
As soon as we met them it was like we had… read more
We are delighted to have met them and become good friends.
We really covered some serious ground while they were here, all in a very relaxed and fun loving way,… read more
Each day the tasks varied which was alot of fun some days we’d be in the garden, some days painting and some times doing other tasks.… read more
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Feedback
The way these two live is an inspiration, we learnt a lot from here from them and their way of southern Italian life ( piano piano. )
We ate the most delicious food all from their beautiful orto, we had lots of laughs, lots of card games and lots of fun.
The tasks varied from… read more
Prior to us house sitting we got to spend a week with Cathy and Keith getting to know them and their land. These two are such funny, chill, generous, kind hearted and extremely hospitable people.
As soon as we met them it was like we had… read more
We are delighted to have met them and become good friends.
We really covered some serious ground while they were here, all in a very relaxed and fun loving way,… read more
Each day the tasks varied which was alot of fun some days we’d be in the garden, some days painting and some times doing other tasks.… read more
I won’t go in to detail because it would be annoying to hear how perfect they were with every aspect of their visit.
We have been hosting volunteers from all over the world for over 20 years and… read more
They treated us like family from the moment we arrived. Marie taught us both so much in the garden she really knows a lot about gardening and is very proud of what she grows. She loves to teach and show you… read more
They made themselves super available. Tom is a machine and Eden a master chef in the kitchen!
Despite the intensity of harvest (long days, physicaly demanding, hot days, etc..) their good humor and… read more
Motivated , efficient and… read more
Jon the scone, Father Jon or Farmer Jon is such a legend not only is he warm, welcoming, extremely generous, understanding and kind he is also willing to let people have a go at anything because he really trust you.
Jon greets you with a big… read more
