Maxwell
& Lydia

Australia
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Travel information
We are currently
Travelling
Our next destination:
Turkey - from Mar 2024 until May 2024
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Description
We both love the outdoors, and cycling, hiking, and surfing are for us! We are travelling to experience new cultures, new food, and new ways of living. Background in gardening, and both very capable with our hands. Vegetarians. Non-smokers.
Interests
Gardening
Languages
Beach
Cooking & food
Hiking
Photography
Camping
Books
Cycling
Farming
Nature
Outdoor activities
Vegetarian or vegan
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
More details about my language interests
We love to learn a little of the language of the country we are in. Also, happy to participate in language exchange to help teach English
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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Eco Projects
Life at a Farmstay
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Some knowledge of:
Teaching
Able to teach about:
Languages
Gardening
More details about your skills
Experienced gardeners: having run our own organic gardening business.
Can use most tools, paint and feed animals. Cook vegetarian meals (both), and bake (Lydia).
Experience in photography (both digital and film).
Both fluent in English.
Both intermediate surfers, having grown up surfing in Australia.
Both worked in hospitality for many years (can make coffee, cook food, front of house etc.)
Age
28 & 27
What else ...
We enjoy good conversations over a meal, are very good 500 players (a card game). We endeavour to live an enjoyable, kind, honest life.
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  No
- Special dietary requirements
  Vegetarian

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7 Mar 2024

Left by Workawayer (Maxwell & Lydia) for host (Help on permaculture ...)

We (max and Lydia) stayed here for two and a half weeks in February as a place to rest, learn and help during our long term bicycle journey.

Nadia and Elyes are a lovely couple who are determined to live sustainably in line with permaculture principles.

We worked on several different projects on several properties. We planted acacias and aloe… read more

(Excellent )

6 Mar 2024

Left by host (Help on permaculture ...) for Workawayer (Maxwell & Lydia)

Much gratitude to Lydia and Maxwell for their precious help, their joyfulness, flexibility and reliability. they were also very interested to learn about permaculture, how and why we do things the way we do it. amazing people to meet and spend time with.

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14 Jan 2024

Left by Workawayer (Maxwell & Lydia) for host (Help with house and pet ...)

We had an amazing experience at Diane and Stephen's beautiful oasis.

We knew exactly what we would be doing as soon as we made contact with Diane. Upon arrival, Diane made sure we knew exactly what our duties were. These were simply looking after the most gorgeous dog in the world (blacky) and carrying out some gardening jobs on the… read more

(Excellent )

1 Nov 2023

Left by host (Help us to be self-sufficient ...) for Workawayer (Maxwell & Lydia)

Max and Lydia rolled into our yard on their bikes, having cycled to Ireland from Morocco, so we knew straightaway that we had some tenacious customers on our hands.
They were really pleasant to have around the house, curious and chatty, and kept their own space too.
We got loads done when they were here, nothing was too much of an ask, they have… read more

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19 Oct 2023

Left by Workawayer (Maxwell & Lydia) for host (Help us to be self-sufficient ...)

Mike, Darcie, Ned and baby Rosa gave us a genuine and extremely enjoyable experience on the farm. We stayed for nearly 6 weeks and found it difficult to leave indeed. The food we ate was exceptional, home cooked and better than anything else we had whilst travelling in Ireland for one month prior.

We fed the animals, walked Elsie and rebel (the… read more

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