Join our fun bilingual family in semi rural Clarence Town, Australia

Detalles

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  Descripción

  We are a family of 4 living semi-rurally about an hour from Newcastle NSW Australia.
  We educate our 2 children at home and are passionate about gardening and working with nature.
  We always have projects going and love to go for bushwalks, bush rides and beach visits.
  Our children are Finn, soon to be 9 and Kaia 6 years old.
  We are bilingual having roots both in Switzerland and Australia.
  I, Nicola work at home running the house and educating the children and Marius also works from home in the IT sector.
  We have 6 chickens,1 Rooster and 5 bantams, a guinea pig, a rabbit and a shy cat.
  We live on 2 acres outside a small town (basic amenities available, 5 min by car), there is no public transport near us and we have to jump in the car for most things. Once a week we go shopping, the kids have 2 activities and we do some community gardening.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Práctica de idiomas

  Enseñanza

  Jardinería

  Construcción y bricolaje

  Cuidado de animales

  Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos

  Cocinar para toda la familia

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento general
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  Intereses

  

  Mascotas

  

  Sostenibilidad

  

  Autodesarrollo

  

  Agricultura

  

  Yoga / bienestar

  

  Senderismo

  

  Ciclismo

  

  Cuidado de plantas

  

  Bricolaje y manualidades

  

  Libros

  

  Fotografía

  

  Jardinería

  

  Cocina y alimentación

  

  Carpintería

  

  Animales

  

  Naturaleza

  

  Acampada

  

  Playa

  

  Actividades al aire libre
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  When you come and stay with us, you might be able to tag along to festivals we host or visit. You are more likely to get a Swiss cultural exchange than an Australian one with us :-)
  We can offer skills in gardening, permaculture and other regenerative practices. We also garden with others.
  We have some bush plant knowledge.
  We can share cooking skills including baking and deserts.
  We can share knowledge on child development and education.
  We have skills in woodworking
  We have skills in IT
  You will get a cosy family atmosphere as we live a bit further away from amenities.
  If you love nature experiences, walking in gardens and observing wildlife (all the colourful birds in Australia, some wallabies and Kangaroos, a rare Koala, ducks etc.) our home would be a good fit.
  
  We hope to connect with new friends from all over the world to get some help and for our children to be immersed in new experiences.

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  Proyectos con niños

  En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.

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  Ayuda

  We are looking for some all-round help.
  Ideally you are a person keen to delve into family life with us.
  We will introduce you to all task and aid you until you feel comfortable doing some jobs alone.
  During the week you will mostly be helping with chores around the house, looking after the children and gardening work. On weekends you would be helping with projects in the garden. We can discuss the days you will be helping out and when you have your own time.
  If you can speak German or any other language or have a skill you would like to share, we would welcome you sharing that with our family.
  We strive to follow nature's rhythms in our daily life.
  We have Internet yet we encourage no screens when the children are around.
  We like to build our own things, at the moment we're making a new chicken shelter and the cubby house needs finishing.
  We're also planning a gabion retaining wall in front of the house and the children like their own projects too as well as helping out at times.
  In the gardening area there is always something to do from composting, removing wild plants, planting, harvesting, drying, seed saving, creating new garden beds and planting trees to pruning, mowing etc.

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  Idiomas hablados

  Alemán: Fluido
  Inglés: Fluido
  Francés: Principiante

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  Alojamiento

  We have a tiny home with a double bed and a sofa. The tiny has a compost toilet, a shower, a fridge a fully furnished kitchen and a small outside deck.
  
  We share 3 family meals a day, sometimes that will be on the road somewhere. We will provide nourishment on working days in our case 5 days a week. We would welcome if you cooked a meal a week or joined in in preparations and clean up. We eat most foods yet we have little meat in our diet e.g once a week and can offer Vegetarian or Vegan meals.

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  Algo más...

  Before we make a commitment to each other we would like to chat with you beforehand to make sure we will be a good fit, so that we all can enjoy the exchange. Also we have an agreement that we both will sign to confirm our commitment to each other.

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Uno

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  Mis animales / mascotas

  Summer, Spring and Sky Blue

  3 Budgerigars, 1 male and 2 female

  Snowflake, Jeyah, Genevieve and Misty

  4 Guineapigs, 1 male and 3 female

  Cheeky Red, Violet, Gypsy, Caramel, Snowy, Bluey, Princess, Sidi, Lavender, Rosa, Falcon, Scissors, Jafeet, Roja, Midnight

  A mixed flock of rhode island red, australorp, sussex, araucana, barnevelder, peking and a little flock of belgium bantams

  

  Millie (4 años)

  very shy and easily scared. Once you make her acquaintance she will love a pat and a scratch. Only thing she doesn't like is to be carried around. She is very loving.

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