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We (My partner Ruby and me (Ross) and our 3 y/o Harriet) live on a little property in Central Victoria about 2 hours from Melbourne.
We have been here for nearly 6 years and are slowly chipping away at different projects from house fix ups to garden projects. Ross's background is in horticulture and landscape design and construction so we will be putting in a lot of effort to the gardens. He also teaches three days a week online. Ruby is a social worker doing 3 days per week.
We also have two gorgeous/ energetic dogs and chickens.
Our place is set on the edge of a creek on about 4 acres of land at the bottom of a ridge. We have an old tavern from around 1860 (now a house), a fairly new studio and a bungalow, caravan and workshops on our property.
Ruby and I are both vegetarians and really like food!
We are a 5 minute drive the closest town Newstead where there is a general store and a cafe/pub. It is about a 20 minute drive to Castlemaine where you can get a train to Melbourne. We are also 25 minutes to Daylesford, 45 mins to Bendigo & Ballarat. We require all our guests to have a drivers license and be confident to drive in Australia. This allows you to get the most out of living regionally.
We are happy to host solo travellers or couples. If you have any particular skills/interests we will try our best to utilise these. We are easy going and looking for like minded/easy going and enthusiastic people to share our home with and help us continue to develop our dream home.
Current Projects we are working on:
- Building cupboards for a bedroom
- Vegetable garden expansion
- veg garden set up/ fencing to protect plans from rabbits
- composting bay set up
Some of the tasks that are common:
- Garden task such as: Weeding, potting up seedlings, planting out seedlings & mowing are some of the task.
- household chores such as washing, cooking, cleaning for our family home.
- Preserving - depending on season.
All our tasks and projects are for our family/family home.
You will be provided with accommodation and meals in exchange for 25 hours of work per week. We are flexible about how we spilt these hours for example you may prefer to do 5 hours per day or a full day etc. If we do have specific days you need off we are happy to accommodate.Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Jardinería
Construcción y bricolaje
Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
I teach landscape design and horticulture and have a garden design and construction business with international awards so can pass on skills in gardening, woodwork, metalwork, irrigation etc.
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We have a lot of work in the garden. We have plants to be potted up propagated and planted out. Ross is always building something. At the moment he is working on converting a shed into a work from home space, fencing, gates, guttering, Garden edging, shingling a chicken coop and setting up sheds. Ruby is working in the vegetable garden and planting out our new garden beds. If you have any particular skills or interests though we would love to try to utilise them!
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We have a cute little caravan we have fixed up for our workaway's to stay. It can only accommodate 1 single person or a couple, it has a double bed and a cute little sitting area. The bathroom/kitchen are in the main house which you can use as you please. The caravan has wifi set up and a heater if it's cold.
We also have a bungalow which has a king size bed, tv, small sitting area/ place to make cups of tea, it has a beautiful outlook and has wifi.
We also have a beautiful bnb that is not always booked out and can be used from time to time.
We host anywhere from 1 to 3 workaways at a time depending on our projects/people's skills.Algo más...
We are in between Castlemaine (small town in the goldfields) and Daylesford (in the foothills of the great dividing range) which are two fairly popular rural holiday spots in Victoria. There are plenty of hikes/walks, swimming holes, antique/vintage bazaars, cute towns, great cafes, pubs, wineries, weekend markets and local events to explore. We require all guests to have an international drivers license/ or Australian drivers license and be confident to drive in Australia. If you have a car that is a bonus but if not that is ok please just let us know if you dont so we can discuss.
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Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
We have good working internet and happy for work-aways to work online if they need to. We do however have poor phone reception. If you have a newer model of phone you can utilise WIFI calling which means your messages and phone calls work through the internet rather than on the phone reception. Happy to answer any questions if you need to know more.
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The work we were assigned was not only tailored to our… read more
I met and shared the jobs/projects with 2 other helpers, which was awesome.
The house has a lot of… read more
I enjoyed my stay with Ross and Ruby so so much! Their place is lovely and the atmosphere was really relaxed. They’re so incredibly sweet. They showed me all these awesome places and little towns in their area and even arranged a place for me to stay in Geelong and St Kilda after I… read more