Welcoming help in a garden paradise on the Otago Peninsula, Dunedin, New Zealand

DISPONIBILIDAD

  2025 

 Estancia mínima:  Al menos una semana

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  • Descripción

    Descripción

    Our place is a beautiful, peaceful seaside house and established garden on the amazing Otago Peninsula, in the township of Portobello.
    We are passionate about gardening and the simple life - working toward our goals slowly as we bring up our daughter Daisy (9) and our little boy Raffy, (5).
    Aidan works in Youth/Family Services, and Bella is a Professional Photographer.
    Both of us work part time, so that we can have lots of time with the kids and enjoy life!
    We love to cook homegrown food, surf, hike, go diving and spearfishing, garden, socialise around the fire with friends, and enjoy learning new things and comedy!
    Around us are some of the most wild and beautiful coastlines of New Zealand, habitated by Albatrosses, Fur Seals, Sealions and Penguins. We are 25 minutes from Dunedin City, which is a beautiful drive away.
    Great sightseeing options around Otago are abundant, and you'll have an awesome base to start from!
    We have been HelpX hosts for 9 years, and absolutely love hosting travellers - we have made so many wonderful new friends this way, and love to hear stories about your home countries and travels!
    We’re looking forward to meeting many more friends through Workaway :)

  • Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
    Jardinería
    Construcción y bricolaje
    Cuidado de animales
    Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos
    Cocinar para toda la familia
    Ayuda doméstica
    Mantenimiento general
  • Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    We are both super social people, and love sharing our lives with others!

    Aidan has a wealth of world travel under his belt, and can give tips for the remainder of your travels, as well as letting you know all the secret spots to see around Otago Peninsula. He’s also an avid surfer and spear fisher and can take you out if you are too.
    If you are interested in cooking, look no further than here - Aidan loves to share his knowledge about baking sourdough, making kombucha, and cooking in general!

    Bella can teach you about photography, how to use your camera, give tips about the area, and can share gardening and plant knowledge and get you excited about setting up your own garden.
    She also knows all the good walking tracks around the Peninsula and can point you in the right direction if you’re keen on a hike.

    Both of us love to hear about your travels - it lets us travel vicariously! And we love hearing about life in your home countries!

  • Proyectos con niños

    Proyectos con niños

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

  • Ayuda

    Ayuda

    Life with two children is busy, and our garden is always in need of a hand! We are looking for 4 hours of help a day to help keep it supplying us with lovely food and atmosphere :)

    Most of the tasks we have is weeding, pruning, planting and harvesting. We have large vegetable gardens, and in summer, most of our food is homegrown! Aidan was a chef until a few years ago, so he makes great use of the garden produce.

    When it’s raining, we have a few indoor tasks such as window cleaning, organising spaces etc, so you won’t always be outside.
    We’re super flexible with hours - you decide when you’d like to help, and if you want to help more one day, and have the next day off, that works fine with us!

    Our kids will quickly become your new best friends - so you’ll need to be comfortable with children! Daisy absolutely loves helpers, and enjoys playing and talking when she gets home from school. She is very into art, reading and crafts, especially sewing and crochet.
    Raffy is mad keen on animals, he’s a budding zoologist or palaeontologist - borderline obsessed 😆

    As part of the family, we’d love it if you’d help out with the clean up after dinner, and to help keep the house generally tidy :) In return, you’ll have free access to the pantry and we will cook you yummy dinners every evening.

  • Idiomas hablados

    Inglés: Fluido
    Francés: Principiante

  • Alojamiento

    Alojamiento

    You’ll have your own large, private room with a very comfortable queen sized bed and couches, in the bottom story of our house, which opens onto the expansive, lovely garden. The bathroom is shared.

    We are just up the road from the water’s edge, and if you’re keen, you can swim in the harbour!

    We cook for you every evening, and you’re welcome to help yourselves to whatever you’d like for breakfast and lunch.

  • Algo más...

    Algo más...

    Portobello is a small village, and only has a pub, cafe, and a small grocery store.
    Being 25 minutes from the nearest town, and with a limited public transport service, it’s best if you have your own car.
    As we have young kids, it’s hard to get to emails! So if we don’t reply within a week, please consider this a ‘no’ at this time. Thanks!!

  • Un poco más de información

    Un poco más de información

    • Acceso a Internet

    • Acceso a Internet limitado

      Acceso a Internet limitado

    • Tenemos animales

    • Somos fumadores

    • Puede alojar familias

  • Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

    Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

    Unlimited fibre internet and your own lounge :)

  • Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

    Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

    Roadside parking

  • ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

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La imagen muestra a una familia de cuatro miembros posando para un selfie, con dos niños y un hombre y una mujer adultos, sobre un cielo nublado y árboles de fondo.
La imagen muestra a una familia de cuatro miembros posando para un selfie en una zona boscosa, con los padres sujetando a sus dos hijos pequeños.
La imagen muestra a un grupo de cinco personas, incluido un bebé, posando para una foto delante de un seto, con un niño pequeño en un triciclo en primer plano.
La imagen muestra a una familia de tres miembros sentados en un jardín, rodeados de exuberante vegetación, con la madre y el padre posando para una foto con su hijo pequeño.
La imagen muestra a una joven de pelo rubio, sentada en un sofá blanco, acunando a un bebé en su regazo, ambos vestidos de blanco y negro.
La imagen muestra una vibrante disposición de verduras frescas, como verduras de hoja verde, calabacines, calabazas y una cebolla, artísticamente dispuestas sobre una superficie de color claro.
La imagen representa una serena escena de jardín, con parterres elevados de exuberante vegetación, flores vibrantes y un enrejado, sobre un pintoresco fondo de árboles y cielo azul.

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