Experience the Dandenong ranges in Melbourne, Australia

Detalles

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  Descripción

  We are a family of four - two adults and two young kids. We live in the beautiful Dandenong ranges and while we get frequent visitors like wallabies and native birds in our backyard we are also walking distance to a small township and the metro train line to access Melbourne city. We are close to the well known Puffing Billy steam train, and there are many beautiful hiking tracks in the easily accessible Sherbrooke forest. The forest is well known for being a habitat of lyrebirds, which you can often hear mimicking the other birds' calls.
  
  We have a couple of big projects we'd like to complete, including extending our existing chook yard to make it big enough to keep more chooks, as well as turning it into an anti-aviary, to enclose a couple of fruit trees as well as keeping the chooks safe from foxes. We also want to dig out more of the underneath of our house, in order to put down a concrete slab to be able to convert it into a workshop/pottery space. As well as that, we have lots of small yard maintenance jobs that need doing to keep the weeds at bay, such as cutting back blackberries and weeding the garden.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Jardinería

  Construcción y bricolaje

  Ayuda doméstica
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  Intereses

  

  Tecnología

  

  Sostenibilidad

  

  Autodesarrollo

  

  Escritura

  

  Cuidado de plantas

  

  Jardinería

  

  Cocina y alimentación

  

  Libros

  

  Yoga / bienestar

  

  Deportes de invierno

  

  Actividades al aire libre

  

  Naturaleza

  

  Senderismo

  

  Fitness

  

  Baile

  

  Ciclismo

  

  Acampada

  

  Playa

  

  Deportes de aventura
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  There are often community events on in our township which Workawayers would be welcome to attend. We have varied in skills as a family from health and well-being to technology to building to permaculture. We’d love for our young kids to be exposed to different languages, foods and cultures.
  
  One parent and the two kids are at home three days a week plus the weekends, so we are often around (we're working the other days). In contributing to our projects we hope that Workawayers will learn skills in building and construction, local unique flora and fauna (like the local 'land yabbie'), english language (if applicable) and permaculture principles.

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  Ayuda

  The main thing we need help with is taming the garden/bush on our block. Invasive species grow voraciously and need constant attention to beat them back. We’d like to grow more natives and produce more food. We try to garden from a permaculture perspective with thoughtfulness and minimal pesticide/herbicide. We also frequently need to do things like collect and stack firewood, repair the chook yard fence, etc.

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas hablados
  Francés: Principiante
  Japonés: Principiante

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  Alojamiento

  We have a spare room in the house which has access to a bathroom that would be predominantly used by the Workawayers. Our house is fairly small so you will be able to hear our children. The room has a desk and a queen size bed and a chest of drawers. It also has some of our belongings in it. We would expect Workawayers to make their own breakfast, lunch and snacks and we would cook dinner.
  
  We are happy to be flexible with the hours people would like to work and either provide all food or provide less if people would like to contribute fewer hours. Unless requested otherwise, we'd expect to provide basics for breakfast and lunch like bread, cereal, spreads, fruit, coffee/tea etc. Our household has one gluten free person so there are generally gf options (although we are not strict on contamination). We eat an omnivore diet but try to minimise meat consumption from a sustainability perspective.

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  Algo más...

  Our house is up a steep gravel drive and it is most easily used by confident drivers. We have a number of steps up to the house and the block itself can be slippery in the winter - good mobility is required. It’s walking distance to local shops, cafes, buses and trains.
  
  Our kids are energetic and can be noisy when they're playing so you will need to be ok with hearing them any time from 7am!

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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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  Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

  Workspace is rudimentary

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Más de dos

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  Mis animales / mascotas

  Chooks

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