Easygoing farming family living in a beautiful part of Otago needing help with farming, New Zealand

Nueva Zelanda

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01/05/2020
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2020

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Descripción
We live and work on a 330ha sheep and beef farm in Otago, New Zealand. We run around 2000 ewes and have 30 Limousin breeding cows. We have farm dogs, a couple of cats, chooks, pet lambs and a pony for the girls .... I think that is about it - a good selection of farm animals!

We have 2 children aged 9 and 7.

We often need help in the spring when we have some environmental and shelter planting projects underway.

Also the summer is a busy time on the farm and around the garden with many other jobs that need to be done such as weed control and firewood etc.

If you had experience with horses this would be good as my children have a pony that they are learning to ride!

We are able to pick workawayers up from nearby destinations. However if you have your own vehicle this would be advantageous as we don't have any spare vehicles available for weekends off. But we are happy to provide transport where needed.
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Jardinería
Proyectos de construcción y bricolaje
Mantenimiento general
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
Ayuda doméstica
Cuidado de animales
Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión
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¿Que es esto?
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
We try to give workawayers a great NZ farm experience where they get to be involved in everyday farm life in exchange for helping us with a few odd jobs.
Ayuda
Depending on the season - it could be helping on the farm spraying weeds, splitting firewood, fencing or planting natives in wetland or shelterbelt areas. We have a large garden and so there can be a lot of work there with mowing lawns and weeding etc.
Idiomas hablados
English: Fluido
Alojamiento
Accommodation is live-in and all meals would be provided. You would be in one of the spare bedrooms in our house and there is no separate bathroom etc.
Algo más...
We are about 2 hours away from Wanaka/ Queenstown and Dunedin. Also just over 2 hours to Te Anau which is where there are many walks and the Fiordland National Park. Only just over the hill (1 hour) is Central Otago which is famous for wine growing and summerfruit growing. We are also only 1 hour from the Catlins.
Un poco más de información
- Acceso a Internet
- Acceso a Internet limitado
- Tenemos animales
- Somos fumadores
- Puede alojar familias
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
Dos
Horas esperadas
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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Comentarios escritos sobre este anfitrión (21)

26/01/2020

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Jessica & Jack)

Jess and Jack are an extremely capable and very likeable couple. We had them stay for 2 weeks and they got on with all jobs that we asked of them. Jack's building skills came in very handy with fixing up a few jobs that we haven't got round to doing in a while. They are a great team.

We enjoyed their company, so much so that we invited them back… read more

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16/09/2019

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Claudia)

Claudia is extremely capable. She was also very enthusiastic and willing to get involved in our everyday farming activities. She has a vivacious and outgoing personality and was very easy to have around. We really enjoyed having her here. We got a lot of jobs done in the week! We were able to start her off on a fencing job and leave her to it… read more

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15/09/2019

Dejado por el workawayer (Claudia) para el anfitrión

Everything was so awesome! Working with Judy and Clark was fun, interesting and I enjoyed every second. And the food was incredible! I wish I could have stayed longer and I will miss all of them. I loved giving horse riding lessons and the pet sheep daisy is so lovely. I can highly recommend staying there.

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28/05/2018

Dejado por el workawayer (Pia) para el anfitrión

What a great family, what a great place to stay at. Unfortunately I could only stay for a week with Jude, Clark and the girls, but it still was enough to get a good impression of their life on the farm. I was very happy to join them in their daily activities on the farm and they answered all my questions that came up. Thus I got a few more… read more

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13/05/2018

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Pia)

It was great to be able to have Pia to come and workaway with us. She is very competent and able to tackle any task you give her. We were very impressed with her initiative when working on the farm and stock sense. She could see what was needed to be done and extremely helpful and enthusiastic. She has a very calm nature and her background in… read more

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29/03/2018

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Katharina & Lisa)

Hi guys - I am really late with my feedback!
Nina and Lisa seemed older than their years and were keen to give things a go. They did a marvellous job of looking after our calves and seemed to really enjoy working with the animals. They also came tailing lambs with us one day which was a very new experience and quite fast paced (as there was big… read more

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27/11/2017

Dejado por el workawayer (Katharina & Lisa) para el anfitrión

Sorry, that our feedback comes a bit later!
We stayed at Judy's & Clark's in october and had a great time. Everyone was very welcoming and Hazelle & Lilah are really funny & cute children (very active though ;)).
We helped with feeding the calves & lambs, that was an awesome experience!
We also learned a bit about farming in generell, Clark told… read more

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11/12/2017

Dejado por el workawayer (Agustina) para el anfitrión

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#Judy, Clark, Hazelle y Lilah son una familia hermosa! Desde el primer momento sentí que estaba con amigos de toda la vida. Sinceramente disfruté muchísimo de ayudarlos con el trabajo en su casa y la granja. Todos los días había algo interesante para hacer (con los animales que crían, yendo al pueblo, trabajos de jardinería) y en… read more

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23/11/2017

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Agustina)

We loved having Agustina to stay with us! She became part of our family and we are missing her dearly!! She is a beautiful person - inside and out and fitted in with our family so well.
Spring is a very busy time for us and she was brilliant at just getting on with whatever needed doing around the house or garden. She is a superb cook and we had… read more

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23/11/2017

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Anja)

We had Anja to stay at the start of the winter. We had a lot of gardening to do and Anja was amazing at just getting stuck in and getting the job done. She was easy to have around and very efficient with any job she did.
We had interesting conversations about the part of Germany she is from and agriculture and the sheep industry in Germany. It was… read more

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16/03/2017

Dejado por el workawayer (Jess) para el anfitrión

Myself and Clara were privileged enough to spend two weeks with Judy, Clark, Hazelle and Lilah, but we could have stayed so much longer!

I can honestly say that our experience exceeded any expectations we had. I've done a few workaway placements before, but this felt like so much more than doing a few odd jobs in exchange for a bed and some… read more

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02/02/2017

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Carsten & Julia)

We made an immediate connection with Carsten and Julia, and felt very comfortable having them in our home and as part of our family. They are a genuine, warm and caring couple that were an absolute pleasure to have around.
These two are very honest, hardworking, conscientious and utterly trustworthy. They work extremely well together as a team,… read more

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26/01/2017

Dejado por el workawayer (Carsten & Julia) para el anfitrión

We were so blessed to stay with this awesome familiy for three weeks. Jude and Clarke are such fun people to be with and their sugar-sweet daughters are enriching your mood. We loved to spend every minute with all of them: at work, just outside, at the dinner table, playing with the girls and read bedtime storys (or whatever was asked for) and… read more

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12/10/2016

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Jenny & Alicia )

We thoroughly enjoyed having Jenny and Alicia to stay - so warm and friendly and they fitted in very easily. These guys are great with kids and went out of their way to entertain our children - even when they were supposed to be relaxing! :-) They are also very hardworking and cracked on with any task we set them - it was a very industrious week!… read more

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11/10/2016

Dejado por el workawayer (Jenny & Alicia ) para el anfitrión

We had a brilliant time staying with Jude and Clark, and their two lovely girls. They made us feel nice and welcome right from the start, and look after us well throughout our stay! We helped out with a whole range of tasks, from gardening and cleaning to jobs around the farm. We also spent a lot of time with the girls, playing games and taking… read more

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29/03/2016

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Sarah)

It was great having Sarah and Lily to stay. They got stuck in and got some jobs done that we have been wanting to do for a while - spraying and gardening! Very easy to get on with and have around. We wanted them to experience farming in NZ and I think they managed to get a feel for that with weighing and drafting sheep as well. All the best and… read more

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29/03/2016

Dejado por el workawayer (Sarah) para el anfitrión

We learned lots staying for a week or so with Judy, Clark and the girls. Since there was another workawayer at the time, not sure we helped much, but thoroughly appreciated seeing different parts of sheep farming in action. Going to see dog trials and the sheering are such great memories. We'll miss the funny quips from dinner and play time with… read more

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23/01/2016

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Maaike)

It was great to have Maaike come and spend 3 weeks helping us out last year. She is a very genuine person who has a lovely, quiet nature - a very easy person to have around. She was fantastic with our children. They learnt songs that she taught them whilst playing the piano, made games out of whatever she could find and drew amazing pictures for… read more

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20/01/2016

Dejado por el workawayer (Maaike) para el anfitrión

I stayed with this lovely family for three weeks, in March 2015. I worked in the garden, did some household chores, but most of all.. had fun with the kids. :-) They took me with them to the Wanaka show, sheep dog trials, on the farm, ... I felt like I was in a movie, sitting in a car with in front of you a bunch of sheep surrounded by the… read more

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19/01/2016

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Jon & Johanna)

It was an absolute pleasure to have Jon and Johanna come and stay with us. They are a very nice young couple who seem much older than their years. They were wonderful with our girls and very helpful around the house. We also had them help us out with some jobs in the days leading up to Xmas and they were great at getting stuck in and getting the… read more

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19/01/2016

Dejado por el workawayer (Jon & Johanna) para el anfitrión

One Week before Christmas, we decided that it wouldn't be fun to spent the festive season all on our own, so we contacted Judy and Clark, who we had messaged like 6 months before already. We got an immediate response and they told us that "they could not have us not have a kiwi Christmas".
So this was a chance to spent a week with this beautiful,… read more

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