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We are a friendly family living on Kaurna country in a wonderful old seaside home in urban Henley Beach, known as "The Seaview Zoo" about 7 km from the centre of Tarndanya- Adelaide.
We think it is a beautiful place in the city of Adelaide with good public transport and cycling path access.
We have bikes available for loan.
We are continuously creating this urban permaculture art project (we live in it) whilst running a family business (we are both Physiotherapists) and helping our 3 kids Olivia 20, Noah 18, and Xavier 11 to live and learn without school.
So there is always something going on here!
We are all trying to learn Greek so would LOVE anyone that can help us with that.
Olivia and Noah are moving into adulthood, working and travelling themselves.
Xavier loves any attention he can get! He loves to talk, and has a lot of energy and enthusiasm, loves meeting new people, and play of any kind including in particular nerf guns, computer games, hip hop dancing and surfing.
Nick loves bushwalking and cycle touring when he is not working, and would love help completing the many small construction projects he would love to be doing himself but has little time for at the moment.
(building retaining walls, chopping wood, painting, etc) he has going on.
Nicole loves gardening and travelling and creating an interesting life and loves help with cooking, gardening, seasonal food preservation, feeding the chooks, playing games with the kids, and often company on road trips and foraging expeditions! She also loves getting time to herself which doesn't happen very often - so gratitude if you can help with this.
We all love to welcome guests as part of the family and are happy to show you interesting places or invite you with us to family events and such.
We love to match the work with your passions and skills so let us know what they are.
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Proyectos artísticos
Práctica de idiomas
Enseñanza
Jardinería
Proyectos de construcción y bricolaje
Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Ayuda con ordenadores/Internet
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Nicole knows a lot about local culture, ecology, and is interested and learning more and more about indigenous Kaurna culture and its local bush foods.
She loves to cook tasty healthy local food and share recipes and will make sure to make a great "Australian" pavlova sometime during your stay.
You might earn a lot about creative education movement sometimes known as *️unschooling*️.
And obviously English.
Also you could learn what we know about: permaculture design, earthbag construction, organic low tox living, our approach to healing injuries and movement therapies (McKenzie physiotherapy, nutrition, pilates rehab etc), business management, passive solar living.
We are also fascinated to learn what you are passionate about and share many travelling tales.
Proyectos con niños
En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.
Ayuda
We are completing minor construction projects around the house it would be great to have help with depending on your skills available.
Aside from that general household activities like cooking food preserving (tomatoes and grapes at present!) and gardening, wood collecting, chopping and storing, doing stuff with our 10 yo is always possible if you get along....
Idiomas
Idiomas hablados
Greek: Fluido
Inglés: Fluido
Japonés: FluidoEste anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
Este anfitrión ha indicado que está interesado en compartir su idioma o aprender otro.
Ponte en contacto con él para obtener más información.
Alojamiento
A spare bedroom in our house with 2 single beds which can be joined to make a king bed.
Plus up to 2 more spare mattresses on the floor. Close access to a conventional shared bathroom and separate toilet room.
Can sleep 1-4 people sharing this room.
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We have been hosting home stay guests for at least 10 years. Prior to workaway mainly through word of mouth recommendations, and some couch surfers.
We love the inspiration and connection that hosting travellers and other homestayers have brought to our lives.
Henley Beach has a great village like atmosphere, with lots to enjoy and everything you need within walking distance.
Henley Square is a great place to soak up Australian culture on a sunny Sunday morning, with restaurants and cafes. There are 2 great cycling access routes - the 70km Coast Park Adelaide walking/ cycle path, and the linear park - a 30 km cycle/walking trail connection the city centre (40 min ride) to the hills and sea via a trail along Karra Wirra Parri (River Torrens)
We are happy to share our bikes, stand up paddle board and surf ski etc with visitors so you too can enjoy our great seaside lifestyle. If you are over 25 with an appropriate international license and highly responsible we can sometimes loan you a car.
Aside from this the city centre is easily accessed by the H30 bus which stops about 50m away.
Nick and Noah are working full time at present, Nicole works only part time so she is often going to camps and events for home education gatherings, or taking Xavier and friends surfing etc which you are welcome to join.
We live with the goal of mutual respect for kids and adults alike and something that is very important to us is that we equally respect all household members needs for feeling safe without intrusion on other peoples private space.
We expect workawayers to treat our young people with the kind of respect you would like to be treated with.
We value clear communication so if something is bothering you please talk to us!
We eat mostly organic, local food, sourced from farmers we know and trust.
Morning coffee is an important ritual and your first lesson might be how to use the Italian espresso coffee machine.
We include workawayers in our regular evening meal plans but a lot of the time you may need to prepare your own breakfast daytime meals/snacks from what we have available.
We eat an omnivorous diet, and can generally accomodate vegetarian diet and other variations - gluten / lactose free etc, but vegans will have to cook for yourselves as we mostly use butter/ghee and bone broth based soups..
We enjoy good food and wine but excessive alcohol or any drug use won't be tolerated here.
Un poco más de información
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
Más de dos
Horas esperadas
Flexible! around 20 hours/week
Comentarios (14)
I looked after the kittens which was the best job I ever worked. I love animals and the small babys were so cuute. I will… read more
She is curious, open, energetic, and flexible, hard working and was willing to turn her hand and try anything.
Fabulous with kids. My son absolutely adored her playfulness and they did heaps together allowing me to therefore get heaps… read more
The family were so welcoming, they took me with them on snorkeling trips, home-school camping adventures, and even invited me to join them in Tasmania (i sadly couldn't go due to other… read more
How could i forget to write your feedback!
This was my last experience of 2 years in Australia and it was just perfect.
I was really tired after working with oranges and i needed a place to rest but I also wanted to learn something more, always!
So here I found this incredibly beautiful house, very close to the center yet a little… read more
It was an absolute gift since my father was dying and I (Nicole) was spending long hours away caring for him.
Beatrice was able to quietly and calmly keep things going here at home, taking Xavier to his activities, keeping the home fires burning in this crazy time, and… read more
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I looked after the kittens which was the best job I ever worked. I love animals and the small babys were so cuute. I will… read more
She is curious, open, energetic, and flexible, hard working and was willing to turn her hand and try anything.
Fabulous with kids. My son absolutely adored her playfulness and they did heaps together allowing me to therefore get heaps… read more
The family were so welcoming, they took me with them on snorkeling trips, home-school camping adventures, and even invited me to join them in Tasmania (i sadly couldn't go due to other… read more
How could i forget to write your feedback!
This was my last experience of 2 years in Australia and it was just perfect.
I was really tired after working with oranges and i needed a place to rest but I also wanted to learn something more, always!
So here I found this incredibly beautiful house, very close to the center yet a little… read more
It was an absolute gift since my father was dying and I (Nicole) was spending long hours away caring for him.
Beatrice was able to quietly and calmly keep things going here at home, taking Xavier to his activities, keeping the home fires burning in this crazy time, and… read more
They are helpful In the household and flexible and open to whatever work comes up.
We hope your trip is everything you hoped for guys and wish you well for the future whatever it may bring you!
Best wishes for your journey and sorry for the delay in this feedback.
Right off the bat Nicole picked us up from the airport at 11pm at night, got us settled in with a cup of tea and our own private space in the studio out back with a basket of… read more
From having a great bush experience camping with us and the cockatoos in the Gariwerd/Grampians national park to cooking up crepes for a crowd to skilfully preparing the base layer of the earth floor in our earthbag dome this workaway exchange demonstrated complete synchronicity.
It’s so inspiring to meet a young… read more
Warm welcoming, full of kindness and sharing their time, food, life with you!
I felt me part of the family first day I arrived, and I had pleasure to share time with all the members of this family !
Thank you Nicole, Nick, Olivia, Noah, Xavier, Lilou, and all… read more
She quickly slipped right into our sometimes busy family life like a big sister, despite this being her first workaway experience.
She made great friends with our kids and spent many nice hours by the… read more
I had so much fun working and living At "the seaview zoo", in their beautiful and perfectly located house a stones throw from gorgeous Henley… read more
Thanks guys for all your hard work in the garden, washing cars and caring for children. That game of Cards against Humanity will be long remembered.
We hope your time in Australia has been everything you wished… read more
We always had the choice for the work we could do, from weeding, cleaning the car, or… read more
You worked hard and the food was AMAZING especially the lemon tarts haha.
We really hope the rest of… read more
