Help with collaborative outdoor projects in Waihi, New Zealand
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Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Clara)
We loved having Clara as a Workaway guest. She was perfect. She listened carefully to instruction and did amazing work for us, going well beyond what we asked for. As well as being determined to complete the very difficult project we had, she looked after our pets and expertly cooked really delicious food for us. She was fun to be with and talked
… read more freely about her life and her plans for the future. She had a really great attitude and many other skills that she couldn't even use because she was working so hard on the garden project. She had good strength and stamina and problem solving skills when in the garden which made things so easy for us working with her. Thanks heaps Clara for making our life easier.
Laissé par le workawayer (Clara) pour l'hôte
I spent ten incredible days with Dallas and John. I immediately felt so comfortable and at home, they welcomed me so warmly and joyful in their lovely place. They are so kind-hearted, funny, lovely people, they really made me laugh every single day. I really enjoyed working on the huge garden project together with Dallas, it was plenty to do, but
… read more it was so much fun to brighten up this beautiful place even more.
Thank you so much for your kind hospitality, the barn is designed with so much love and a real feel-good-place. Dallas and John are both amazing cooks, they cook with such a joy, interculturally and super yummy from Japanese, Chinese to Mediterranean. Thanks for showing me the right way, to use chopsticks - now I won't embarrass myself in the next Thai restaurant. I really enjoyed talking with you about everything, I felt so cared for and I am so grateful for every single moment I shared with you, to be part of your family with Zeppie and the spice girls.
It was truly a wonderful experience, I highly recommend Dallas and John.
Thank you so much, I wish you all the best with all your garden projects, hope to see you again sometime. :)
Laissé par le workawayer (Laurent & Marie) pour l'hôte
Ce dernier séjour de notre voyage en Nouvelle-Zélande avec nos trois filles a été parfait. Dallas et John ont une grande propriété qu'ils ont construite de toute pièces en 15 ans. Un jardin magnifique aménagé avec beaucoup de gout, et un logement très confortable qu'ils louent en bnb l'été ; c'est un bonheur de travailler là bas. Dallas et John
… read more sont des personnes extrêmement sympathiques et attachantes, accueillantes, intelligentes, à la fois simples et raffinées. A vrai dire, nous nous sommes tout de suite sentis chez nous, comme accueillis par des amis (ou, en ce qui concerne nos filles, par des grands parents !) Un séjour inoubliable.
Petit plus : Ils nous ont donné à faire des choses qui correspondaient à nos compétences professionnelles, avec beaucoup de bienveillance et en nous faisant énormément confiance.
This last stay of our trip to New Zealand with our three daughters was perfect. Dallas and John have a large property that they built from scratch over 15 years. A magnificent garden landscaped with great taste, and very comfortable accommodation that they rent out as bnb's in the summer; it's a joy to work there. Dallas and John are extremely friendly and engaging people, welcoming, intelligent, both simple and refined. In fact, we immediately felt at home, as if we were being welcomed by friends (or, in the case of our daughters, by grandparents!) An unforgettable stay.
A little extra: they gave us things to do that suited our professional skills, with a great deal of kindness and trust.Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Laurent & Marie)
What a perfectly wonderful way to finish our Workaway hosting for 2024. Laurent and Marie and their three delightful girls spent two weeks turning our basic request for a hen-house spruce up with a couple of cute signs, into a major project involving lots and lots of laughter, a whole lot of paint, a rotten broken bench seat and some amazing
… read more talent. Now we have a fantastic hen-house precinct (see our photos) in beautiful colours with classy nest boxes and a lovely antique upcycled bench seat with pots of flowers and whimsical, lovely nameplates. We welcomed French workaway guests and now we are saying goodbye to close friends. We will very much miss their joie de vivre , energy and humour, and meticulous work and politeness and their desire to get the project finished for us however long it took. And their cooking, and all the tasks they kept adding on to the main project—the list goes on and on.
Safe travels and please come back soon Laurent and Marie.
Dallas and John were a ray of sunshine in our journey! We immediately felt like we were with family, we could talk about anything, they were careful and eager to share their knowledge!
In addition, they are really interesting, funny people, wonderful cooks and gardeners!
The work was very diverse and fair, and we really appreciated to see the
… read more result of it.
On top of that, their property is beautiful and the barn is the best place we've stayed in so far!
Thank you again for everything, we already miss you!
Eli and Héloise were like a breath of fresh air. They were careful and thorough in their work and approached things in a logical way. They completed some important projects for us and we will remember them when we look at the results. They were warm and natural, and funny and fitted into our household routines very well. We enjoyed their company
… read more very much. They enjoyed good food and put a lot of effort into cooking delicious meals for us a couple of times. We will miss them very much.Photos
accommodation for Workaway guests
upstairs sleeping/lounge for guests
kitchen in the guest accommodation
Our wider family. John and Dallas in the centre of the pic.
A summer view of one pond.
Paul enjoying our bonfire
Vanessa and Paul working in the gardens
Thomas, our first workaway guest.
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Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Clara)
We loved having Clara as a Workaway guest. She was perfect. She listened carefully to instruction and did amazing work for us, going well beyond what we asked for. As well as being determined to complete the very difficult project we had, she looked after our pets and expertly cooked really delicious food for us. She was fun to be with and talked
… read more freely about her life and her plans for the future. She had a really great attitude and many other skills that she couldn't even use because she was working so hard on the garden project. She had good strength and stamina and problem solving skills when in the garden which made things so easy for us working with her. Thanks heaps Clara for making our life easier.
Laissé par le workawayer (Clara) pour l'hôte
I spent ten incredible days with Dallas and John. I immediately felt so comfortable and at home, they welcomed me so warmly and joyful in their lovely place. They are so kind-hearted, funny, lovely people, they really made me laugh every single day. I really enjoyed working on the huge garden project together with Dallas, it was plenty to do, but
… read more it was so much fun to brighten up this beautiful place even more.
Thank you so much for your kind hospitality, the barn is designed with so much love and a real feel-good-place. Dallas and John are both amazing cooks, they cook with such a joy, interculturally and super yummy from Japanese, Chinese to Mediterranean. Thanks for showing me the right way, to use chopsticks - now I won't embarrass myself in the next Thai restaurant. I really enjoyed talking with you about everything, I felt so cared for and I am so grateful for every single moment I shared with you, to be part of your family with Zeppie and the spice girls.
It was truly a wonderful experience, I highly recommend Dallas and John.
Thank you so much, I wish you all the best with all your garden projects, hope to see you again sometime. :)
Laissé par le workawayer (Laurent & Marie) pour l'hôte
Ce dernier séjour de notre voyage en Nouvelle-Zélande avec nos trois filles a été parfait. Dallas et John ont une grande propriété qu'ils ont construite de toute pièces en 15 ans. Un jardin magnifique aménagé avec beaucoup de gout, et un logement très confortable qu'ils louent en bnb l'été ; c'est un bonheur de travailler là bas. Dallas et John
… read more sont des personnes extrêmement sympathiques et attachantes, accueillantes, intelligentes, à la fois simples et raffinées. A vrai dire, nous nous sommes tout de suite sentis chez nous, comme accueillis par des amis (ou, en ce qui concerne nos filles, par des grands parents !) Un séjour inoubliable.
Petit plus : Ils nous ont donné à faire des choses qui correspondaient à nos compétences professionnelles, avec beaucoup de bienveillance et en nous faisant énormément confiance.
This last stay of our trip to New Zealand with our three daughters was perfect. Dallas and John have a large property that they built from scratch over 15 years. A magnificent garden landscaped with great taste, and very comfortable accommodation that they rent out as bnb's in the summer; it's a joy to work there. Dallas and John are extremely friendly and engaging people, welcoming, intelligent, both simple and refined. In fact, we immediately felt at home, as if we were being welcomed by friends (or, in the case of our daughters, by grandparents!) An unforgettable stay.
A little extra: they gave us things to do that suited our professional skills, with a great deal of kindness and trust.Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Laurent & Marie)
What a perfectly wonderful way to finish our Workaway hosting for 2024. Laurent and Marie and their three delightful girls spent two weeks turning our basic request for a hen-house spruce up with a couple of cute signs, into a major project involving lots and lots of laughter, a whole lot of paint, a rotten broken bench seat and some amazing
… read more talent. Now we have a fantastic hen-house precinct (see our photos) in beautiful colours with classy nest boxes and a lovely antique upcycled bench seat with pots of flowers and whimsical, lovely nameplates. We welcomed French workaway guests and now we are saying goodbye to close friends. We will very much miss their joie de vivre , energy and humour, and meticulous work and politeness and their desire to get the project finished for us however long it took. And their cooking, and all the tasks they kept adding on to the main project—the list goes on and on.
Safe travels and please come back soon Laurent and Marie.
Dallas and John were a ray of sunshine in our journey! We immediately felt like we were with family, we could talk about anything, they were careful and eager to share their knowledge!
In addition, they are really interesting, funny people, wonderful cooks and gardeners!
The work was very diverse and fair, and we really appreciated to see the
… read more result of it.
On top of that, their property is beautiful and the barn is the best place we've stayed in so far!
Thank you again for everything, we already miss you!
Eli and Héloise were like a breath of fresh air. They were careful and thorough in their work and approached things in a logical way. They completed some important projects for us and we will remember them when we look at the results. They were warm and natural, and funny and fitted into our household routines very well. We enjoyed their company
… read more very much. They enjoyed good food and put a lot of effort into cooking delicious meals for us a couple of times. We will miss them very much.
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Nika)
Nika had a very short stay with us, as she had transport trouble and needed to be closer to town. We were not sorry we agreed to have her stay. She worked more than the normal hours and managed to clean and paint our big bridge with a non-slip paint which has stopped us from many slips and falls because it has rained every day since she left. She
… read more also dug over garden beds which is quite physical work and she handled it well. She was always very pleasant and polite and we enjoyed our time together. Thanks Nika.
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Sandrine)
Sandrine shared a Workaway placement and accommodation with Luisa, who she didn’t know at all, but it worked very well. She was very positive and easy-going and fitted in perfectly. She worked methodically and neatly on garden tasks and was not shy to use large machines like the branch chipper and the ride-on mower or to do heavy digging and
… read more lifting work. We had wonderful conversations and fun working together. I miss both girls but will remember them everytime I look at the neat garden areas they worked on together. Thanks heaps Sandrine.
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (luisaku)
It is like magic. Whenever we want a particular type of job done it seems our Workaway guests arrive and have the perfect skill set for what we need. Among other tasks Luisa worked on creating large garden beds; weeding, composting, mulching, and preparing for planting. She did a perfect job. She was thorough and careful. She created well-spaced,
… read more stable, concrete-pave edging around the beds and was also strong and fit enough to dig out and remove old weed matting that was caught under the roots of trees. The finished beds look neat and professional.
As a guest, Luisa was a great conversationalist, was relaxed and straightforward and lots of fun to have around. She was happy to participate in all the tasks we do in a day (including loading donkey poo into the trailer) and above all she was neat and tidy. Luisa took full advantage of the culture and history of our town, walking miles every day to enjoy everything the town offers. Things are very quiet now she has gone and we really miss her sunny, always cheerful personality and her hilarious insights into German language and country life in Germany. Go well Luisa.
Laissé par le workawayer (luisaku) pour l'hôte
My time with Dallas and John was just incredible and I am so happy I got to stay with them. They are extremely kind and generous people and they always went above and beyond to provide me with everything that I could possibly need. Every single meal was always unbelievably delicious, and they had lots of interesting anecdotes to share and a great
… read more sense of humour. To top it all of their property is such a lovely and peaceful place and the barn was easily the nicest place I have ever stayed at. Thank you so much for everything, Dallas and John😊Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Jana & Anna)
Jana and Anna were a delight to host as Workaway guests. They were skilled in garden maintenance and care of plants, and were a very hardworking couple, so achieved so much more than we could have hoped for. They both worked with good humour and high energy and on top of all the hard work they cooked traditional Swabian meals for us a couple of
… read more times. We enjoyed their company and their conversation a lot and we learnt quite a bit about the life of young people in Germany. Our place seems very quiet without them now, but we will remember them every time we walk in our garden as they have made lasting changes in many parts.
Laissé par le workawayer (Jana & Anna) pour l'hôte
Our time in Waihi was truly amazing. From the first moment on we felt welcomed and at home. Dallas and John are incredibly kind and warm people.
Their garden is a lovely place that they have put much time and effort into. We got to do different tasks and jobs almost everyday and their completion always felt really rewarding. Both of us were able
… read more to lean into our respective strengths and areas of expertise and were taught new skills that will prove useful in the future.
Staying in the barn was just the cherry on top of it all!
Every second spent with Dallas and John was a delight. We loved how many stories they shared with us about their lives and their travels. The food was great as well. We especially enjoyed the japanese cooking and the italian inspired dishes as well as the classic kiwi recipes.
We can both say that we have learned a lot and are taking home only pleasant memories with us.
We are forever grateful for our time there and hope we get to meet them again at some point in our lives ☺️Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Vanessa and Paul were a beautiful young couple and a delight to host. They were everything we were looking for in Workaway guests. They had many interests, many of which were in common with our own. They worked with enthusiasm and good energy, were appreciative of our efforts to make them comfortable, and were neat and tidy in their work and life.
… read more We enjoyed their humour, and their conversation and we had a lot of fun working with them. They learned very quickly (names of plants, use of machines etc) and we could trust them completely to do a great job, whatever type of thing we asked them to do. They brought sunshine (literally) and joy into our lives and we send them on their journey with our highest recommendation.
John and Dallas were the friendliest, most accommodating and coolest workaway hosts imaginable. We spent a wonderful 3 weeks and working in the garden was incredibly fun. They are always making jokes and they're open to conversation of any kind. The food was indescribably delicious and I still dream about it. The barn (where we sleeped) was the
… read more nicest accommodation we have stayed in all of our New Zealand trip.
After we moved on, we really missed them both.... We send lots of love to you John and Dallas. Thank you for everything!!!!!
If you have the opportunity to stay with those lovely people- do it and you will love it....
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Thomas)
Thomas was polite, respectful, hardworking and had many skills. He fitted in well and was very easy to cater for. In only 2 weeks he managed to complete all the big projects we would normally take a year to do. It was our first experience of a Workaway guest and we were very lucky to have such a good one. He left the accommodation spotlessly clean
… read more and worked hard to communicate well in English. Thanks so much Thomas.
Laissé par le workawayer (Thomas) pour l'hôte
Dallas and John are really great, listening to progress in the language, full of anecdotes, a few more Japanese words ^^ The accommodation is really cool, I spent 2 weeks at the top with them, the job they are top too, they followed my advice for their garden and flooding concerns, although we ended up with a very big construction site, they are
… read more cool for the break time 😅 1st workaway experience for me and very happy.Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
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