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Hello! Ciao! We are Resi and Vince. We moved to our 12 acres paradise in 2016 and we have welcomed plenty of helpers to help us make our dream a reality!
Our journey started in 2013, when we packed up our home in North Wales and travelled to Australia, New Zealand and Italy, mostly thanks to Workaway hosts. We have learnt a huge wealth of information, visited amazing places and made great forever friends. We have now decided to give something back to the Workaway community.
Resi, 49, is Italian but lived for over 20years in the UK before moving to Australia, thanks to Vince, 42, is Australian and together we have settled in North East Victoria, in a lovely town called Beechworth.
Our home is a 12 acres lifestyle block and started as an empty canvas. Over the years, we have planted over 400 trees, a fruit orchard, improved fencing, created a veggie patch and other improvements
We are currently seeking help with the following jobs:
*** Gardening helping hand***
Help us maintain and develop our veggie patch. Prep beds, keep the weeding up to scratch, plant seedlings out, sow seeds, water when needed and maintain the harvest.
*** Painting***
We have created a few cupboards and storage space, these now need painting and bringing the tasks to an end so we can tick this jobs off the to do list.
*** Au-pairing without the kids!***
There is plenty of indoor work to do to be ready, so if you enjoy cooking and helping out in the house, we would love to hear from you.
If you are looking for a job in town, there are two breweries and plenty of cafes, plus Beechworth has plenty of wineries and vineyards just out of towns that will be looking for vintage harvest staff.
Who are we? We both enjoy travelling, discovering new places, the outdoors and sustainable lifestyles. Resi particularly enjoys growing vegetables, preserving the harvest and she is also a bit of an IT geek. She’s a qualified Permaculture Designer. Vince is an outdoor sports fan, from mountain biking, wild swimming, trail running and more. New hobby includes home brewing and enjoying the product of his hard work. We both have a love for food and cooking, and socialising.
What we expect? Exchange is for 21hrs work in exchange for all week food and lodging. We will provide all the food you need for all the time you are staying with us and a comfy place to sleep. We do eat meat, however during summer time is mostly vegetarian, with some yummy bacon or something! If you are vegetarian or vegan, let’s chat - that is not an issue - but we will need to do some extra planning! Resi used to be vegan and we also like to eat vegetarian, so it’s not a problem. This also applies to any other dietary requirements within reason. And if you enjoy cooking, we most definitely will like to hear from you!
During summer time, we might be starting early in the morning, have a long lunchtime break as the temperature can easily reach 35℃ or more, and then continue later in the day. Winter time might be a different story, we are quite high up and there is very little tree cover (for now!)
What’s to do on your day off? Beechworth is a gold mining town with heaps and heaps of history and character. Google it and look for the 'Explore Beechworth', there are plenty of videos to inspire you. During winter we are about 2hrs drive to the ski slopes of Falls Creek and Mount Hotham (note, there are a few charges to access the ski fields - ask us about it!) Bushwalking and camping abounds and there are lots of free camping places to go and explore. We are also in a prime wine making area, cycle tracks abound and if micro brewing interests you, every local town has at least one micro-brewery!
If you like the sound of what we have to offer, get in touch and find out more. Couple/friends are welcome.
PLEASE NOTE: we are about 6km from town, that is 20min bike ride or 1.5hr walk. If you don't have your own transport, we have bikes you can borrow.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Jardinage
Bricolage et projets de construction
S’occuper des animaux
Aide dans une ferme
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
A mix of Italian, Welsh, UK and obviously, Aussie experiences await you. Beechworth is brimming with history and culture. We are ourselves on a journey to learn more about managing a lifestyle block, we would welcome for you to learn with us.
Aide
We are currently seeking help with the following jobs:
*** Gardening helping hand***
Help us maintain and develop our veggie patch. Prep beds, keep the weeding up to scratch, plant seedlings out, sow seeds, water when needed and maintain the harvest.
*** Painting***
We have created a few cupboards and storage space, these now need painting and bringing the tasks to an end so we can tick this jobs off the to do list.
*** Au-pairing without the kids!***
There is plenty of indoor work to do to be ready, so if you enjoy cooking and helping out in the house, we would love to hear from you.
Other opportunities is possible, have a chat with us about what your interests are and what you can offer.
Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Italien: CourantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
Italian first language tutor
Hébergement
The primary helpers room is our spare room with a queen sized bed.
All bedding and towels are provided. Bathroom is private but the washing machine is in there so that element is ‘shared’!
Strictly non smokers.
Autres infos...
If you wish to visit North East Victoria and save some money on your great Aussie experience this is something worth considering. Beechworth has got plenty of cafes and hospitality places to earn some extra much needed travelling funds, and at the right time of the year, there is plenty of harvest and vineyard work for you to also gain your visa days (check postcode is allowed by your WHV> 3747) Please note we are quite new to the area and CAN'T assist with securing any work locally.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
Digital nomads welcome to join us.
Espace pour garer des vans
We live on a 12 acre block and have an outside toilet as well as access to in house bathroom.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Deux
Nombre d'heures attendues
max 21 hours with 2 days off
Feedback (22)
Also I loved the dogs.
I learned a lot about permaculture and how you can live a more sustainable life. I also learned new vocabulary related to farm, gardening and kitchen stuff. So that's nice!
Resi was very patient in explaining what I or we will do next. She even had a schedule,… read more
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Also I loved the dogs.
I learned a lot about permaculture and how you can live a more sustainable life. I also learned new vocabulary related to farm, gardening and kitchen stuff. So that's nice!
Resi was very patient in explaining what I or we will do next. She even had a schedule,… read more
The tasks weren't too difficult but it kept us busy on the days we worked. It was varied from helping in the veggie patch to moving items to helping on the fencing around the paddock.
The place was stunning,… read more
we had Carolyn stay at our place, she was a fantastic work away, would do anything for us and never seemed to stop, we really enjoyed having her here and spending time with her, nothing was beyond her, even helping to pull large pine posts out of the ground, or heavy demolition works, always positive, loads of life… read more
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Resi and Vince are a lovely couple. They made everything to make me feel comfortable and also took me around for day trip in few occasions. They really care about you! The couisine is really delicious. The work in the farm is quite enjoyable: there are different things you… read more
I feel like I learned a lot about gardening and also about some other things like beer :)
Resi and Vince really want to make sure that you have a good time while staying at their place. Nice bed, nice food, and nice trips to cool sights and nature on the weekends!
I would really… read more
Vince and Resi are very welcoming and they understand what it is to be a workawayer.
We could choose how to organise our work during the week and that was great. We did different kind of interesting jobs : weeding, sowing, planting, reparing the door of the "chicken palace",… read more
The work is pleasant and not hard. You will have lots of time to enjoy the sorroundings… read more
We felt very comfortable… read more
max left us with mapping for our land planning, a wooden chicken gate, always willing to help, and take ownership jobs that just needed… read more
he left us with an automatic chicken door, and renovated the silky hut, bagged sand, processed fire wood, fed animals, dug… read more
It was really easy to live with them and was never getting boring. They where very relaxed with the working hours, so that it wasn't a problem as I worked some days a week at the winerys.
I already… read more
Resi and Vince have a slice of heaven that they're trying to make their own. It only motivates workaways to help out more than expected when the hosts are this… read more
Fenna did loads around the house cooked, cleaned, sewed, made a wall map, while mitch smashed heaps of wipper snipping, dug gravel, fixed chook enclosures, reorganized sheds, oiled door hinges.
It was great we really saw a… read more
I think Wincy will have a great experience in Australia and will… read more
It has been a pleasure to meet you, you know where we are, come and visit - Bruce needs some more cuddling!
