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Please note: we generally book a maximum of 2 weeks in advance due to the high volume of family and guests we often have staying.
We’d love to meet you!
We are seeking help in regular jobs that always need doing around our property. These include gardening, cleaning, fruit harvesting and preserving, and a multitude of other jobs that need doing on a farm.
Late summer and Autumn are our biggest and busiest seasons due to all the fruit falling and growth in the garden.
The place is set in a secluded & magical valley 5 mins Lake Hawea & 20mins from Wanaka. Our 14 acre family property has fruit orchards, vege gardens & delicious food aplenty. We harvest/preserve, care for gardens, mow lawns & regular building projects. Accommodation is a cute cottage with mountain views.
Our home is perfect for an individual or a couple.
GENERAL INFORMATION
We are a large family and enjoy having guests who take part and muck in. Anna is a musician and Locky is a carpenter. Matilda is almost 14 and Oscar is 10. We love learning different languages, recipes and music from our workaway visitors.
We also appreciate those who are self-directed for times when we can't work with you. We love helpers who incorporate well into family life, help out with cooking, dishes and general life stuff beyond the tasks set, and being a part of modelling to our children how to do life.
Being a bit of destination, accommodation varies, as we have a constant stream of guests coming to stay. Currently our main accommodation is our cute vintage caravan. It is a little chilly outside of the summer months, so this is worth keeping in mind. We always make things cosy, with lots of blankets, but winter in the mountains is fresh.
Although it’s not imperative, it helps if you have a vehicle, as we’re slightly isolated and getting to the lake or township is a bit of a hike on foot.
We appreciate helpers who are good at following directions, mucking in and integrating into our family. We love meeting new people and hugely appreciate the extra help on our big property.
We're looking forward to your visit with us :0)
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Bénévolat
Projets artistiques
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
S’occuper des animaux
Aide dans une ferme
Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Centres d’intérêt
Dev. durable
Dev. personnel
Films et télé
Événements/vie sociale
Culture
Bénévolat
Soin des plantes
Photographie
Arts du spectacle
Musique
Jardinage
Bricolage / artisanat
Cuisine et alimentation
Menuiserie
Livres
Art et design
Architecture
Yoga / bien-être
Voile / bateau
Nature
Randonnée
Plage
Camping
Cyclisme
Sports d'aventure
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
The food is great.
The company is great.
The work is grounding and nourishing.
The views are epic!
Projets impliquant des enfants
Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.
Aide
Mostly we work in the garden and on the property.
There's always plenty happening in the way of projects and lots of jobs are focused around organic gardening, food prep and sometimes construction.
We have chickens, a dogs and a cat on the property. We live on the family property with multiple dwellings housing Locky’s parents, who moved to the property over 40 years ago, Locky’s sister and her teens and several others who live in the various studios and cottages spotted about the place.
Our two children Matilda & Oscar love having new people in our home, and we highly encourage helpers to share their food, language and culture with us all.
We love health and yoga and are always open to massage therapists and holistic health practitioners joining us.
We love to eat, and regularly enjoy wild meat, home grown veggies and preserves from our garden, so guests who love sharing recipes are always appreciated.
We ask our helpers for 4-5hr each day in exchange for food and lodgings so as to allow for set up and pack down.
We also ask that our helpers participate in general tidy up after meals, and keeping bathroom spaces clean and tidy daily.
Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: CourantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
We love opportunities for our children to become familiar with other languages and cultures.
Hébergement
We have a sleepout bedroom, and bathroom is shared inside the house.
Both options have gorgeous mountain views and offer you privacy.
When the cottage is being used by guests and family we offer a retro caravan in summer that has a cosy double bed.
Autres infos...
Our home is situated at the base of a mountain track (a stunning day walk) and a 5min drive or 20min walk to the lake.
There's so much to do here, particularly if you love the great outdoors
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Espace pour garer des vans
We often have guests staying with us, as we have a large collection of friends from our own travels around the world, and the place is a pretty desirable destination to visit. This means our guest accommodation is sometimes unavailable, so if you have a camper this can help if you are keen to stay during times that we have guests.
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We are so grateful to have had their help.
Super cruisy to have around and great work ethic. Recommend!!!
Edouard and Elise were like family and a great fit right away (like all our French helpers 👌).
We loved learning and cooking together. I’m eternally grateful for the epic weeding effort on our overgrown berm. Legends!!!!
Come back in the harvest and we can continue eating 😂
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We are so grateful to have had their help.
Super cruisy to have around and great work ethic. Recommend!!!
Edouard and Elise were like family and a great fit right away (like all our French helpers 👌).
We loved learning and cooking together. I’m eternally grateful for the epic weeding effort on our overgrown berm. Legends!!!!
Come back in the harvest and we can continue eating 😂
The kids absolutely loved his company, and our son Oscar found a big brother in Raph.
Raphaël worked like a trooper and completed every job with joy, care and finesse. He modelled gratitude and amazing manners and kindness to our children and gave 💯 to… read more
They live in a lovely house right at the foot of the mountains, with a beautiful and huge garden. They have two adorable animals, Bug the dog and Whisky the cat (I’ve never seen a… read more
We recommend them !
They helped incredibly hard, and integrated into our home like they were part of the family.
It was a huge help having them around and an absolute pleasure.
Super joyful and became an integral part of our family during their stay.
Always first up to get things done and very easy to have around.
So beautiful and fun without children and already missed so much (so much in fact, we called them back for dinner the day after they left).
If you have an opportunity to have… read more
We were so grateful for their positive, bubbly energy and for being so generous with their time after helping, and having a blast with the kids. Thanks again Ella and Lily. It was so great to share some of your NZ experience together. You're always welcome back x
It's not often we have helpers from South America, and it was a real treat. Amazing empanadas for dinner, and such incredible support and help around our property and home during their stay.
These two work well when given a list of chores to choose from and work their way through. They did everything with… read more
We worked in their incredible garden and with other simple house chords. We could perfectly organise with them our tasks, and our free time to visit places around.
We had really interesting conversation and they gave us… read more
We had fun together setting up for Christmas, and redecorating parts of the living room. Her communication was excellent and her courage as a solo traveller and explorer were inspiring. We hope to see you again one… read more
You brought an amazing work ethic, good cheers and amazing perogi 👌
The children loved your company and we learned so much about your culture.
Thank you for doing such a meticulous and efficient job in the garden. You should see it now that we’ve wood chipped all your paths. It looks… read more
We stayed in a charming cottage, we mainly did gardening and work around the house.
Anna and her family welcomed us very warmly, we felt at home. We will not forget Matylda and Oskar who are very smart and super cool children. Anna is our inspiration when it comes to… read more
Thank you to having me, for your advices and your… read more
