Enjoy Queenstown and Arrowtown, adventures in exchange for gardening and home maintenance, New Zealand

Infos

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  Description

  I live with my sister Denise in beautiful Queenstown. I was encouraged to join Workaway after hearing about the many brilliant connections made by my daughter Caro, a long time Workaway host in Rotorua. I look forward to hosting guests in exchange for help with gardening, routine property maintenance and various household chores. As I've become older, it is really frustrating to not keep up with the outdoor and heavier tasks I've always taken such pride in doing... I hope you will enjoy some of the many fabulous attractions Queenstown has to offer, knowing also that your stay has the potential to make a wonderfully positive difference in our own personal lives also.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  I was born in Cromwell 80+ years ago. I have lots of happy memories dating back to my early childhood growing up in this region. My grandfather was an high country farm worker, and his son, my Uncle Ernie, was amongst the last of the pioneers panning for gold on the Arrow River. Both owned what are now treasured historic stone cottages built in the 1800s. While today Queenstown and Arrowtown bear very little resemblance to the streets of our childhood, we feel very privileged to have returned to live in such a special, beautiful part of New Zealand. Our house is home also to two very energetic dogs, a quiet and somewhat aloof cat, and three chickens.

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  Aide

  Basic gardening chores - pruning shrubs, raking garden leaves, weeding, sweeping paths. We also have some obvious outdoor trip hazards that can hopefully be minimised if not eliminated. If you have any particular expertise or work experience to draw on to make our home more generally safer and better maintained, we love to hear from you! If you're a dog-person, our very energetic dogs love being taken out for walks and they could both benefit from some additional training also. We have a chicken coop that needs a bit of routine maintenance. And there is a list of minor household maintenance issues to address which you may have the skills and knowledge to tackle. If you're able to help with reorganising and the ongoing decluttering needed after combining two households of furniture and personal effects (mine and my sister's), I'd be really glad to explore those ideas with you also.

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant

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  Hébergement

  A private room with a queen sized bed, your own bathroom, and shared use of our lounge, kitchen and laundry facilities. There is off-street parking if you have your own vehicle.

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  Autres infos...

  We are centrally located, a few minutes from Queenstown airport and the Frankton shops. If you rely on public transport, there is a bus stop just across the road from our house. This suburb is Lake Hayes Estate, a relatively new housing area, roughly half-way between Arrowtown and Queenstown... so we are ideally located for sightseeing, skiing, and visiting any of the many adventure tourism activities and cycling trails in this spectacular part of the country.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  5 hours work per person, 5 days a week (25 hrs for 7 nights accommodation), includes all meals.

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