Help restore our property to pristine native bush & enjoy swims at the beach in Waiomu, New Zealand

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  Description

  Hi there! I’m Megan, an American expat that fell for a kiwi, my husband Jamie. I work from home 3 days a week with the occasional day trip to Auckland, Jamie works in town (Thames) at a native tree nursery. We have a 3 year old son August, a 1 year old daughter Fern and a 4 year old pup Scarlett. We live on the beautiful Thames coast, our property is surrounded in bush, but just a 5 min walk to the beach and an awesome cafe. We are working to clear our property of invasive things like ginger root, wattles and your everyday weeds and are always always chopping firewood. We are looking for people that are happy working outdoors.
  
  We’ve recently taken a break from workaway while we had Fern and completed some home improvements including a new kitchen and added a cabin to our property, I need to update our photos! When we’re home, workawayers would stay in the new self contained cabin. My mum is over from the states for a few months from December staying there, so this probably won’t be free until April/May.
  
  We have a family holiday planned for 20-26 December and would like to find a reliable person/people to stay and look after Scarlett and the garden. If this sounds like you please get in touch! It would be great to organize a meet up to introduce you to Scarlett first.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Home sitting
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Jardinage

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Animaux

  

  Voile / bateau

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Nature

  

  Camping

  

  Plage
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We’re happy to offer our home as a stop off on your travels. We’re a great home base for activities around the coromandel peninsula such as hiking, fishing charters, canyoning, kayaking, etc. As a family we love going for walks, spending the afternoon at the beach, watching the stars from our inflatable spa and having Jamie’s parents round for dinner catch ups, you’re welcome to join us.
  
  Jamie is very knowledgeable about native plants and animals and makes for a great NZ nature guide.
  
  We don’t travel much these days with the kiddos so we are looking forward to hearing travel stories and having some extra hands around the house.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  Our main goal we’d love help with would be garden work and clearing around the property. We’re working to clear the invasive species and create a pristine native bush. Occasionally we need someone to house sit and look after Scarlett. We aren’t currently looking for childcare, but playing with the kids while someone is cooking dinner is super helpful.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Débutant
  Portugais: Débutant

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  Hébergement

  You would be staying in our self contained cabin which has a toilet inside and an outside shower. We’ll provide all linen, bath and beach towels. If housesitting with Scarlett you’d stay in the main house.
  
  In exchange for 4 hours of work a day we offer light breakfast supplies in the cabin and then a sit down dinner at night. We believe in a community kitchen approach - where everyone pitches in. So if you cook, we’ll do the dishes and vice versa. If you notice the dishwasher is full - run it, if you notice it’s clean, help us out with an unstack and so on.

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  Autres infos...

  You’re welcome to borrow beach chairs and the kayak. We might be able to provide some transport if needed, so long as it’s agreed in advance. It is easier if you have your own car.
  
  We tend to enjoy a few beers or a glass of red with dinner, if you’re planning to enjoy a few drinks while you’re here it would be great if you brought some of your own. We’d appreciate no heavy drinking.
  
  We eat everything, but can cater to vegetarian or pescatarian.
  
  We are strictly a smoke and vape free home.

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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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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

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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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  Mes animaux

  

  Scarlett (5 ans)

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