Help with a family permaculture project in Malmsbury, Australia

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  Description

  We are an outgoing family of four: two adults (Mum, Dad) and two children (Ethan, eighteen years old and Rafaela, eleven years old). My husband is an academic, and I am a school teacher. We are passionate about permaculture, social justice issues and ecological living. We love meeting new people, and just enjoying each others' company and having a good time.
  
  We live in Malmsbury, which is a rural area that is one hour exactly from the Melbourne CBD by train (the train station is a five minute walk from our house). Malmsbury is a combination of farmland and native forest, and there are kangaroos and other animals in the area.
  
  We breed chickens and ducks and always have a permaculture project or two on the go. A lot of our meals come from the garden and we are passionate about gardening, cooking and good food.
  
  We have hosted many people in the past, and enjoy meeting new people.
  
  We generally ask for help in exchange for meals and board in our home. Guests have a private room in our home. The home itself is large, modern and comfortable.
  
  We are in the process of developing our property and need help with this. We usually ask for around 14 hours of help per week. We share cooking and house cleaning on top of that. Helpers are welcome to join with all aspects of our life, including outings to swimming holes and farmers markets, and parties at friends houses.
  
  Helpers are provided with all meals and snacks. Breakfast and lunch are self-service, with a shared evening meal.
  
  If helpers wish to be more independent, we also have a large block with a caravan and a studio on it, and we are happy to negotiate far fewer work hours for people who want to exchange a few hours a week for accomodation only or similar.
  
  We try to run an eco-conscious home, so helpers who are interested in this kind of lifestyle tend to be a good fit.
  
  Couples and families are welcome by arrangement.
  
  Enjoy your travels!
  
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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Bénévolat

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide dans une ferme

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Politique/justice sociale

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Ferme

  

  Bénévolat

  

  Écriture

  

  Langues

  

  Musique

  

  Histoire

  

  Jardinage

  

  Menuiserie

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Livres

  

  Animaux

  

  Nature

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Randonnée

  

  Activités en plein air
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Travellers are welcome to participate in all aspects of family life. We have shared meals, go for walks, visit farmers markets, go swimming in local water holes and check out local wildlife.
  Our family raises chickens and ducks and grows organic food. Travellers will primarily learn about ducks, chickens and quail, and by the end of their stay will have an extremely good understanding of how to work with these animals.
  
  We have several references on the website Helpx. Travellers can check out what others have said about us there.

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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

  Travellers are asked to help with a wide range of tasks, and we usually try to balance the less exciting housework with more stimulating gardening, eco activities (like kombucha and jam making) and animal care.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Chinois (mandarin): Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  I want to improve my Mandarin Chinese
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  Hébergement

  Accommodation is a private room in our house, which is large, modern and comfortable.

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  Autres infos...

  We are near lots of great towns. These are towns that were built during the 1860s gold rush. There is a lot to see and do, and good local transport systems. We have a lot of friends in the area who are doing interesting farming, building and eco activities, and we are always getting involved in these.
  
  Helpers will have no trouble visiting the nearby towns of Castlemaine, Daylesford and Bendigo (amongst others). It is also only a one hour train trip to downtown Melbourne either by car or train, and the train is a ten minute walk from our house.

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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

  We are open to hosting digital nomads.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  We can definitely host people with campervans etc.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  We have chickens, so any pets would have to be chc

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

  

  Nacho (5 ans)

  Nacho is a friendly medium sized dog

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