Join our fun, musical family in the Perth Hills, Australia

Infos

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  Description

  We are a family of 7 and live in an old homestead property in the village of Mundaring up in the Perth hills.
  We are Mary-Jo (a teacher), Daniel (a musician), and 3 gorgeously chaotic kids, aged 4, 5 and 6. They're beautiful, playful, and mostly well-mannered, and we're bringing them up in a traditional, minimal screen-time household. Granny Jo was diagnosed with dementia a few years ago, and requires low level supervision, but lives in the house as we build the granny flat, and keeps the home warm, the chickens fed.
  
  Mundaring is a lovely semi-rural village just over half an hour from the city. It is bursting with charm with lovely shops and every amenity we'd need, even a magical open-air cinema in the summer. It is surrounded by regional and national parks and landmarks including the iconic Mundaring Weir and Lake Leschenaultia is a short drive away.
  
  Restaurant wise, look no further for quintessential colonial-era Aussie taverns such as Mundaring Hotel, Mundaring Weir Hotel, Parkerville Tavern... and those are just a few. Café Mojo is must-visit stop at the bottom of the street and there are no fewer than three bakeries providing delicious bread, pies and pastries for you to enjoy.
  
  The Heritage Trail, reclaimed from the old railway track, links our home to the Bibulman hiking track and you can walk or cycle to your heart's content.
  
  Amazingly, Mundaring is only 15 minutes' drive from Midland, which has a large rail terminus straight to Perth (and on to Fremantle) and there is even a bus stop around the corner from our house.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Compagnie pour pers. âgée

  Jardinage d'entretien

  Projets DIY créatifs

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Petits travaux d'entretien
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Architecture

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Culture

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Musique

  

  Histoire

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Livres

  

  Langues

  

  Jardinage

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Arts du spectacle

  

  Astronomie

  

  Animaux

  

  Sports d'équipe

  

  Nature

  

  Fitness

  

  Camping

  

  Danse

  

  Plage

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Randonnée

  

  Cyclisme
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Nightly dinners and daily chats are a great chance for cultural exchange.
  We used to host couch-surfers, and previously lived in England, Germany and Italy.
  We love to share experiences, ideas, music, food and have fun with other kind and warm hearted people.

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  Aide « au pair »

  Cet hôte recherche des jeunes filles Au pair.

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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

  Tasks could include:
  - Child-minding
  - Household cleaning (three kids, two dogs, messssy)
  - Cooking (if you want to)
  - Gardening (sweeping, weeding, yard clearing, mowing)
  - keeping a friendly eye on Granny Jo
  - Property maintenance
  - helping with renovations
  
  If you want to, we would love to share skills and work together on the weekends or Thursday/Friday (our respective days at home).

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Italien: Courant
  Français: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  MJ is fluent in Italian and German, and learning French. Daniel has forgotten almost all his French, barely remembers any German, would greatly appreciate having some help to get his languages back and would love the chance to properly learn Greek, too.
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  Hébergement

  We offer a self-contained and furnished groundskeeper's cottage, newly renovated with an ensuite bathroom, kitchen, reverse cycle air conditioning and a queen-sized bed. You can make your own breakfast and eat with us for lunch and dinner (or if you prefer a different arrangement just let us know - we are flexible). We can provide all your food.
  
  Linen and towels provided. A shared laundry is available for use.
  No fees or payment expected.

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  Autres infos...

  We have a beautiful dog named Didi, a horse, a pony, a sheep, and four annoying chickens.
  We prefer non-smokers (definitely no smoking inside or around the children).
  Any visiting pets need to be child and dog friendly.
  We can lend you bicycles if you promise to take care of them.
  You may be able to borrow a car for short/day trips.
  We have WIFI.

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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

  The working hours are flexible, but mostly daytime oriented.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  We have plenty of space.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Dog and child friendly only please.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

  

  Tullulah

  Sheep on loan, and Didi's fuzzy shadow

  

  LM

  MJ's true love

  

  Diana

  Bouncing snuggle monster

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