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Hello!
We (Lisa & Jeff) live in the beautiful Northwest of Tasmania, Australia.
We have a small homesteading property that we share with two young cats and a few chickens! Our property is not a business, so any help needed by travellers is just for our own personal consumption & aesthetics, not for selling to general public.
We enjoy growing food and immersing ourselves in the surrounding environment\community.
The last couple of years, for one reason or another, we've just gotten a bit behind with keeping up with the garden and yard - which is where we are looking for the majority of help.
We've hosted people for years in one way or another and thoroughly enjoy introducing guests to our beautiful area, hiking, kayaking, visiting beaches and waterfalls.
If you enjoy nature... We are sure you will enjoy a visit with us.
Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado
Trabalho beneficente
Ajuda em projetos ambientais
Interesses
Filmes e TV
Mascotes
Sustentabilidade
Faça você mesmo
Culinária e comida
Jardinagem
Fotografia
Desenho e pintura
Livros
Arte e design
Animais
Atividades ao ar livre
Esportes aquáticos
Naturaleza
Praia
Camping
Caminhada
Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir
Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado
I am Australian, my husband, Jeff, is Canadian.
We both have an interest in Japan. I've lived there and we both enjoy travelling there and hosting Japanese friends when they travel to Australia.
Locally, I am involved in some community events which people are most welcome to join in on.
This could be in the local community garden, or joining in various workshops. I am involved in the basket weaving workshops, paper making and soap making workshops.
There are many more events happening weekly to choose from.
We are pretty flexible and happy to arrange time for visitors to get involved locally if they wish.
We also welcome the opportunity to meet new people, learn about their home, food, language and life!
Ajuda
The bulk of the tasks needed here at the moment is wrestling our gardens back under control!!
As mentioned, our property is not a business, so we are fairly relaxed about our lifestyle... It's not super high powered go go go all the time.
No experience is really necessary for the gardening side of things... I (Lisa) will be helping alongside with you, so I can guide anyone super new to gardening, or just point out what I need done to seasoned gardeners!
It's helpful if you don't mind getting in with some physical help and getting grubby! ( We have a lot of red soil!)
Anyone with handy maintenance skills would also be welcome as there are a number of small tasks that need to be done at some point too.
There are also some local community groups and gardens we can get into as well!
Terrible weather days...
Sometimes Tasmania can throw some pretty testy weather at us.
There are always plenty of indoor tasks to be help on if we don't feel like braving the weather.
Things like seed sorting, cooking (jams\relishes) and if anyone is interested, I'll teach you soapmaking!
Idiomas
Idiomas
Inglês: Fluente
Japonês: IntermediárioEste anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
If our guest are Japanese, I'd love to have the opportunity to practice my language skills and learn more.
Acomodação
We have a private room for guests, queen bed, so suit single traveller or couple.
If friends are travelling together and need separate sleeping spots, we can organise the upstairs space to accommodate.
Our home is an old federation house... Comfortable but definitely not modern! (She's over 100 years old now!)
A wood fire heats the living room so we can be snug in winter.
We only have a single bathroom, but we've always managed quite ok when filling the house with family and friends.
Food wise, we just eat all the regular foods... I like to try to provide lots of vegetables and salads from the garden (depending on the season).
We aren't too far from town to raid the supermarkets, so guests can pick up special foods to accommodate specific diet requirements.
I'll make sure there are breakfast and lunch foods for people to help themselves, but I do a cooked evening meal.
Algo mais...
While this area is beautiful and has great places to explore... Our public transport system is a bit... Woeful.
If you don't have your own car you will be quite limited to dashing off to do your own thing.
However, guests are more than welcome to come along with us on our hiking adventures , or we can drop you off at the local beaches or towns.
We have kayaks too that visitors are welcome to borrow and go for a paddle (summer time thing!)
We genuinely enjoy taking people to our local sightseeing areas, so even without a vehicle, we will make sure you get a decent look around!
House Rules:
Nothing too daunting. The most important thing here is the safety and comfort of our cats.
We live on a busy country highway, so being extremely mindful not to let them out pretty much tops our house rule list.
They are young and still very much pushing boundaries!!
So people who like animals\cats and don't mind a bit of fur floating about are best suited to staying here.
No smoking\vaping.
We are on tank water. So we do need to be mindful of water consumption, especially in summer or times of low rainfall.
Helping with house chores such as keeping your room in a reasonable state, help with preparing meals and cleaning up afterwards, small errands like emptying the compost or bringing up firewood.
IN ADDITION
The following is some clarification on expectations... This will be obvious or par for the course for most people:
The work is outdoors 95% of the time. Bring appropriate clothes (or pop into local op\thrift shop)
An actual interest in outdoor and garden work.
Ability to take notice of your surrounds and show initiative
Ability, care and pride to finish a job
We are on tank water. Showers need to be short. Washing towels and bedding will not happen daily! (Once a week give or take according to weather) Work clothes we wear for more than one day... Get em nice and grubby, worthy of a wash!
Initiative to pitch in and help those around you, not just yourself.
We are on a small septic system. If you need to use a roll of toilet paper per day... We (and our septic system) are not for you. (No judgement but we can't afford the hundreds of $$ to fix blocked and over utilised systems)
Environmentally and energy resource aware. Turn off unused lights, heaters, appliances and make use of reusable items (face cloths).
Clean up after yourself.
I generally cook dinner. This means our workawayer sorts out the washing up!
If communication is difficult through language barriers PLEASE always ask for repeat instructions or clarifications. We really don't mind! What is frustrating is someone nodding and agreeing with everything but understanding nothing.
Thanks so much!!
Mais alguns detalhes
Acesso à internet
Acesso à internet limitado
Temos mascotes
Somos fumantes
Pode hospedar famílias
Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?
Mais de 2
Meus animais / animais de estimação
Dot
Dot is the brains of the feline duo. She is also a good natured little cat, she just takes a lot longer to warm up to visitors than her sister.
Quiet chats and patience to win her over.
Jinx
Jinx is a long haired doofus & good natured girl.
Not yet one year old but warms up to visitors pretty quickly.
Likes food and pats.
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It wasn't only Lisa and Jeff who were very nice but also the other local people I've met during my stay. They gave me the… read more
Quiet and thoughtful, he made sure he was learning the ropes, helped out without being asked and keenly got into all the different jobs we set out for him.
January is a busy month for me (Lisa) and it was so good to have Atsushi there able to take on the garden tasks… read more
Antoine and Juliette settled in here with us and the cats like they belonged!!
They are kind and thoughtful people, interesting to talk with and really enjoyed making the most of our beautiful local areas.
They were enthusiastic workers who completed so many amazing jobs around our… read more
When I read their profile, I felt, “This is the place!” — and I was right.
I stayed for two weeks, and every day was full of fun and new experiences — gardening, a basket weaving class, collecting fresh eggs, and spending time with their lovely cats, Jinx and Dot.
The… read more
An energetic outdoors lady who really made the most of every minute... Whether it was working in the garden, helping in the house, being involved with community groups, experiencing the local hiking trails or relaxing with the cats...she put her heart and soul into it all!
We enjoyed long chats on… read more
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It wasn't only Lisa and Jeff who were very nice but also the other local people I've met during my stay. They gave me the… read more
Quiet and thoughtful, he made sure he was learning the ropes, helped out without being asked and keenly got into all the different jobs we set out for him.
January is a busy month for me (Lisa) and it was so good to have Atsushi there able to take on the garden tasks… read more
Antoine and Juliette settled in here with us and the cats like they belonged!!
They are kind and thoughtful people, interesting to talk with and really enjoyed making the most of our beautiful local areas.
They were enthusiastic workers who completed so many amazing jobs around our… read more
When I read their profile, I felt, “This is the place!” — and I was right.
I stayed for two weeks, and every day was full of fun and new experiences — gardening, a basket weaving class, collecting fresh eggs, and spending time with their lovely cats, Jinx and Dot.
The… read more
An energetic outdoors lady who really made the most of every minute... Whether it was working in the garden, helping in the house, being involved with community groups, experiencing the local hiking trails or relaxing with the cats...she put her heart and soul into it all!
We enjoyed long chats on… read more
They offered me so many fun… read more
She came to us as a 'last minute' workawayer and we are so glad she did!
Luna was keen to get into some nature... And gosh, Tasmania turned on a bit of interesting weather for her 😂
She was so good natured about getting out in the wet and crazy weather and helping out. And was equally excellent at helping me… read more
"They welcomed me warmly."
"They both love Japan, and their house is full of Japanese things."
"If it’s your first time doing Workaway and you feel nervous, you can feel at ease here!"
"Of course, not only Japanese people."
"The beach I walked along with Lisa, the riverside walk, the Big Tree, and Stanley."
"By joining… read more
She was an amazing worker!! Really keen to get in and help out...not just in the garden, but in the house too.
Junko is making such an effort to learn English and I enjoyed practicing my Japanese.
She loved our cats and enjoyed spoiling the chickens with snacks and also embraced joining a… read more
Thank you for giving me so many new experiences. Even though it was only two weeks, I was able to enjoy so many wonderful moments, and they have become unforgettable memories in my life.
I feel like I learned so much from both of you, and maybe I wasn’t able to contribute much as a Workaway helper.
Still,… read more
Very easy going and willing to help with all jobs.
We did lots of gardening, digging etc and got nice and grubby. Hauled some wood about... She even had a (successful) go at splitting some!
She insisted doing dishes each night which was fabulous and she cooked us… read more
