Join our family in the Dandenong Ranges, Australia

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  Descrição

  Hello lovely travellers!
  
  We're so happy you found us! And we hope you're having wonderful adventures.
  
  We are a hard working & fun loving family, residing in the lush ancient forest south east of Melbourne, in the ferny Dandenong Ranges, on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country.
  
  We have a great opportunity here for the right person... someone who LOVES kids, enjoys helping mothers around the home, will join us on adventures & spend time in nature with our girl gang!!
  
  We are Clare (Mum), Matilda(8), Elodie(6) and Margaret (1).
  
  We moved here to our beautiful home from our organic veggie farm about 5 years ago and it has been just the tree change our souls needed to fully thrive & create a bit of space from the hustle & bustle of the busy farm.
  
  The girls attend a Steiner School and we are building a beautiful community up here running regular events and gatherings on the land, in the home & making friends along the way.
  
  We also have a 14 month old, so spend plenty of time together at home and in the garden playing and resting.
  
  WHERE YOU'D STAY
  
  We have a private self contained 1 bdr apartment available with a queen size bed for an (ideally) independent female person who is really keen to help for 20 to 25 hours a week in caring for our three darling little girls, as well as general help around the house, cleaning, tidying, sorting, decluttering, and keeping on top of the ever flowing baskets of laundry.
  
  Basically, a mother's greatest helper.
  
  WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  
  The untimate Mary Poppins ( au pair / housekeeper ) to join our family for a month or two or six if it's a good harmonious fit.
  
  Ideally, you would have plenty of good experience with little ones, a calm friendly nature, an aptitude in cleaning, tidying and organising and are available for at least a month.
  
  We generally feel that one month is the minimum amount of time to get to know us, get in a good flow, and really immerse in the beauty of nature & flow with our family here.
  
  In a dream scenario with the right person, we would love someone for 3 - 4 months (until December).
  
  We are more than happy to offer you to do your hours over 3-4 days so you can have a few days at least to yourself, every week if this works better for you.
  
  We're very flexible with hours - especially if you have adventures planned and other activities you'd love to do.
  
  When it comes to time with our family, we love adventures to the forest, warm days on the beach, going to cafes, op shopping, hiking to waterfalls, visiting the snow, hiking trails, trips to the farm, swimming pools, the local Lysterfield lake and more!! The stand up paddle board is so fun!!
  
  ABOUT THE KIDS
  
  The girls LOVE making art, crafting, dancing, singing, gymnastics, swimming, playing, puzzles, circus school. running, walks to the park, bike riding, scooters, reading books, and of course, Lego and Barbies!! Haha!! You're so welcome to join in on their games and have fun with us!
  
  The 3acre garden is a mix between a tidy functional front & back yard surrounded by wild bush land! Plenty of fire wood to collect and trees to trim back as well as planting fruit trees and natives all around the block. The whole garden is yours to enjoy.
  
  In our home we eat all organic veggies(grown on our farm), free range pastured eggs, and whole foods from local health food shops. We can provide our workaways with a big box of organic veggies & eggs each week from our farm to enjoy!
  
  If all this resonates with you & inspires you to reach out - we're really looking forward to hearing from you!
  
  Warmly,
  
  Clare, Matilda, Elodie & Margaret

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Projetos artísticos

  Prática de idiomas

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Ensino

  Jardinagem geral

  Projetos DIY criativos

  Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral
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  Interesses

  

  Sustentabilidade

  

  Eventos e social

  

  Fazenda

  

  Autodesenvolvimento

  

  Moda e beleza

  

  Escrever

  

  Fotografia

  

  Cuidar de plantas

  

  Música

  

  Faça você mesmo

  

  Livros

  

  Arte e design

  

  Arquitetura

  

  Jardinagem

  

  Culinária e comida

  

  Desenho e pintura

  

  Artes performáticas

  

  Astronomia

  

  Animais

  

  Esportes de inverno

  

  Yoga/bem-estar

  

  Naturaleza

  

  Fitness

  

  Camping

  

  Praia

  

  Dança

  

  Montanhas

  

  Atividades ao ar livre

  

  Caminhada

  

  Ciclismo
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  We are experienced workaway hosts with over 10 years of hosting travellers on our organic farm, in Koo Wee Rup and 5 years now here at home.
  
  We are avid world travellers , adventuring around the world to USA, India, South America, South East Asia, UK, Europe and more, and love music, nature, cultivating quality connections and conversations of a spiritual nature.
  
  The girls Dad lives on our family farm and is farming 7 days a week, but comes home to the Hills weekly with veggies and takes the girls for dinner and adventures to the farm on school holidays. He loves cutting up fire wood from trees on our property & hosting dance parties for the kids in the garden & listening to music & audio books by the fire.
  
  Prior to baby Maggie's arrival, Clare had been been back into her own business of running womens' circles, mother circles, monthly kirtan singing circles and cacao ceremonies as well as her online beauty business on social media. She would love an extra pair of hands to feel the spaciousness of being able to do these things again, with a little help.
  
  Clare had her baby in June last year, so the extra helping hands is especially needed at this tender time while it's extra hard picking up the kids things off the floor and energy levels for mama are low! Bonus = baby snuggles!!
  
  We love to meet likeminded people who want to share their language, culture and food with us but also appreciate their own time & space.
  
  Clare grew up in Melbourne before living in Ireland and England for 7 years in her 20's, then returning home and immersing in her spiritual studies and practices & becoming a full time mama.
  
  Paul lived in India for 2 years in his 20's following his own spiritual path, and ultimately discovered a love for growing organic food.
  
  We know our way around this area & Melbourne and are very happy to recommend places to go and explore!
  
  We LOVE to cook and have plenty of recipes to share too. Clare is always happy to have helping hands chopping up veggies for dinner!
  
  We love music, making art, festivals, dancing, living an organic lifestyle, hosting gatherings, cacao ceremonies, monthly community cacao kirtan, kids parties, living in harmony with nature, consciousness, and much more!
  
  We are very community minded and love a good co working day!! :)
  
  We really enjoy tea ceremony, cacao dance parties and connecting as a family.
  
  We're keen to find people who want to become a part of our family, make new friends, and help us take care of our beautiful children, home and garden.
  
  If you have any questions - please don't hesitate to ask!
  
  Looking forward to hearing from you. :)

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  Projetos que envolvem crianças

  Este projeto pode envolver crianças. Para mais informações, veja aqui nossas diretrizes e dicas.

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  Ajuda

  We are looking for organised, efficient, trustworthy, innovative, empathic, calm, solutions focused, warm, intuitive & communicative folks to help us in our busy lives!!
  
  Female preferred for our girls. Ideally with a WWCC (Working with Children Card - free for volunteers)
  
  We get along well with nurturing, warm, loving, attentive people who are keen to help with the girls - playing, reading stories, doing art projects, taking care of them when needed and helping around the house.
  
  The girls can also be determined and headstrong, so someone with experience with wilful children is a must! ;)
  
  Of course, this position is ideal for someone who genuinely enjoys the gentle general help around the house of cleaning, decluttering, sorting, eliminating & of course, folding laundry.
  
  There's always things to be done in the garden too, helping with land care - creating wood piles, collecting branches that gather in the gardens for fire wood, hauling logs, etc.
  
  Clare is looking for another pair of hands to run the household, beautify the home and keep on top of the beautiful chaos of family life.
  
  We value our family time but we also we love having a cultural exchange and want to share our lives with you and would love to learn all about your culture too!!
  
  Generally, most folks prefer to do their workaway hours over a small handful of days and enjoy quiet time on our spacious property, or take themselves on fabulous adventures, day trips, or maybe even explore near by on their days off.
  
  We're also open to having someone stay who is studying or working part time, so you can help us and still do your own study/work in your own time. We're happy to be accomodating!
  
  The apartment accommodation is self contained in our sanctuary retreat (formerly a fully operational 5 star rental apartment) above the double garage - separate to the living space of the house, so you would have absolute privacy to yourself. We are interested in hosting respectful, trustworthy individuals who understand that this is not a party house and peace in our home is paramount. No guests.
  
  We have discovered that running the gorgeous online rental is significantly less important to us than having company & much needed help and support with our kids and getting this beautiful home and garden and grounds really buzzing with life, love and joy is a top priority this year! :)

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Alemão: Iniciante
  Espanhol: Iniciante
  Italiano: Iniciante

  Este anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
  We love languages and are keen to learn yours and share ours!
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  Acomodação

  You're in for a real treat here!!
  
  We have a beautiful one bedroom QB apartment oasis with own bathroom, lounge room, kitchenette and office area, private garden and more.. formerly a "superhost" 5 star bnb retreat, this apartment is beautifully appointed and a real oasis in the trees..
  
  This apartment is attached to the house by a long corridor and sits above the double garage, which is also home to our home gym.
  
  The kitchen in the accomodation is suitable for cooking simple meals, (toast, smoothies, eggs, reheating meals, light dinners, etc) we have kettle, toaster, blender, microwave, small oven, 2 burner stove, fridge, freezer, water filter.
  
  If you're wanting to cook more elaborate meals or do some baking you're most welcome to use our main kitchen. We also have a BBQ!
  
  Our property is on 3 lush private acres in the forest and is absolutely filled with incredible plants, flowers and birds!
  
  We have a resident wombat, a family of deer, kookaburras, king parrots, wallabies, black cockatoos, king parrots, crimson rosella, and so much more!
  
  There are many little places in the home and garden to sit and relax, meditate & contemplate life and nature while looking out into the forest and trees and the beautiful sunset and sunrise.
  
  We also have an outdoor fire pit nature garden and are keen to build a tipi and plant more fruit trees!
  
  We have been here a few years and are still discovering the magic and wonder of this beautiful property..
  
  We are a short 2 minute walk to the bus stop, local shops, cafes, butcher, supermarket & bakery.

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  Algo mais...

  Belgrave South is a beautiful little town at the foothills of the Yarra Ranges / Dandenong Ranges..
  
  We're a short 1 minute walk up to the shops, cafes, parks, supermarket, wholefoods health food shop, bus stop, etc.
  
  We are right near the Puffing Billy iconic steam train and literally hundreds of incredible hiking trails to waterfalls, fern lined tree giants and incredible bird and wild life..
  
  We are less than 5 minutes drive or a 45 minute walk in the hills to Belgrave train station and township with everything you need - cafes, shops, supermarkets, restaurants, bars, library, etc.
  
  We are 15 minutes to Narre Warren, Ferntree Gully , Berwick, and other major shopping town centres.
  
  Even though it feels like we're out in the wilderness here because of our spacious private bush block, we're only 40 minutes to Melbourne CBD.
  
  Plus, there is a local bus that will take you to the Belgrave train station & many other locations.
  
  Your own car or a clean full drivers license a definite bonus! You can borrow our car if you need to run errands or if you're dropping the girls off at kindy, taking them to the park, etc.
  
  We love a natural, organic, chemical free life and our children are at the local Steiner school. This is the reason we moved away from the farm and up into the hills, for our children to be surrounded by nature, and a nurturing school environment as well as the awesomeness of the farm and farmers markets where we spend most of our weekends.
  
  We already have an amazing community of like minded and hearted folks up here in the hills and are keen to share this little slice of paradise and way of life and living with fellow travellers and like minded souls looking for a stable happy family home base on their adventures of Australian soil.
  
  Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
  
  Warmly,
  
  Clare, Matilda, Elodie & Margaret

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  we have an excellent wifi connection and desk in the apartment which you would have full use of at any time, especially helpful if you need to study online on your days off.

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