Help out with animals on family farm in the Southern Highlands, NSW Australia

Detalhes

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  Descrição

  We are a happy family of a well-traveled couple (a farmer and an artist) with two school aged children (13 and 16) two dogs, sheep and lots of chickens on a 100-acre farm in the beautiful Southern Highlands of NSW, two hours from both Sydney and Canberra and 40 minutes from the beaches of the south coast. We have a vegetable garden, chickens and sheep so we eat organic meat, eggs and veg when we can (seasonally) and love to cook and preserve etc. We have four lovely horses which we would like you to groom or ride if you have horse-riding experience.
  
  Mat is a farm manager for other farms nearby and I am an artist with a studio down the road. We had a nomadic life and backpacked and ran market stalls but now live most of the time in our cottage, we mostly work away from the farm during the day and the teenage children do school every day and come together to share meals in the evening. Harriet teaches basketry and weaving classes and makes sculpture and lighting, and Mat has a fencing contractor business.
  
  We love introducing our kids to people from all over the world and we have hosted many short and long-stay helpers over the last 10 years in our old lady "Chachi" the vintage 1960s caravan, many of whom we are still in contact with. In fact, our first helper still lives in the area!! This region has lots of bushwalks, rainforests and waterfalls so helpers with their own vehicle will be able to get the most out of being here.
  
  The voluntary help we need at the moment is usually weeding in the garden and veg garden, cleaning and home maintenance PLUS helping out with animal care. We can give you whatsapp details for previous helpers if you want a reference.

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Projetos artísticos

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  I am a qualified English language teacher so I can help people from a non-english speaking background improve their language skills. We will teach them what we know about gardening, working with animals and living the country life. Also they will share our home cooked meals around the table in the evenings conversing with the children and become as one of the family members. When we can have social gatherings, parties we are happy to include our helpers and introduce them to our friends. We always try to accommodate people's cultural, religious or outdoor passions and provide as much information and direction to local adventures, shopping, churches or outings to make their time away from the farm satisfying. Previous helpers have said they have learned a lot about ways of living simply and closer to nature. If you are lucky enough to be with us at the right time, we can take you out on a camping trip to sleep in a swag in the bush which is our favourite way to get away on weekends. We have bicycles available for them to cycle into the village which has everything you would need - cafes, post office, chemist, butcher, supermarket, galleries, gift shops, pub. It is very quiet here and a good place to recharge and re-set before your travels.

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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

  Generally the daily help is household help, gardening, farmyard and home maintenance. We really like people who are able to do tasks independently and without too much supervision needed. Nature lovers are probably going to feel most comfortable out in the country.

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Inglês: Fluente
  Espanhol: Iniciante

  Este anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
  Our son is learning Japanese and I speak elementary Spanish. I was a full-time English as a second language teacher for two years.
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  Acomodação

  Helpers will have free accommodation and as much vegetable from the garden, herbs, free range eggs, homemade jam etc as they want. We will buy them enough tasty food for breakfasts and lunches from the supermarket but also they can share our home cooked meals around the table in the evenings conversing with the children and become as one of the family members. We have an old vintage caravan in the garden called "Chachi" which has a double bed, power and a basic kitchen. It is quite old, small and can be cold (CURRENTLY a wombat is building a home underneath!!) so we are happy for our helpers to spend evenings in the house with us by the fire! If workers have their own van, tent or camper they can also set that up in the garden near the caravan and use it as a living room. Your own toilet is provided but we share a main bathroom for showers (although one of the projects on our list is to build an outside shower cubicle!). We have wifi.

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  Algo mais...

  There is so much amazing nature around these parts. We have numerous look-outs bushwalks, waterfalls, beaches close-by and even a dam on our property that has trout stocked in it for fishing. There are buses from town to Canberra and Sydney and we have bicycles for your use but having your own car would be best. If you absolutely need to have paid work, we can help you with suggestions of how to get work nearby or possibly organise paid farm work outside of your workaway hours. Although we are open-minded and tolerant, we would prefer non-smokers, our workers must keep the caravan clean and personal hygiene is very important. While vegatrians are welcome - they may need to supplement main courses. It is not possible for us to cater to vegan diets as we mostly cook meat with every meal and we keep animals for meat. Driver's licence essential.

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  Mais alguns detalhes

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    Acesso à internet

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Temos mascotes

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Pode hospedar nômades digitais

  Este anfitrião indicou que adora hospedar nômades digitais.

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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  Este anfitrião pode fornecer espaço para vans.

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  Pode aceitar animais

  Este anfitrião está aberto a aceitar viajantes com animais de estimação.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  1

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  Horas previstas

  4 - 5 hours a day / 5 days a week

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