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9 jul. 2025
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🌿 Help Build a Vibrant Festival Site in the Heart of Nature! 🌿
Located on 112 acres of stunning Australian countryside, nestled between rolling hills and wide-open skies, our property is home to Lauren & Lou (a fun-loving couple in our 30s) — and a whole mob of curious wild kangaroos!
We welcome Workawayers who enjoy being outdoors, working with their hands, and contributing to something creative and meaningful. Please note:
🗓️ We only host Workawayers last-minute based on our current needs and availability, so please don't email months in advance.
🛠️ WHAT YOU’LL BE HELPING WITH:
We're preparing our property for a large women’s wellbeing festival and general land improvement. Tasks may include:
🌿General farm and house help
🌿Sorting festival gear and decorations
🌿Landscaping: watering, weeding, raking, rock wall building
🌿Installing star pickets, setting up seating areas
🌿Other practical land maintenance tasks
🏡 WHAT WE PROVIDE:
All meals and shared kitchen facilities
Hot showers and toilets
Comfortable shared cabin accommodation for up to 8 people:
A private 3-bed room (double + single) for couples
A mixed 5-bed dorm room
Or bring your own van or tent — we can supply water and power!
💡 WHY JOIN US?
Enjoy a peaceful rural escape and a great taste of Australian country life
Be part of a meaningful and creative project
Make new friends — we often host 2–4 Workawayers at a time, so it’s social and fun
Eligible for your 88 days (flood-affected area)
LGBTIQA+ friendly and inclusive
🥗 FOOD & DIETARIES:
We provide three meals a day and enjoy cooking and eating together. Please let us know in advance about any dietary needs. We do our best to cater, but can’t accommodate all special diets due to limited resources — thanks for understanding!
🚆 GETTING HERE:
From Melbourne Airport, get a bus($7-10) or Uber ($20?) to Broadmeadows station
Then catch a V/Line train to Seymour Station ($7–$10 - should be included in bus ticket)
We’ll pick you up from there!
📅 DURATION:
We’re currently welcoming short-term stays (3–14 days)
Longer periods (30-60 days) around Feb/Mar & Sep/Oct
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📩 BEFORE YOU APPLY:
Please let us know:
Any physical limitations or health issues (farm work can be physical)
Any dietary restrictions or special requirements.
We look forward to welcoming you to our land, our community, and our creative journey.
Let’s build something beautiful together! 🌞
Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado
Projetos artísticos
Prática de idiomas
Ajuda em projetos ambientais
Jardinagem
Construção/faça você mesmo
Ajuda em fazenda
Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras
Ajuda a cuidar da casa
Manutenção geral
Interesses
Yoga/bem-estar
Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado
Great company, delicious food & comfortable lodgings in a stunning location
The land is beautiful. You will be involved in inspiring, creative work in a calming environment.
You will have a chance to practice your english with the host.
You can be as social or secluded as you would like.
You have a chance to travel and be involved in a creative project that will be enjoyed by many people.
Ajuda
We are looking for help landscaping, creating native gardens, retaining walls, cleaning, small building projects and helping around the house and garden
Idiomas
Inglês: Fluente
Alemão: Intermediário
Acomodação
2 room container cabin with bunk beds and amazing views of sunset and sunrise.
1 - 3 bed room ( double bed and single)
1- 5 bed mixed dorm with bunks
Use of house bathroom, laundry, lounge, deck and wifi.
Currently building external laundry/shower block for workawayers to be completed 2025
Algo mais...
The train station is 15mins away. Melbourne city is 1hr 20min away.
The area is close to country markets, vineyards, bush walks through natural parklands.
Swim in the dam, unwind in the Infrared sauna or enjoy an indoor and outdoor fireplace!
The house is a sanctuary of calm. Perfect for reading books, lazing in hammocks, enjoying shared meals together, drinking chai and gazing at the views.
Mais alguns detalhes
Acesso à internet
Acesso à internet limitado
Temos mascotes
Somos fumantes
Pode hospedar famílias
Pode hospedar nômades digitais
We have internet connection - better through optus but can tether from our house wifi
Espaço para estacionar campervans
We have power and outdoor toilet available.
Pode aceitar animais
We are happy to accept pets
Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?
Mais de 2
Meus animais / animais de estimação
Comentário (12)
We enjoyed our time with her and would readily welcome her back to the farm. :)
She was polite, respectful, hardworking and willing to help out. She also has great English and comprehension skills. Vanamo loved baking which was a joy for Lou and I . :)
We had a good time helping them organize the farm, weeding, and… read more
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We enjoyed our time with her and would readily welcome her back to the farm. :)
She was polite, respectful, hardworking and willing to help out. She also has great English and comprehension skills. Vanamo loved baking which was a joy for Lou and I . :)
We had a good time helping them organize the farm, weeding, and… read more
Lou is a magician, everything concerning organisation went smoothly in this place.
I am honeslty surprised how easy life felt around this lovely people.
Communication was great and I definitely learned a thing or two about team management, schedules, meal plans, landscaping,… read more
We were warmly welcomed straight away and felt like home. Working with the other workawayers was great fun and we learned a lot. The food was also extremely tasty and varied. Definitely recommended to have a good time.
We would do it again any time!
She was super hardworking, clever, efficient and very responsible. She went above and beyond. She made a great banana bread loaf and always cleaned up after herself. I highly recommend her to other hosts. You will be glad you took her on
We will miss you Pia. You are welcome back anytime
They were exceptional hosts, providing a… read more
She has a positive attitude, was open, friendly and hardworking.
I highly recommend her to other hosts. All the best Lea.
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Volunteering for the gardening project at Lou and Lauren's house before winter was a positive experience. The tasks were varied and suitable for all skill levels, with clear guidance from Lou and Lauren.
Learning new gardening techniques and working with other volunteers… read more
He was a great help around the farm, he helped with landscaping and installing a new shower/laundry block for workawayers. Nolan is hardworking, clever, great at following instructions, sharing ideas and very responsible. We comfortably let Nolan stay at our place whilst we were away overnight and have full confidence… read more
Thanks Lauren and Lou :)
She was a pleasure to host and we enjoyed her time with us.
She is warm, clever, open and willing and was definitely one of the hardest-working workawayers we have had. Ilse was a great support to us at the farm.
I highly recommend her to other hosts and would gladly welcome her… read more
it was hard and physical work but very rewarding to see everything come togheter. The festival was such an unice experience with lots and lots of learning opportunity's.
The site is beautifull with the best sunsets,… read more
They are a friendly, polite, reliable, hardworking couple, who joined us for a couple of weeks.
They speak excellent English, have great capacity, comprehension and willingness.
I highly recommend them to other hosts and would gladly have them back. :)
We felt very welcome at their home, which is located on a hill on their massive and beautiful property. We had our own shed to sleep, which was really nice as a couple.
The work was in preparation of their festival. It was not hard but a lot of fun and they gave us all the room to fit… read more
We always received amazing food! and we were able to take pretty much anything to eat and drink.
Lauren is a super friendly person, who makes you… read more
They did a great job in the garden and building rockwalls.
I would definitely host them again and recommend them highly to anyone considering hosting them.
He is welcome back anytime.
They have definitely provided some of our best workaway experiences yet. Jazz and Matt are both hardworking, dedicated, and full of knowledge, skills and great ideas. They have been polite, respectful and very thoughtful as well as being excellent company. They have a big dream and are… read more
We worked on various things, helping them do a bit of… read more
