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Volunteer as a housekeeper and experience the Australian Bush!

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The experience

As a volunteer with us, your primary job in this position will be to clean our lovely guesthouses however there might be other jobs along the way that you will be asked to do. There are plenty of activities on our farm that you can do in your free time – learn new skills in the pottery, go for nature walks, jump in the pool, relax with a good book or spend time with others in our community. We ensure a safe and enriching environment for all.

What you offer

24 hours of help per week

Housekeeping: Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.

What you get

1 day off per week

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English

Between 20 and 45 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Hello!
Our farm is a little gem in the Australian Bush and it’s a lovely place to live and work. We are a 3 generations family-operated tourist attraction that runs a farm stay accommodation in addition to our pottery, which includes a large studio space and gallery. Pilliga Pottery's daily workshops are very popular. We run a farm with sheep, goats and cattle and grow a lot of vegetables in our green house. We also bake our own bread and use many produces from the farm. Our Blue Wren Cafe is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Our community consists of full-time workers and volunteers and we come from all corners of the world. We always have a few volunteers all year round as well as seasonal workers in the holiday season. We generally eat most of our meals together.

Activities & Shift

Each volunteer is expected to work 4 hours per day in exchange for food and board. When working in housekeeping, you'll usually work from 10am-2pm or 9am-1pm depending on when our guests check-out. If it is a bit quiet in housekeeping, we might ask for your help in another area such as gardening, help out in the pottery or in the kitchen and your hours might vary in that regard.
At 1pm, we all eat lunch together. If you've finished your hours for the day, you have the remaining time to explore the property, learn new skills in the pottery or just enjoy the sun and native birds.

Because we are a small family-business, the work we offer to our volunteers can change from day to day. You might have different tasks while you're here although your main responsibility would be housekeeping.
If you are flexible and take changes with a smile (within reason), you'll fit in perfectly with us at our farm and in our community.

Rules

We are a community with people from different countries, backgrounds and beliefs. It's important to respect everybody for who they are and embrace them as they are.
Additionally, we are a hospitality-based business thus it is equally important to welcome and respect our guests and visitors.

You should preferably:
- not mind getting your hands dirty
- be flexible
- speak English or German
- be kind and open-minded
- a good communicator
- be reliable!
- have a good work ethic