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Companions during
your stay.
While there are times when others are
staying on the farm, there will be
times when you may be the only one.
Therefore you must be prepared to stay in an
unfamiliar environment to your home or city.
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Arrival: Plan
your stay well in advance and keep us
informed about your visit. When a WWOOFer
reaches the train station during the busy
feed up time in the afternoon, it is
difficult to leave the animals to come and
collect you.
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Communication:
Communicate with the staff. Ask
questions whenever you have doubts. .
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Schedule of your stay:
Communicate the duration of your stay
well in advance. It takes a lot of our time
to familiarize you with our animals
and tasks for them and we have had animals
perish through lack of attention and
interest in cleaning and feeding work for
them.. So it is not viable for short term stays. You must be suitable for farmwork before you come.
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Kind of work:
Ask about the kind of work you will be
supposed to do, work hours, other expected
WWOOFers, staff members, etc. Not only
will it improve your language skills,
but it generates an valuable interaction.
Sometimes we have more demand for wwoofers
according to seasonal or holiday periods, so
you will have to be flexible with what you
are required to do.
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Different farm activities:
Choosing a farm that has different
activities to do is a great experience. You will get to learn more
and will also not get bored by doing only
one type of work. This venue has a lot
of animals specializes in horses and they
require a lot of attention. Their manures
are put into the compost areas, which horses
being poor converters of feed, means that
their is a lot of nutrients left for
vegetables.
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Help with daily chores:
You are not going to be staying in the home
of another person., but with other
travelers, so the best way to socialize with
your fellow travelers is to offer a
helping hand with the chores such as
cooking.
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Things to carry:
Money, old clothes and shoes (useful while
working), sleeping bag, camera, phone cards,
raincoat, first-aid, torch, hat, sunscreen,
etc.
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Insurance:
Make sure you have accident, health and
travel insurance details which is valid you
are visiting.
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Short WWOOFing duration:
If you are accepted as a WWOOFER for a short duration 7-10 days,
you will be required to be flexible as
there will be the farm's activities and
schedules that you will have to work around.
Also if there are already other Wwoofers or
volunteers, then the chores would be
already assigned, so you will have other
duties
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Uncertainty:
Be ready for unexpected events. You may have
to work for longer hours, spend a lot of
time alone, cook for yourself, or share
accommodation with a unfriendly WWOOFer.
Also resources available such as internet is
only available at the village of Blackheath
-15 minutes from the farm.
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Leaving: Please
make sure your room has been vacuumed, and
linen washed and restacked for the next
traveler. Dont leave the kitchen/lounge area
untidy, make sure it is how you would expect
to find it.
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Courtesy:
Sometimes it may turn out to be not
able to cope with farmwork and if you
don't want to stick it out and really have
to leave early, please ensure the courtesy
to give enough notice.
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Tourist Spots:
Keep yourself informed about nearby tourist
spots. You can visit them when you have a
day off.
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Note: Our venue is not a respite from
the expense of staying at accommodation in
Sydney.Lately we find that occasionally
people say they will be here for the minimum
time, then depart early, leaving others
disappointed who really wanted to stay for
the contracted time.