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Dates
  • 15 Dec 2024* - 1 Jan 2025* (*Approx)
  • 2 weeks 3 nights
What we need
  • Dogs (1), Birds (1), Chickens/Ducks/Geese (10+), Farm Animals (10+)
  • Average
Sit Features
  • Yes

We need a house sitter

South - South East

Egbertus

. We are going to sail around south Australia and need someone to look after our small 200 a.c. farm for a couple of weeks.Being in a yacht return data have to be flexible It is a very quiet spot 2.8 km to beach (track from our gate) and 20 min to Kingston (hospital, shops etc.) or 30 min to Robe (historical, picturesque,cinema, restaurants, national park, rugged coast line) Chores include:- feed dog , galah which live outside, chooks and ducks, keep an eye on sheep and cows. Can call on neighbour for help if something goes wrong with animals or water supply etc. Some vegies in garden. Mount Benson Wine Region is just around the corner.

House & Location
  • Farm House
  • BBQ
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  • Coastal, Country, Bush/Forest (Shopping, Nature, Quiet, Historical)
  • Parks, Beach, Fishing/Boating
Reviews (4)
We had a lovely 7 month stay at Cape Jaffa, with local winerys x3, great fishing from March to May and all kinds of weather but mostly perfect. Ronnie found work within 3 days at the local Robe Fish & Chippery and Trevor looked after the farm and the animals. The sheep were easy to look after, we ended up crutching them with the local shearer. Polly the dog got along with ours and they had lots of play fighting and chasing each other and the ball. Janet & Bert are lovely and we'd definitely ... MORE
 
VERONICA & TREVOR (Mar 2024 - 6 months)
What a glorious location! Bert and Janet are wonderful people with plenty of instructions for you. We learnt about bores and pumps, electric fencing and moving sheep and the occasional few cows. What an experience it’s been! Polly the dog is an absolutely adorable little girl and we’ll miss her terribly. The duck, chooks and Pinky the galah were no issue and they all have their own little funny personalities. The bird life and the peace and quiet are definitely hard to beat. It’s been a great ... MORE
 
STACY (Mar 2022 - 13 months)
Bert & Janet are very welcoming and generous and made us feel at home from the first day. It was a real privilege to look after their wonderful property, cattle, sheep, chickens, duck and galah but especially the beautiful little dog, Poly. It was such a lovely place full of bird life. We were there to see the change into Autumn and Winter and start of Spring and loved the stay. We highly recommend sitting here, if you get a chance. We consider ourselves very lucky to have had the ... MORE
 
GREG (Apr 2021 - 5 months)
No rating A lovely property and wonderful people. We loved this place and the stock movements were a breeze. Would do this sit again anytime. Cheers Phil & Connie
PHIL & CONNIE (Jul 2018 - 3 months 1 week)
 
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