Live-in Animal Care
About this opportunity
Start any date that suits, as long as we are available. Minimum stay two weeks. You work four days each week.
Days are long, from dawn to dusk, but the happy smiling faces of the animals around you will make it all worth it. Duties include daily cleaning of barns and coops, feeding, health checks, light maintenance work, monitoring herd movements and intensive care of ill, old and baby animals. Extra duties may be required when new there are new rescues or infants.
This is a responsible role. You will be provided with specific requirements and care standards and your work will be monitored regularly.
Only those with a deep desire to care for animals should apply.
Free accommodation
Accommodation is basic, but the kitchen is fitted out with everything you need and there is a comfortable living area. You will share a room with one other person. It's the responsibility of volunteers to clean and tidy the bungalow. Volunteers receive a food reimbursement of $10 a day.
No experience is necessary as full training will be given.
The bungalow features a bathroom with a shower running hot and cold water, living room, kitchen and a small back yard. You will share a room with one other person and will share the bungalow with three people in total, who will also have a private room. A TV is provided along with a wood fire (you will need to chop wood if you want to stay warm!). Free wifi and netflix is provided and a swimming pool is also available.
Here is a video made by one of our wonderful volunteers about working on the farm. Please note that dawn in Queensland varies from 4.45am to 6.30am depending upon the time of year.
Location of the farmimage
The farm is 1km from the village of Dayboro, which has 6 cafes and a pub. Buses run twice daily on weekdays to the station from which express trains take 35 minutes to the city.
Conditions of the role The farm is vegan. Animal products are not permitted to be brought into, or stored in, the volunteer accommodation. The Australian Government does not allow us to authorise second-year Working Holiday Visas.
If you fail to complete the one-month period, no meal allowance will be paid. You should not apply for this position if you are scared of large animals, don't want to clean up poop, don't have the confidence to manage the farm for a 10-hour period on your own, or if you are subject to feeling lonely or homesick. Working around farm animals is heavy, dirty and tiring work and requires strength and stamina. Working with large animals is not without danger but the sanctuary has policies in place so that you are insured against workplace accidents. Your safety is primarily your responsibility, you must follow our safety procedures or else you will place yourself at risk.
If short-listed you may be required to spend a day with one of our current volunteers, so that your abilities can be evaluated.
Additional requirements
Must want to help farm animals and be dedicated to care.
Live in. Full time. Minimum one month.
Suitable for- Centrelink Volunteers
- People Learning English
- People with disability
- Skilled Volunteers
On the job
ReimbursementFree accommodation & wifi. Reimburse $210 food expenses per month.