Brookton (on A Farm), Western Australia

About this house sitting position in Brookton (on a farm)

Sorry if you have been contacted recently - BUT

We had a couple booked from 23rd of August to the 13th of October 2016 but they have had to pull out, so we need to find a replacement.
We found a replacement and the new couple have had to pull out (just yesterday 23rd Aug.), due to unfortunate, unexpected circumstances - so, here I go again!!

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We are looking for help asap from 24th (today) of August to the 13th of October 2016.
This is not a paid position, and your own vehicle/transport is recommended.
Accommodation is a granny flat, (a van can be pulled along side), with bathroom and toilet, a new fridge and stove, R.C. Air Con and a washing machine - about 100 metres from the main house.

The menagerie consists of:
An emu, caged birds, various poultry, 2 dogs, 1 cat, 2 kangaroos,
Sometimes there are orphaned lambs too but usually from mid-March on. – none right now.
Once in the swing of it, this takes about an hour morning and night.
We live 120 mile east of Perth on a wheat and sheep farm which borders the Yenyenning Lakes system. We are 20 mile from Brookton - as for fruit and veggies, there is an IGA store, a butcher and a deli in town. I go to town once a week and can get an order for you or you can come with me - I volunteer at the local school and am usually away for around 4 hours.
We have a bountiful Lemon tree, some home grown vegies and a variety of herbs, hoping to prepare beds now for summer vegies. I try to continually add the garden to
increase the amount and variety of plants grown.
There are several interesting "touristy" spots to visit, such as: Wave Rock, about 2 and half hours East of us and on the way there, just before the town of Corrigin, is the "Dog Cemetery", a rather unique idea for people to put their precious pets to rest and quite popular.
There used to be an Emu and an Alpaca farm people could visit, in that are too, but I am not sure if it is still open to the public.
Pingelly, about a 40 minute drive South of, us has an observatory for gazing at the stars.
Dryandra is between Pingelly and Narrogin and has a native animal refuge and breeding programme going.
York is an historic town ship, one of the first settled out of the Perth area in the early days - it has a motor museum and special market days - lots of very old buildings.
Northam (to the North of us) and Narrogin to the South are both just over an hour drive and are much bigger centres.
About a half hour North of our farm is County Peak from which you can have a 360 degree view of the surrounding farm lands and lakes - very pretty.
We also have a small lake on our property stocked with bream - nice eating!!!

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