Mullett Creek, Queensland

About this house sitting position in Mullett Creek

Hi,

We live at Mullett Creek, which is 46 kilometres north of Bundaberg. We have a quiet rural 5 acre setting. The ocean is visible 5 kilometres away, and the surf can be heard at night and on big surf days.

We are looking for a Non Smoking house sitter couple, preferably with their own caravan or motorhome and without 4 legged pets from 27th July to 27th November 2017.

There is ample room for a caravan or motorhome, either in the open or in a lock up shed.
There is also a good internet connection, and unlimited local / STD and calls to Aussie mobiles included.

It is preferable that the sitters be experienced in maintaining a sub tropical garden. The important thing is that it gets watered regularly. There is an extensive underground watering system. it just requires the applicable taps to be turned on every couple of days if it does not rain. General rule of thumb, turn on 6 taps for 2 hrs every third day. It may require a little weeding.

It will probably only need mowing once, or twice at the most. There is a ride on mower and only about half will require mowing.

On the property, we call our Prickle Farm, we have a small fruit orchard, flower and shrub gardens and 1 elderly rooster, 2 Ducks, 30 pigeons, one sleepy indoor cat and a few fish in the dam.

Here, is also on the migratory bird path for many birds doing their annual migration from Antarctica, NZ, and Southern Australia. we put out some food and sometimes they have a top up on the way past. We also have a few resident rare species who have decided to stay in the area. All of these wild birds can and will survive successfully without us.

There are no outdoor 4 legged animals, and because of the ground birds we do not allow other dogs or cats on the property. Across the road is a very large state forest and domestic animals are not allowed there either. We have previously had sitters with their own birds.

There is also an elderly couple as tenants in a nearby second house on the property. As they are retired, and often wish to visit their relatives for several days at a time, I would not impose on them to caretaker for this period of time, however they are easy to get along with, very knowledgeable and enjoy fishing.

The home is a comfortable 3 bedroom brick with all the usual trappings of retirement.

If you are interested in a country holiday, in a mild climate for some of the winter months, either reply via this advertisement or phone us.

Thanks,

Trevor Schoenfisch. Read more...