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What interesting jobs have you had while on the road?


Interested to hear what types of work people have been doing whilst travelling. 



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- cooking and housework for a family in QLD during grain harvest. Has led to regular work and farm sitting for the same family since 2012
- cooking, child minding, school bus run at Three Springs WA - 2013
- caravan park maintenance near Port Hedland WA - 2013
- cooking for construction staff and farm staff near Port Hedland WA - 2013
- milking cows and garden maintenance near the Great Ocean Rd Victoria - 2014 + 2015 + 2016
- farm hand sheep property near Katanning WA - 2014
- feeding beef cattle and general farm work near Albany WA -2014 and 2015
- cooking for a cattle mustering team near the Burdekin Dam QLD - 2015
- housework, cooking and farm maintenance at Condamine QLD 2016
- caravan park maintenance East Gippsland Vic. 2016 + 2017


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  • Birdsville caravan park for race week - 2011, all sorts of things HER, toilets/showers/cabins/ laundry/office/front gate, HIM rack stack and pack, rubbish, general cleaning.
  • 70,000 cattle property Winton, 2011. HER cooked for family, HIM garden and excerised working dogs. mustering cattle
  • Bean Harvest Bowen 2011 - HIM Driving for Mulgowie
  • Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, 2012 - three months, HER Housekeeping, HIM Maintenance
  • Grain Harvest South Australia 2012 - Receivals at silos
  • Port Vincent Caravan Park -2013 - cleaning and office
  • William Bay Cottages - gardening, cleaning
  • Private residence, Perth- gardening
  • Grain Harvest Western Australia 2013 - HIM receivals, HER Weighbridge (live on site)
  • Gumflats Station 2014 - volunteer work, gardening, water runs
  • Brahman Stud Murgon 2015 - checking water and fences - cattle
  • Brahman Stud Delungra 2015 - checking water and fences - Cattle, sheet, goats - milking house cow (and making butter from cream and eating it!!!)
  • Aspens Springs farmstay, Bright 2015 - poultry (chooks, ducks, geese, turkeys) with children of guests, boarding kennels.

Some of these have been paid work, some work in return for site/power/water, some volunteer, some part of farm sits.

Hmmm, big gap since last one, better find some work soon.



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Since leaving Geelong 10 years ago these are some of the work we have done

. Farm work in Airlie Beach

.Rebuilding navy patrol boats & Army landing craft in Townsville

. Maintenance work at concrete pipe works & plant shut downs in Townsville

. Gas plant construction, offshore oil rig project, various fitter work on mine sites in the NT

. caretaker at golf course in Humpty Doo  at present



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Fixing a clutch on Cruiser .Middle if Nallabar . Changing shocks on my motorhome . Oh yea working out PMD issues with GM diesel !!

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Emptying our Thetford toilet cassette with our poo in it every week. JOB DONE! date.gif

How come people with en-suites in their RV's cluster around public toilet blocks on their travels?

 



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Cooking at remote tourist accommodation business - 2002 Himself grounds upkeep, general work about the place
Teaching in remote aboriginal community - 2002. Both of us
Mango packing sheds - sorting and packing mangoes - 2002. Both of us
Reception/housekeeping at same tourist accommodation place 2003. Himself - groundswork, manning canoe hire, guide
Managing - upkeep/cooking/housekeeping - very remote tourist safari camp in NT Gulf country - 2005. Himself took fishing parties and did general guiding too, gounds upkeep and grew begetables.
Cafe cook near Litchfield NP - 2006. Himself - grounds work, washing up (lots)
Site clerk and Safety Officer - Pilbara construction camps - 2006-07.

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