Download or read book House Sitting in Australia written by L.H.M. Cody and published by XinXii. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ebook, Laura shares the fascinating story of how she and her fiancé House Sat around Australia for nine months. Through honestly telling their story, readers can see what House Sitting is really like and, perhaps more importantly, learn from their mistakes. Apart from sharing the couple's amazing story it also reveals: - What is House Sitting? - Why choose House Sitting over Couchsurfing - What's the application process like? - How newbie House Sitters can get references - and why it is essential that they do - How and why to get Police Checks - How to write the perfect cover letter - what you must and must not include - Why you should Skype with Homeowners before arriving - and what to talk about - How you can work whilst House Sitting (and why you don't necessarily have to) - What it's like to groom a dog - What to do if a dog gets sick - How to help a dog who misses their owner It is the ideal ebook for anyone looking for advice on how to become a House Sitter, and for anyone who would like to know more about Laura and Tanbay's adventures in Australia. Because of House Sitting, they were able to spend nine months in Australia, staying in 8 different locations all across the country - from remote deserted beaches to party central cities. they saved an estimated £7,000 on accommodation and had the time of their lives - and so could you!
Download or read book Housesitting in Australia written by Nikki Ah Wong and published by N A Ah Wong. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Housesitting in Australia, Nikki shares her transformation from an everyday working mother, to a house sitter, an explorer and a motorbike-riding tourist. In her engaging and often humorous writing style, she offers a peek into her new adventurous, carefree, and very low budget life as a travelling house sitter in Australia. Nikki provides an inside view on what it is like to look after other people's homes and pets, and along the way, offers advice for those considering house sitting. Learn how to get started as a house sitter, how to find housesitting roles, what people are looking for in a house sitter and how to apply for the best chance of success. Read about ways to support yourself while travelling, and how to live on a tiny budget. Whether you are thinking of house sitting or considering a life change of another sort, let Nikki's story inspire and motivate you. NEW - Especially for Australian Residents You can also order the book for $20 including postage, directly from the author at [email protected]
Download or read book The Complete Guide to House Sitting written by Nik Rivers and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-04 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: House sitting is one of the fastest growing travel trends. Every month there are thousands of new house sitting opportunities all over the world. In return for looking after someone else's home, feeding their pets and walking their dogs, you could be staying rent-free in England, France, Australia, the USA, Thailand - anywhere in the world where house sitting opportunities exist. It's is the ultimate way to travel on a budget. No more staying in hostels, camping, couchsurfing on people's couches, or paying for overpriced vacation accommodation. With house sitting you get an entire house to yourself and because you're looking after someone else's home that means the kitchen is fully-equipped and the home is likely to come with those all important mod cons like internet, TV, air con, etc. Did we mention you get this for free? All in exchange for looking after the home and pets. Readers of housesittingguide.com have house sat in all over the world: in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, Asia, Australia...the list goes on. Along with the authors' own house sitting experience, The Complete Guide to House Sitting draws upon the house sitting experience of the countless other house sitters that housesittingguide.com have interviewed. The result is a book which contains absolutely everything you need to know in order to get started in house sitting.
Download or read book The Grand Hostels written by Gestalten and published by Gestalten. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hostels are more fun ! Would you like to explore cities with like-minded people when you travel ? Live the local life, and take part in communal activities ? A new wave of hostels is emerging that offer just that, with an extra shot of service and comfort. From outdoor swimming pools to rooftop dinners, co-working spaces to Spanish cooking lessons, the services and facilities on offer are outstanding. The Grand Hostels will provide you with insights beyond just price and location. The hostels featured are perfect for boodles, outdoors-types, and digital nomads alike, as well as for short city breaks. Award-winning journalist Kash Dhattacharya, a.k.a. BudggetTraveller, reveals his secret tips on where to find luxury hostels across the world, and how to eat out, party or unwind like a true local. Turn your travels into experiences to remember for a lifetime !
Download or read book Endless Holidays written by Mike Edmonds and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book House Sitting Adventure written by Trevor and Robyne and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed story covering the retirement of the authors and then the decision to go house sitting instead of travelling around Australia by caravan. A description of the various house sits that covered almost two years of travelling.
Download or read book Haben written by Haben Girma and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage. Haben grew up spending summers with her family in the enchanting Eritrean city of Asmara. There, she discovered courage as she faced off against a bull she couldn't see, and found in herself an abiding strength as she absorbed her parents' harrowing experiences during Eritrea's thirty-year war with Ethiopia. Their refugee story inspired her to embark on a quest for knowledge, traveling the world in search of the secret to belonging. She explored numerous fascinating places, including Mali, where she helped build a school under the scorching Saharan sun. Her many adventures over the years range from the hair-raising to the hilarious. Haben defines disability as an opportunity for innovation. She learned non-visual techniques for everything from dancing salsa to handling an electric saw. She developed a text-to-braille communication system that created an exciting new way to connect with people. Haben pioneered her way through obstacles, graduated from Harvard Law, and now uses her talents to advocate for people with disabilities. Haben takes readers through a thrilling game of blind hide-and-seek in Louisiana, a treacherous climb up an iceberg in Alaska, and a magical moment with President Obama at The White House. Warm, funny, thoughtful, and uplifting, this captivating memoir is a testament to one woman's determination to find the keys to connection. "This autobiography by a millennial Helen Keller teems with grace and grit." -- O Magazine "A profoundly important memoir." -- The Times ** As featured in The Wall Street Journal, People, and on The TODAY Show ** A New York Times "New & Noteworthy" Pick ** An O Magazine "Book of the Month" Pick ** A Publishers Weekly Bestseller **
Download or read book Ultimate Journeys for Two written by Mike Howard and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the founders of HoneyTrek.com, this inspiring book reveals hidden-gem destinations and insider tips for unforgettable couples travel. In these informative pages, Mike and Anne Howard--officially the World's Longest Honeymooners and founders of the acclaimed travel blog HoneyTrek--whisk you away to journeys of a lifetime. Drawing on their experience traveling together across seven continents, they curate the globe and offer tested-and-approved recommendations for intrepid couples, bringing culture, adventure, and romance to any couple--no matter their age or budget. Chapters are organized by type of destination (for example, beaches, mountains, and deserts) to help travelers discover new places and experiences based on their interests. Each entry focuses on a specific region, getting to the essence of each locale and its one-of-a-kind offerings. The authors reveal the best time to visit, the best places to stay, and recommended activities--each with their own adventure rating to illustrate level of intensity. Special features include funny and insightful stories from the Howards' own adventures, expert advice from other renowned traveling couples, and tips to increase the romance and excitement at each destination. A large map shows every location covered in the book, and each entry has a locator map depicting the city and country. Both entertaining and informative, this book is an invaluable resource and inspiration for a lifetime of travel.
Download or read book Duty written by Robert M. Gates and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he’d long left Washington politics behind: After working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happily serving as president of Texas A&M University. But when he was asked to help a nation mired in two wars and to aid the troops doing the fighting, he answered what he felt was the call of duty.
Download or read book The World Book Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.
Download or read book Half Broken Things written by Morag Joss and published by Delta. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping tale of psychological suspense perfect for the readership of Minette Walters and Ruth Rendell, Half Broken Things is a novel that peers into the lives of three dangerously lost people…and the ominous haven they find when they find each other. Jean is a house sitter at the end of a dreary career. Steph is nine months pregnant and on the run. And Michael is a thief. Through a mixture of deceit, good luck, and misfortune, these three damaged loners have come together at a secluded country home called Walden Manor. Now all three have found what they needed most: a new beginning, a little kindness, a little love. Living off the manor’s riches, tending its grounds and gardens, they leave the outside world far behind and build a happiness so long denied them. That is, until the first unexpected visitor arrives...igniting a chain reaction that is at once spellbinding and disastrous. A stunning, thought-provoking crime novel of chilling moral complexity, Half Broken Things is a gripping, haunting exploration of love and our need for it, of the damage done when we go long without it, and the deeds we might be driven to in its name.
Download or read book No Friend but the Mountains written by Behrouz Boochani and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of Australia’s richest literary award, No Friend but the Mountains is Kurdish-Iranian journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochani’s account of his detainment on Australia’s notorious Manus Island prison. Composed entirely by text message, this work represents the harrowing experience of stateless and imprisoned refugees and migrants around the world. In 2013, Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island, a refugee detention centre off the coast of Australia. He has been there ever since. This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi. It is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric first-hand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait of five years of incarceration and exile. Winner of the Victorian Prize for Literature, No Friend but the Mountains is an extraordinary account — one that is disturbingly representative of the experience of the many stateless and imprisoned refugees and migrants around the world. “Our government jailed his body, but his soul remained that of a free man.” — From the Foreword by Man Booker Prize–winning author Richard Flanagan
Download or read book This House of Grief written by Helen Garner and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • The engrossing true-crime classic from one of Australia’s most acclaimed writers, that follows a man and his broken life, a community wracked by tragedy, and the long and torturous road to closure •"This House of Grief, in its restraint and control, bears comparison with In Cold Blood."—Kate Atkinson, author of Big Sky and Shrines of Gaiety On the evening of Father’s Day, 2005, separated husband Robert Farquharson was driving his three young sons back to their mom’s house when the car veered off the road and plunged into a dam. Farquharson survived the crash, but his boys drowned. Was this a tragic accident, or an act of revenge? The court case that followed became a national obsession—a macabre parade of witnesses, family members, and the defendant himself, each forced to relive the unthinkable for an audience of millions. In This House of Grief, celebrated writer Helen Garner tells the definitive and deeply absorbing story of it all, from crash to final verdict. Through a panoply of perspectives, including her own as a member of the public, Garner captures the exacting procedure and brutal spectacle of Australia’s criminal justice system. The result is a richly textured portrait—of a man and his broken life, of a community wracked by tragedy, and of the long and torturous road to closure. Considered a literary institution in Australia, Helen Garner’s incisive nonfiction evokes the keen eye of the New Journalists. Brisk, candid, and never dismissive of its flawed subjects, This House of Grief is a masterwork of literary journalism.
Download or read book Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge written by Mem Fox and published by Omnibus Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge lives next door to a nursing home. When he finds out that his special friend, Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper, is losing her memory he sets out to find what a memory is.
Download or read book Comments from a House Sitter written by Alys F. Henderson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-06 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A house sitter's experiences from seven years of house sitting around Australia and New Zealand. This book covers some of the practical issues with house sitting but more importantly, the fun and humour involved in looking after a variety of pets in a variety of places.
Download or read book The Dog on the Tuckerbox written by Corinne Fenton and published by Black Dog Books. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Lady and her master Bill. It is the story of Australia.s pioneers; the bullockies who worked the rough tracks, and of one dog.s unwavering loyalty to her master.
Download or read book Platypus and Parliament written by Stanley Bach and published by Department of Senate Parliament House. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A systematic examination of how the Senate actually operates covering topics which include the design and operation of Australia's system of government, an analysis of the confrontation betwen the Senate and the house of Representatives in 1975, proposals for reform, the republican debate, minority parties and the balance of power.
