A great way to enlist help with organising - 'helpx'

We had an exciting 'first' this week. Our first HelpX (help exchange) visitor!  Martin from Denmark, came to us on Monday and left for a trip to Australia Zoo this morning.

It was altogether a very enjoyable experience, we were blessed with a relaxed, independent and polite visitor who fitted in around the family and helped out easily.

We really enjoyed providing him with some Australian 'firsts' too.

This is Martin's first Vegemite experience, although we buy Aussie products so it's actually a Mighty Mite on toast brekkie :)


And below is his first Pavlova.  For those (including Martin) who want a brief history of the dessert, here's the wiki. 

 

 



The premise behind HelpX is to exchange food and a place to sleep for around 4 hours work per day's stay. We found ourselves not getting into 4 hours work simply because 2 little children were completely entranced and demanded attention from our visitor (counts as work to me). This turned out ok, as I had a little more time to do things of my own and some help with supervision. We also enjoyed the educational experience of learning about another country, the similarlities and differences.

 

Tonight was sadly the meltdown of tired children and tired adults, we all felt a bit grumpier,  but overall the tired flaking out hasn't diminished the positive experience that helpx brought to us.

 

We certainly look forward to more helpx experiences and have some more ideas now on how to go about helpx despite our busy life. 

 

Thanks Martin for an enjoyable visit!