Apply to Help at 6 Montagu Street

We have helpers most of the year, and especially through summer. That's great, but it does mean we'd like a way to plan our visits, the necessary shopping and when we can say yes or no to people wanting to come. And so we will tend to prefer people who have filled in this form in advance as an expression of commitment, patience and diligence. Complete this form and you'll make our life easier and we can maximise the chance of our making your stay wonderful! Believe us, most are!

If this feels like and interrogation or a job application, we apologise. We love most of the guests we get, but have had some pretty shocking guests too and that disrupts our family life rather badly. If it's not worth your time engendering trust, it's probably not worth our time either.

About Your Visit

When do plan to arrive?
 
between: 
and:
Would you like us to propose a date most convenient to us?   No        Yes
How long would you like to stay?  
The longer you're planning to stay, the happier we are. It takes time to settle in, time to get to know one another and time to enjoy time in Hobart's community.
     
Do you know how to get to our place?  
No        Yes      If not, then read this.
Do you need to be picked up from somewhere?  
No        Yes      Where from: Note: There's a cheap airport bus into town. Take that ;-).
     
How many people are you altoghether, yourself included.  
   we currently have bunk beds in the study and mattresses on the floor if need be.
If more than one
How are you all related? 		 
   friend(s), girl/boyfriend, family, children, parents?
and roughly, how old are you all?  
  young kids? teenagers? 20s, 30s, mature?
     
Are you keen to partake of family life?  
No        Yes      If you visit us you'll be joining our family - eating at our dinner table, playing with our daughter (born 2003), and us, travelling with us and so on. A member of the family. Is that what you want? If not, think twice about coming - we don't have a caravan out back for you to hide in hermit like fashion, just a spare room across the hall from ours and our daughters.

About You

Your email address:  
   so we can get back to you!
Your name:  
   so we know who you are!
Your sex:     Male       Female   
Your age, roughly:    
Your phone number:  
   if you carry a mobile, it's handy to reach you.
A contact address:  
   we trust you with our address, trust us with yours.
     
Where are from?  
How well do think you master English?  
What other languages do you speak and how well?  
     
Do you have an dietary restrictions?  
No        Yes    We need to buy our food in advance to cater for you and know what to cook!
If yes, what are they?  
   Are you vegetarian? vegan? gluten intolerant? dairy intolerant? etc.
     
Are you happy to share a room with another helperr?  
No        Yes    We have one guest room and it comfortably sleeps two, but can sleep three or more if need be.
If yes, of the other sex?  
No        Yes    With only one room, we can't separate the boys from the girls. Usually we have one or two helpers at a time and it's nice if the two are happy to share a room. But if for any reason you can't share a room with someone of the opposite sex, just let us know (i.e. check no at left) and we'll see what we can do.
     
Do you have any noteworthy skills or talents?  
What about a trade?  
Or an education?  
Can you drive a car?     No       Yes, but on the right only!    Yes, and confidently on the left.
     
Have you read about our place, our lifestyle and what we do?  
No        Yes    If not, then read it here. If that's too hard for you, then you're too hard for us!
     
Have you got a bad back?  
No        Yes    It's O.K. if you do, I have a bad back myself, I'd just like to know up front! Not after I plan work for you. Be honest.
If yes, how bad is your back?  
   Describe what you can and can't do.
     

About Work

   
Have you ever done this before?
That is, WWOOFed or helped out using the Help Exchange.
  
No           Yes    if yes, roughly how many times?
    and what kind of work did you do?
How many hours a day do you think is fair work in exchange for a place to sleep, three meals a day, sharing in our family life and everything else we have to offer?
   
   We've had one too many helpers who think we run a free guesthouse alas.
Are you happy washing dishes?  
No        Yes    If you have a problem with dishes, go elsewhere. I do them every day after all. As my guest you can give me a break!
Have you read our list of typical projects?  
No        Yes    If not, then read them here.
On the list of projects, what interests you most?  
    we aim to please, and organize work you like where possible.
and what interests you least?  
     
Do you have any other commitments in Hobart? Like work? or Study?  
No        Yes    If you have other commitments I want to know up front. We've had people showing up at our place to tell me they have a job somewhere else, but would love to stay if we don't mind them being out 8 hours a day! We do mind.
If yes, describe the commitments:  
     

This Form

   
What do think of this form? Really!? Is it a real pain to fill out, can we improve it, do you understand why we're using it? It's an experiment in vetting applications working quite openly on the basis that we'd rather have fewer top quality helpers we can share great times with than weather the occasional really bad sour experience that seems always to be rooted in a completely mismatched set of expectations and understandings.
 
     
Please personalize the subject line. This form emails your submission to me with this subject. I'm far more likely to read it if you make the subject personal, and my spam filter will eat it up if you don't. Like it or not SpamBots fill this form in all the time (and are too stupid to fix this subject). Don't look like spam.
 
Subject:   Change this subject or you may never hear from me!
 

 

If you don't hear back from me by email inside of a week, something is awry. Try sending me an email to see what's up.

P.S. Particularly if you're applying in peak period (November to March), just filling this form out will not guarantee you a spot here alas.