“Animal Farm Pt1: Strawberry Fields Forever” Sandd’s photos around Denmark, Australia
Admin | May 15, 2011
Preview of Sandd’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Denmark, Australia Entry Title: “Animal Farm Pt1: Strawberry Fields Forever” Entry: “Amazingly and brilliantly we managed to arrange a house sit for 9 weeks in Western Australia right down on the South Coast in a place called Denmark. We arranged it through a website and really weren’t sure what to expect but we were very pleased with how it has worked out. We met the family in Perth and spent the night at their daughters house and then made the 5 hour journey south to their farm. The place is really amazing. The guy built it himself about 20 years ago after they bought the 108 acres on the South Coast Highway. The house itself is a big hectagon shape made of local wood with lovely stone floors and a massive open plan living area with the kitchen, lounge, dining room surrounded by five sets of french doors and a big wooden veranda all around. After living here for quite some time they decided to make an extra bit of money by building four holiday chalets which are just out of sight of the house but still on the grounds. So this is all ours for the next two months! They have 150 sheep, a dozen chickens, a load of kangaroos including 3 that are very tame as they were bottle fed and a shetland pony. Quite different from our city centre apartment in Leeds. However, we are really loving our time …