Elina

I feel a bit stupid now but I have to ask what do you mean by 'posting a note'? New thread or something else? That Gumtree was a good advice but I can't register there before I get Australian cell number I now finally know the date when we are coming to Australia. Our flight will arrive to Perth 27th of October :p

Thanks! That Aussie House Sitters seems like the best choice. I will register there. Thank you all for your nice replys

Moi I wasn't really expecting anyone answer to me in Finnish There are lots of Finns in Australia. I have one relative there too. We will be travelling through the whole country. This time i know only that we start from Perth in the end of October and would like to be in Sidney during the new years fireworks.

Exactly what I was thinking! What are you like with cats Elna? Nice to notice that foreign house sitter is not out of the question We love cats but Tomi, my boyfriend is unfortunately very allergic to cats and horses ;) Other animals are ok or cause just mild symptoms which goes away with an allergic medication. But indoor living cats we could'nt look after even we would love to.

Thanks for your replies Golden Rules: cost is somewhere between 70-300 $ depending sites and areas.

I just found out this amazing system you have in Australia - house sitting! I haven't heard it before but unintentionally came into those pages. I am coming to Australia in October for at least six months and have spend hours after hours by searching all kind of information of your country. Because there are registering fees to those housesitting pages I would like to ask before paying anything to those companies wether anyone would take a foreign housesitter? Seems like most house owners would like to find elder persons who are retired and i am not either. Me (27 years old) and my boyfriend (30) are from Finland. We have resigned from our current jobs (project manager and trucker) and after two weeks we start our travel round the world. We have two Border Collies which are NOT travelling with us. They both compete in obedience trials. I previously had an own dog training company and organized dog seminars. We both love animals, especially dogs. Since our own dogs stays in Finland while we travel abroad, we would love to look after other dogs to relieve homesickness even a bit. I have used to do long bush walks daily and watch telly while scratching dogs bellies Since we are quite old working holiday travellers we are not party persons but very reliable people who respect others property. We wouldn't be working while minding house and animals, so there would be lot of time for pets. We have international police clearances but no recommendations since we haven't done house sitting before. So is it total waste of money to register in to house sitting sites because we are foreigners?

Great pics I thought there is never snow in Australia besides in Tasmania! I am very surprised Hope you don´t mind if I add here a few snowy photos from Finland

Great pics!