About Sitter:
Extremely reliable, responsible, capable, mature (fit and healthy) non smoker professional. I am an Australian citizen, with US permanent residency, returning home to Australia for a 6-7 month visit to retain my sanity! Looking for housesits in Tasmania from after Christmas 2025 through to the end of Feb 2026. I have years of house and pet sitting experience in many countries and have plentiful reviews and references from several other websites. I also have plentiful offline references, a criminal history check and am more than happy to give you any other documentation you need to feel entirely confident about me. Many of the people I have sat for have become good friends and are very willing to talk to other homeowners who are considering choosing me as their house sitter.
I have taken care of dogs, cats (I am a lifelong dog and cat lover) fish, chickens, birds, hermit crabs, rabbits, hamsters, a peahen, and an ancient tree frog in my time. In fact, I seem to have developed a minor specialty with chickens, after several sits involving up to 2 dozen at a time on several occasions. And I have even looked after one not-too-friendly goat! I have had to administer medication to dogs and cats, oral medications, pills, inhalers and have been able to do so without getting scratched or bitten.
I work remotely as a freelance writer and editor so I am at home a great deal of time to provide plenty of love and attention to pets. I take your privacy and trust in me very seriously along with respecting your neighbours peace and quiet. I always aim to leave a place cleaner than when I arrived. As a home owner myself I know how important it is to have someone you completely trust in your home and caring for your pets, home plants and garden.
I have plenty of experience dealing with household emergencies, both minor like water heaters dying and major ones, in one house sit years ago the ceiling collapsed! Not because of anything I did, I hasten to add. I am a keen gardener, with somewhat of a green thumb and I won't kill your plants, also happy to weed and mow lawns for you. I lived for many years in Minnesota in the US and Adelaide, so I am no stranger to weather extremes at both ends of the spectrum, heatwaves, humidity, cold, snow and ice. I must be the only lunatic who chose to house sit in Winnipeg, Canada for 4 months during a colder-than-usual winter!
Happy to consider anywhere I can get to, generally I do prefer longer term (3+ weeks) rather than short term house sits, although if you have a short term one I will try to find another one nearby if I need to combine them. As a child, I used to feel really boring when my school report cards used to say 'very responsible' now I value that, I am still very responsible!
