Work Opportunities
Up The Creek offers travellers and adventures the chance to stay longer by helping out with the various tasks required to run the business. This opportunity is available year-round, but is not available to persons without an off-Coast residential address.
Two options are available:
- Make a normal booking or merely turn up, pay for a minimum of three night's accommodation, and if you like what Roberts Creek has to offer, enquire about the possibility of our "work and stay" program. This will be totally at our discretion, subject to availability and suitability.
- Alternatively, use the Online Reservation Request form to complete a "work and stay" booking of 2 weeks minimum. Please make sure you click the "Work and Stay" box. A credit card number will be required for this, with a two week $150 cancellation charge applying, as we will be relying upon your agreed work. Of course, no charges will be made if you arrive as planned. Once confirmed, your accommodation is guaranteed for 2 weeks duration.
Work is expected for 3 hours per day (5 hours from a couple staying), for 5 days per week. This will generally be mornings between 10am–1pm, and will include a Thursday, Friday & Sunday, the other two days by arrangement.
Work duties will include cleaning, gardening, building maintenance, lawn care, painting, planting, pruning, chopping/stacking firewood, fruit harvest, bike cleaning, and various related projects. If you have a specific skill set, please tell us when you make your booking so that we can put your skills to best use.
In return for your 15 hours per week, Up The Creek will provide you with free accommodation in our 14' travel trailer within the 1/2 acre garden. This trailer is equipped with two fold out beds, a propane stove, electricity including fridge, cold water services, electric heater and possibly a chemical toilet. It is 75' away from the main house, and has uninterrupted views of the garden. The "Work and Stay" traveller also gets use of the main backpacker accommodation, including free wireless internet, free local telephone, free loaner bikes, all as per the main website. Please note that laundry use is not included.
the accommodation : the view from the travel trailer : inside the accommodation
Past Work & Stay volunteer hosts
Choirie and Noah (UK); June 10 — “I completely overcame my fear of spiders at Up The Creek, after Martin had us replacing that underfloor insulation”
Kamila (Montreal); Aug 10 — “Without doubt the best three months I had in BC”
Kate and Ben (Australia); Feb 10 — “For us it was the perfect interlude in a sleepy little area on the Sunshine Coast. There are plenty of things to do if you are interested in outdoor pursuits...”
Ritake (Belgium); Oct 10 — “Each week I'd fill up even more bags of garden waste, filling the UTC van to the brim”