I live in Barossa, South Australia and love food, wine, travel, gardening, photography and of course, pets. I have an older house with a large garden and two cats. With children that have now finished school, and a flexible job (I have my own Marketing & Communications business) - housesitting is the perfect fit! I am a non-smoker, love walking, and am currently learning Spanish (which may of course come in handy on a housesit).
A combination of things has led me to Trusted Housesitters - children have finished school, a flexible job that allows me to work from anywhere, and being a bit of a crazy pet lady (but being unable to get more of my own :-) ). House and pet sitting is something I've done informally for years and its great to be able to help others out when they are unable to be at home with their pets and garden.
I regularly pet sit for friends and have minded small apartments through to large houses/gardens.