Enjoy working with young children and cooking hearty meals? Lyndavale Cattle Co is seeking a caring, organised and enthusiastic Governess / Cook to join the team at Lyndavale Station.
This varied role combines structured schoolwork with early learning, play, creativity and everyday care for two children, alongside baking and cooking for a small station team.
You’ll have the freedom to bring your own ideas and personality to the schoolroom and kitchen, while giving both children a positive, engaging and consistent routine.
Lyndavale Station is a family-run cattle property approximately 280 kilometres south-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Managed by Ross and Jo Stanes, it forms part of the Stanes family’s Lyndavale Cattle Co operation, which also includes Mount Ebenezer and De Rose Hill stations. The property features expansive mulga grasslands, sandhill country, bluebush landscapes and the salt lakes of Karinga Creek, providing a distinctive Central Australian setting to live and work.
Schoolroom and childcare responsibilities:
📍 Supervise and support the Preschool and Year 1 School of the Air programs.
📍 Prepare learning materials and schoolroom activities.
📍 Assist with online lessons and communication with teachers.
📍 Keep learning records and school materials organised.
📍 Create a calm, encouraging and enjoyable schoolroom.
📍 Plan age-appropriate activities, including reading, craft, outdoor play and early learning.
📍 Help both children develop confidence, independence and a love of learning.
Cooking and homestead responsibilities:
📍 Prepare smoko, lunch and dinner for a small team.
📍 Bake for the team.
📍Assist with homestead duties, including gardening, cleaning and feeding animals.
✅ A genuine enjoyment of working with young children.
✅ A patient, caring, energetic and reliable approach.
✅ Cooking and baking skills.
✅ The ability to provide structure while keeping learning fun.
✅ Clean, organised work habits and confidence working independently.
✅ Initiative and flexibility when plans change.
✅ Comfort with living and working in a remote environment.
✅ A current driver’s licence and your own car.
✅ The required working-with-children clearance and first aid certification, or a willingness to obtain them.
A varied role combining education, cooking and station life.
Freedom to contribute your own ideas in the schoolroom and kitchen.
The opportunity to make a positive difference to two children’s learning and development.
February 2027 start.
If you are interested and believe you would be a good fit for our family and business, please send a cover letter and your resume including two references via the APPLY NOW button.
PLEASE NOTE:
This is a permanent position and is NOT open to Working Holiday Visa Holders (Backpackers) or overseas applicants.
Applications without required skills and experience listed in the ad will not be considered.
We are a family-owned, fourth-generation Beef business operating across NT and South Australia. Committed to producing high-quality organic product.
