Fencing may not be everyone's ideal holiday job, but Maria Lappin and Mel Butcher from the UK say being at BlazeAid has been a real highlight since being in Australia.
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BlazeAid is helping clear and repair fences damaged in the bushfires, with three camps in the Bega Valley - Cobargo, Bemboka and Towamba.
The backpacking couple from the UK arrived in Towamba seven weeks ago and are now about halfway through the 88 days of regional work which will qualify them for an extension to their working visa.
And despite it being voluntary work they also think it's a lot better than fruit or vegetable picking for money, where backpackers are charged for accommodation and food and are often on piece work.
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The pair saw other positives apart from the free accommodation and food.
"We didn't realise how much we would care," Maria said of their interactions with local farmers and landholders.
"I feel like this is the real Australia. Being at BlazeAid has been a real highlight since being in Australia.
"We were in Melbourne when we first arrived in Australia and you could have been anywhere. What we do here is rewarding, we have a farmer working with us and you get to see a lot of wildlife too."
Some of it is not quite so welcome though.
With a couple of recent warmer days Maria has already seen several snakes. One of the whiteboards in Towamba Hall where the overseas volunteers meet, has instructions for how to bandage a limb following a snake bite and the dos and don'ts of managing the situation.
The Towamba BlazeAid camp has a list of 121 properties that need assistance with fencing. So far they have managed to complete 50 properties out of the 64 they have started working on. In a couple of weeks they will be heading to Kiah.
There have been 57 volunteers through the camp, 26.7km of fencing built and 44.8km of fencing cleared. But if the targets are going to be reached the camp will need more volunteers.
When Maria and Mel arrived at Towamba there were 25 backpackers but a lot left within two to three weeks as they had completed their 88 days of regional work for a sign off on 417 and 462 visas.
Now they are down to just seven volunteers. With no backpackers coming into the country the pool of volunteers is limited.
"We're trying to recruit more people. We're hoping to get some grey nomads to join the camp as they start moving around. There's plenty of room for their caravans or motor homes here," Maria said.
The camp can take up to 35 people, has nine one person or one couple Swift Shelters, showers and toilets and space for additional campervans.
Anyone interested in volunteering can contact: blazeaid.towamba@gmail.com for more information.