Workaway number four

I land in Melbourne and get a cab to my next workaway.  Household jobs and maintenance in Coburg, Melbourne.
I arrive at the house at a little after midnight and find the front door is open but i am unable to find any people.
I wander around the kitchen and pop the kettle on, all the time hoping im in the right place and aren't about to get arrested/shot or attacked haha!
A few minutes later a car pulls up and out jumps Ben, an affable guy but i just want a cup of tea and sleep!
Im offered a caravan or a bedroom and i quickly accept the bedroom and retire with my tea.
First time in a bunk bed for years! i sleep soundly and wake around six.  Kettle on again and a small woman shuffles past me with a faraway look in her eye as she descends on the medicine cabinet.
I say hi and get a mumble in return, ah well - must be another workawayer who has had a heavy night!
Ben is at work so i send him a Whatsapp and we make a plan for the day, my first job is to clean one of the caravans on the driveway as two new workawayers are arriving imminently.  I find all the cleaning gear and get on it straight away.  Just as i finish i find the two new guests have arrived, Fiorello and Lautano, from Uruguay and Argentina, in their 30s, and super lovely.i welcome them and show them around the little i know of the house and we drink tea. I see we are pretty much left alone so we find work that we think needs doing and get on with it.
Later that evening Janine arrives, shes Bens wife and ohhhh i recognise her, the shuffling figure from earlier that morning! wow, what a transformation! Shes like a whirlwind and we instantly get on well.
As we walk through the house spotting things to be done i write them down, and it soon transpires there's a huge amount of work to do and Janine wants me to supervise.  Its then i learn there's another young volunteer called Eastern from Canada in the next room to me! He spends alot of time in there so i make a mental note to wheedle him out.
Janine changes the subject, to her marriage...i remain professional and listen.  Her and Ben are experimenting with an open marriage and both seeing people. Why i need to know this i have no idea. I nod and learn they've been together 25 years and need something more. Erm ok.
They both go to work (phew) and i return to finding the tools we need to start some of the jobs.
I introduce everyone and we work for a few hours.  Eastern is a curious character tall and skinny with a cocksure attitude - at 18 hes older than his years conversationally so we have some interesting conversations but in other ways, he tires easily and often is judgemental of others.
Lauto is a fun guy, his English is getting there and i soon fall into the role of teacher, which we both enjoy. Fiorello is pretty and smart and keeps Lau focused - they are a great couple and i enjoy their company immensely.
As im only here a week i work on redoing a day room for Janeene and Ben, so most of my time is taken sorting it out and prepping and painting. I work two long days and take a day off.
I decide to walk into Melbourne on the day off and its 10k, no chance of getting lost as you can almost always see the skyline.
When i arrive i feel suffocated almost immediately, blimey, ive been in the bush too long i think!

Towards the end of my stay i wake one morning and, to my surprise - or not, Janeene appears form her room (wrapped in atowel!) with someone that isnt Ben.  she introduces me to Pete and we say hi. Ben then appears form another room.  This house is like a pandoras box!