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Host rating
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Last replied
16 Apr 2024
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Description
We are remotely situated in a exquisite valley high in the Cradle region of north, west Tasmania. Lorinna, the community which we belong to, is a progressive (though non-intentional) demographic of off-the-grid gardeners focused on sustainability and community resilience. Our primary focus is cultural regeneration and we encourage people coming to us to join morning yoga and meditation on our Cradle Mountain viewing platforms, and to gather for evening discussions around social permaculture and emergent culture. Day to day help includes natural building, ecological restoration, gardening, wood preparation for cooking and heating, and property maintenance. We offer plenty of opportunity for people to experience other projects in the community and to explore our beautiful valley. Application is via a friendly chat to assess if we are all likely to draw nourishment from our journeying together.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Visitors will experience living in strong community circumstance that is focused on sustainability. Our primary learning journey is grounded in regenerative culture explorations and how that might be lived out intentionally. As we are an Australian/Indonesian family, being with us offers access to both worlds with possibilities open to volunteer at our home in Indonesia.
Help
Primary jobs at the moment include natural building, ecological restoration, gardening, wood preparation for cooking and heating, and property maintenance. We try to make opportunities available for experiencing other projects in the community so being here is a well-rounded experience. We ask for four hours a day work plus help with preparation and clean up of meals.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Indonesian: Fluent
Accommodation
Accommodation includes a Workawayers cabin, Soulpads and spare rooms, and depends on availability.
What else ...
We are situated in an exquisite valley that offers forest tracks to walk, lake and lakeside activities, and a diverse and interesting community to plug into. Weekly yoga sessions are available; our local food co op opens twice a week luring the community in for social reasons as well as for shopping, scrumptious food and excellent coffee. A Buddhist retreat holds events throughout the summer and visitors are welcome all year round. The community is conveniently located close to some of Tasmania's best known attractions such as Cradle Mountain and The Walls of Jerusalem. No public transport is available, though car pooling is common.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4 hours a day, 6 days a week
Feedback (9)
Feedback
I stayed in this peaceful family for about 10days.
I remember when lianna pick up a board game for her children, tried to find a nonviolent.
Collaboration and sharing than competition.
Asep's always joyful and made great taste coffee.
Brandon and sam are so… read more
About the place, a wild valley surrounded by majestic mountains, with a marvelous lake where to cool off after a hot summer day. A great place to switch off and forget… read more
I stayed only two weeks, but as soon as I arrived there was a life I dreamed of.
Liana and Acep treated me with a caring, warm heart that was beyond kindness. All the things i did with them were nature friendly and environmentally friendly. I was very impressed… read more
Thank you so very much for your wonderful feedback! We too very much enjoyed your stay and hope you will come back and visit us sometime! Jeremy was an absolute plumbing whiz as he addressed our long term plumbing needs, then the rest of the community's too!!! We wish you all the best with your travels and are… read more
We were immediately welcomed into the family and community of Lorinna, where we met so many lovely and interesting people, and had a chance of seeing sustainable living in practice.
We mainly did wood-work, meaning we collected… read more
