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Host rating
80 %
Last replied
12 Dec 2023
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Description
We are a household of four - Cath (Mum) Hazel (15) Oscar (23)and Stewart Dad. We love to travel but find it hard to leave our lovely home, so we invite travellers into our lives instead.
Cath and I like to do yoga at least once a week. We also help run a monthly ecstatic dance Jam called Dance Your Socks Off!!! in a small community hall. Great Fun. It is well attended by a good cross section of people who are into ecstatic dance.
We are active members of an intentional community in Central Victoria. You can get here by catching a train from Melbourne to Castlemaine, it is a 1.5 hour trip and we will pick you up from the station.
This intentional community designed along permaculture principles by David Holmgren. It is an eco village, home for 32 individuals ranging in age from 12 months to 83 years. We have a lake stocked with fish and an organic orchard of cherries, apples, pears and plumbs to name a few. The communally owned eucalypt forest is 330 acres. A forest that is slowly healing itself after 150 years of abuse.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Farmstay help
Help with Eco Projects
Help around the house
Animal Care
Art Projects
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Gardening. Forestry. Experience life in an intentional community.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
If you have a skill or passion you would like to share we would love you to bring that with you.
It is great if you can function as part of a dynamic household, that means helping with food preparation and cleaning up etc.
The work you will be doing really depends on the season. It could involve working in the orchard, gardening or even forestry. Sometimes work might involve work in the kitchen preserving food. You never can tell every day is different.
We generally like people to stay for at least 10 days, That allows people to get into the rhythm of the place.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
You will live in our house. We have a spare bedroom. The other accommodation possibility is a small room with bunks in the barn.
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
4 hours a day
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My main jobs were fire clearing, some building, and gardening. I also started the website, but I had no time to finish it. Hope I can finish it the… read more
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My main jobs were fire clearing, some building, and gardening. I also started the website, but I had no time to finish it. Hope I can finish it the… read more
