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We are Megan, John and River
We warmly welcome you to our home situated within an ecovillage on the Central Coast just 1.5hrs north of Sydney.
Update:
We have so nearly finished our house!
I'd love someone, or 2 people, now, to help us finish a few things before we have guests arriving on 24th April!
We also have school holidays from 11th April so ideally we will find each other soon :)
Look forward to hearing from you
Megan
A little about us...
John (John Seed) works in the conservation of nature and founded the Rainforest Information Centre. He regularly facilitates deep ecology workshops across Australia. He has made films and recorded albums about nature and you can always encourage him to get the guitar out around the fire.
Megan, formerly working at a not for profit within the Aboriginal community in Sydney, is presently building our hemp home.
River is 11, attends a local school, loves books, hanging with his friends, soccer, music and minecraft. He loves the cultural exchange with our guests.
We have just moved into our home but there is still building work to be done!
We would like your help with building, gardening, homework, housework and cooking. From time to time John needs computer help with his admin.
We love to have volunteers with us and over the last 6 months have hosted people from all over the world. We collaborate with our friend and neighbour Benjamin who is also doing a natural build. You can look up his workaway site and see it is favourited over 250 times with more than 20 five star ratings, so you will find other travellers here for sure.
We share the cooking responsibilities like a family would, each taking turns to cook dinner, we love learning new recipes from you :). A typical evening involves sharing stories over dinner, going to a village event together, or playing board games around the table. Of course you may wish to enjoy your own company and that's welcome to.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The ecovillage is an intentional community of about 150 people. There are often 4 or 5 volunteers staying here and they share a kitchen/dining/hangout space. There are frequently lots of interesting community activities going on such as; crafting, group meditation and yoga, dancing in the dark, pot luck dinners. Sometimes we have organised events like gigs, fundraisers, quiz night's.
Terrigal beach is a great nearby haven with a plethora of shops, cafe's and eateries. We are lucky to live in the heart of Strickland State Forrest. Beautiful bushwalks are right at your doorstep. A calm and serene dam is located just behind your accommodation for swimming, meditating and relaxing.
Help
We have just built and moved into our new hemp home at the eco village and from time to time need help with remaining building projects, gardening, homework, housework, cooking and computer help.
Up to date as of 20 March 2025:
We have so nearly finished our house!
I just need the following tasks done. It might be 2 different people for 2 weeks or someone might come for 2 weeks and stay longer - lets see :)
1) some domestic contributions - mainly cooking the family meal and hanging/folding the washing. - This will allow me time to do paperwork to get the house signed off (yay) and sort boxes - both jobs that only I can do
2) rub back all my antique brass door knobs to bring back the shine - nice easy indoor work that you can do amongst other things - but needs elbow grease and a desire to bring the beauty back :)
3) some weeding around our paths and lovely vege patch
4) some easy work washing down the outdoor mudbricks and sealing them - it needs dry weather to do it.
and for someone interested in woodwork:
5) sanding back our wooden outdoor setting and varnishing it.
6) resanding and varnishing the wooden 'servery' at the kitchen window
7) creating some shelves for the bathrooms and pantry - sanding and varnishing. We have a handyman who could put them in if needed.
Work hours per day will not exceed 5 hours unless you wish to work extra hours for more full days off which we can accommodate.
You will be well rewarded with a lovely place to stay and wonderful connections with other travellers and villagers.
We look forward to hearing from you. Please mention something from our profile to let us know you have read it. thanks
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
I'm particularily interested in Spanish for myself and my son because I have some school basics in the romance languages (Italian/french/spanish)
Accommodation
Accommodation is in a tent or your own van at the ecovillage campground surrounded by trees and birdsong. The facilities include a kitchen and dining room, toilets and showers. You will have access to wifi in the heart of the village.
You may be able to stay in a bunk room in the village 'hostel' accommodation called "Paperbark House", which has a shared kitchen, lounge, wifi and dedicated bathroom facilities. Just ask me about it when you connect.
Either way we will provide all you need for accommodation including tent, mattress, linen, blankets, pillow, etc
What else ...
We only have one car, but still, there will be times when you will have the use of our car by arrangement so can enjoy the many beautiful places on the Coast. You can catch the train to and from Sydney and enjoy a show or the sights. If you are staying a while, we also are flexible with you taking some time off and visiting the blue mountains so feel free to discuss with us what you'd like to do in this whole region.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
You will have access to excellent wifi.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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Andreas came for 2 weeks and was so helpful to us and so easy to have around the house that he stayed 6 weeks..we loved having him with us on Christmas day.
Andreas transformed the house while he was here ... he is strong and dedicated,… read more
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Andreas came for 2 weeks and was so helpful to us and so easy to have around the house that he stayed 6 weeks..we loved having him with us on Christmas day.
Andreas transformed the house while he was here ... he is strong and dedicated,… read more
This is ones of that places where you can learn new stuffs and create real connections with people. Since the first moment they have made me feel part of the family. When you are travelling around the world by yourself these things value more than anything… read more
The workaway is as described. I thoroughly enjoyed all tasks on the build, specifically making the bannister out of saplings. They are very patient and great teachers and… read more
Gemma was reliable, diligent, fast at her work while attending to the details. She could problem solve and in a humble way offer better options for completing the task.… read more
