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Hey there, awesome travellers!
We're building a village for homeless folk, where they can build their own tiny homes and run their own agriculture co-op. We're setting up right now, official opening June 2026.
What's the deal with this place?
Emma and Berry are two 40-something trans women who went to school together, transitioned together, and decided to put all that accumulated privilege to good use. Emma became homeless in 2021 and noticed the lack of community and purpose made everything harder. She started chatting with Berry about it and two years later, after lots of discussion and planning, they gave birth to this place.
Key principles:
- give people what they need (food, community, housing, a project, mentors, tools)
- consent
- feed the soil
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Van life
Pets
LGBTQ
Farming
Charity work
Writing
Languages
History
Gardening
DIY & crafts
Carpentry
Cooking & food
Books
Animals
Nature
Mountain
Hiking
Camping
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Emma and Berry speak English and a little AUSLAN (Australian sign language). Emma speaks French poorly and Berry speaks Japanese fluently.
Professionally, Emma has worked as a cook, a neurodivergent coach, a writer, and a bridge teacher. She has special interests in the history of science, van-building, fly-fishing and fly-tying, community-building, soil ecology, foraging, mycology, and native vegetation.
Berry runs a gardening biz and has done plenty of tech biz stuff.
We go hiking in the mountains, take day trips to the beach, and visit queer events around Lismore from time to time.
Help
We're hosting friends and travellers right now: planting, pruning, building fences, paths, cooking, eating and playing. Tiny-home building will start later in the year.
Right now, because we're just getting started, we need hands on deck with all sorts of things. You could be helping us with:
•Getting the farm going – prepping the land, planting stuff, learning about our cool farming methods (syntropic agroforestry - ask us for youtube links to learn more )
•Lending a hand with building - mud huts, tree houses, a shed, a kiln, swales and trenches, an outdoor kitchen...
•Being part of the community vibe – helping us create a welcoming and supportive space
We like to do two or three hours of of tasks in the morning, and then take ourselves to the shade of the house during the hotter part of the day - cooking, reading, craft, making art, writing, doing puzzles. Y'know, chilling.
We'd hope you could catch that rhythm - a bit of farm tasks in the morning and a bit of chill in the afternoon
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Japanese: Fluent
Sign Language (BSL): IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
We would LOVE to host deaf and HOH workawayers. We are desperate to practice signing with others! We would love to learn your language and help you with English. Emma would be happy to set aside one hour each day for language exchange.
Accommodation
Lots of options - a bedroom in the main house, your own hut, or camping - it's up to you. There is one bathroom in the house to share.
We cook a big meal for dinner for everyone to share. Lunch varies - sometimes it's everyone for themself and sometimes we make salads/pasta/whatever. Breakfast is varies too. Some mornings we cook - pancakes, or beans & eggs on toast, or french toast with bananas or who knows! Other mornings we just have cereal or a piece of toast. There is always plenty to eat!
If you come to stay, we will find out what you like to eat first, to make sure we have lots of things in the house that you like.
What else ...
Having an Australian or international drivers license will help a great deal! It's 10kms to the nearest town and 40kms to the nearest shop.
We're covid-conscious. We have testing equipment here and masks for anyone who tests positive.
Tell us all about your needs when we communicate and we'll meet them as best we can. Emma has travelled as a workawayer and has had good and bad experiences. We want this to be a great place for you.
We're in Northern NSW (Bundjalung Country), not Western Australia as the profile sometimes says 🤷🏼♀️
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Wifi is solid. No mobile reception unforch.
Space for parking camper vans
Brilliant. Park by the creek, up on the hill, next to the dam, wherever you like!
Can possibly accept pets
We welcome your pets. Jackie the sausage is great with all kinds of creatures, including birds.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Jackie
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She is smart, keen, and very kind. She got along with everybody here and chipped in diligently with all manner of tasks. She even cooked a couple of sublime meals for everyone.
I had some great chats with Sarah and find it hard to believe she's only 20 years… read more
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Chat with Workawayers who've visited this host
Feedback
She is smart, keen, and very kind. She got along with everybody here and chipped in diligently with all manner of tasks. She even cooked a couple of sublime meals for everyone.
I had some great chats with Sarah and find it hard to believe she's only 20 years… read more
