A bearded man wearing round glasses and a brown bowler hat is looking to the side. He has a calm expression and stands outdoors near wood.
A small rustic wooden cabin with a slanted roof stands in the woods. It has a ramp, porch, circular decoration, window, and a lone chair.
The image depicts a small gray mouse perched on a person's hand, with the mouse facing right and the person's thumb visible.
The image depicts a rustic wooden structure, possibly a playhouse or shed, situated in a wooded area, featuring a tall tower with a satellite dish and a small building with a window.
The image depicts a man standing in a wooded area, holding a large piece of wood, wearing a hat, suspenders, and boots, with a tree stump and branches in the background.
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Forest living the pioneer way in Fentonbury, Tasmania, Australia

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  2025 

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  • Description

    Description

    I'm retired. Antarctic expeditioner. I have travelled the world and lived and worked in deserts and Antarctica and many other places. Now I live a very pioneer-off-the-grid lifestyle in a forest I have built. The forest is 50 acres, cool temperate. Has all the main Tassie animals calling it home. Devils, quolls, birds, frogs, bettongs, bandicoots, and so on. The farm is off-grid, so we produce our own timber, food, water, power, and so on. Things to see in the local area. Mount Field National Park (including waterfalls and glowworms, mountain caves, Tasmania's tallest tree forest, Salmon Ponds, the Southern Hemisphere's oldest hatchery, trout fishing, and many hikes and trails in the local area)

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Gardening
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
  • Interests

    Interests

    Camping
    Nature
    Mountain
    Gardening
    Carpentry
    Books
    History
    Animals
    Sustainability
    Culture
    Farming
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    The skills I can pass on. How to build a farm system in an off-grid pioneer fashion. Learn how to choose trees and turn them into usable timber to be used in buildings or on the farm. How to grow food in a cool temperate sandstone landscape. How to collect water and move it around on a mountain landscape. I can teach people how to look at chickens and bees. Also during the warmer months, honey collection. Teach people how they can read a forest and care for the animals and plants that live within it. The world is full of knowledge, so always be willing to hear other people's ideas.

  • Help

    Help

    Help is firewood collecting, gardening, and looking after the animals and plants and helping build any new project cabins.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent

    This host offers a language exchange
    This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
    You can contact them directly for more information.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Either log cabins with a fireplace or glamping tent (with wood stove), or you can bring your own tent or accommodation

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Mount Field National Park. Salmon Ponds, Waterfalls.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

    Egg chickens

Host ref number: 277582348624

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A bearded man wearing round glasses and a brown bowler hat is looking to the side. He has a calm expression and stands outdoors near wood.
A small rustic wooden cabin with a slanted roof stands in the woods. It has a ramp, porch, circular decoration, window, and a lone chair.
The image depicts a small gray mouse perched on a person's hand, with the mouse facing right and the person's thumb visible.
The image depicts a rustic wooden structure, possibly a playhouse or shed, situated in a wooded area, featuring a tall tower with a satellite dish and a small building with a window.
The image depicts a man standing in a wooded area, holding a large piece of wood, wearing a hat, suspenders, and boots, with a tree stump and branches in the background.

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