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Hi we are Anna & Olof
We live in the beautiful Terania Creek Valley surrounded by subtropical rainforest on a 15 acre permaculture property. which we are currently in the process of developing.
6 years ago we were also workawayers and woofers. We over-landed from Spain all the way to Australia without taking a single flight. We visited amazing farms, homestays and permaculture projects across the world. We loved the experience and are now excited to host workawayers our selves.
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
By staying with us you can take part in our sustainable way of living. Learn about permaculture. get inspired and enjoy nature.
Olof is Swedish with Brazilian family so is fluent in both Swedish and Portuguese and shares his culture both through language and cuisine. Olof is a passionate cook and has taken a lot of inspiration from other cultures whilst travelling and he likes to share these skills in the kitchen. Olof is a professional/award winning graphic designer and operates his own graphic design business from home.
Anna is from the UK and grew up from the North of England but relocated to Gibraltar in her mid 20's. She worked in the broadcast industry in the UK and managed a FTSE100 company whilst living in Gibraltar. Anna now runs her own consultancy business from home. She loves to learn about the local flora and fauna and is working on regenerating the forest on her property. She also loves film, theatre and plays brass instruments.
We are avid traveler's and workawayers. In 2014 we set off on an over-landing adventure from Spain to Australia taking over the best part of 3.5 years and during that time met many amazing and inspirational hosts on our journeys. We would be more than happy to share our experiences, amazing places and travel tips.
Help
We need help on our 15 acre permaculture property
We are in the process of establishing several permaculture projects, a kitchen garden, tropical themed food-forest, main crop and a native bush tucker forest.
- Weeding
- Garden maintenance
- Planting Trees
- Making Compost
- Gathering Materials for Mulching
- Permaculture Projects
- DIY projects
- Building & Renovation
- Cooking / Preserving
- Regen (restoring native rainforest)
- Seed saving & propagation
- Restoring furniture
- Mechanics
- Making a kick ass chicken coop
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Accommodation
We invite you to stay in our beautiful two story mud-brick house, you will get access to your own private guest room overlooking the back garden, with shared toilet and shower. You will also have access to the living room and kitchen and beautiful veranda. There is plenty of outdoor space to walk around and relax in. Unlimited wifi.
We are off the grid and harvest our own rainwater so we ask you to be very mindful of water and electricity consumption.
Our drinking water is triple filtered and UV treated before it enters the taps in the house.
Please note we are strictly a Non-Smoking property.
What else ...
We live next to a beautiful swimming hole and waterfall, one hour drive to the beach in Byron Bay. The night cap national park is only 5k away at the end of our valley.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
Campervans are welcome, the only thing is our driveway to the main house is quite steep (gravel road) and we might need to asses if your campervan could make it up the drive, 4x4/AWD drive vehicles won't have a problem. Otherwise there is a large open paddock at the bottom of the drive where you can set up your campervan.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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We wanted to learn more about permaculture and therefore choose this Workaway.
It exceeded our expectation by miles!
The property is stunning and we enjoyed the work we could do; e.g. help building a chicken coop, making dragon fruit trellis, cutting and planting trees and much more.
Anna & Olof are lovely hosts and… read more
From the first day, I lost my backpack but they helped me to call bus company, police station to find it and I can't thank enough for that!!
Also rooms are very tidy, there is a comphy bed, great view from terrace and you can have great meal(they are both good cooker!)
It was great stay… read more
We were working five days a week and had the weekends off. The work was exhausting at times but always manageable. It was also quite motivating to know that delicious food is waiting for you once… read more
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We wanted to learn more about permaculture and therefore choose this Workaway.
It exceeded our expectation by miles!
The property is stunning and we enjoyed the work we could do; e.g. help building a chicken coop, making dragon fruit trellis, cutting and planting trees and much more.
Anna & Olof are lovely hosts and… read more
From the first day, I lost my backpack but they helped me to call bus company, police station to find it and I can't thank enough for that!!
Also rooms are very tidy, there is a comphy bed, great view from terrace and you can have great meal(they are both good cooker!)
It was great stay… read more
We were working five days a week and had the weekends off. The work was exhausting at times but always manageable. It was also quite motivating to know that delicious food is waiting for you once… read more
Apart from those, I absolutely… read more
I have to personally thank Claire for… read more
If you are looking to disconnect and relax in beautiful sorroundings while learning about permaculture then this is the workaway for you.… read more
They worked really hard during their stay through varying… read more
Settle in a subtropical paradise, their permaculture property is a beautiful place where you can learn about sustainable living and experience in first hand their benefits and challenges.
I really enjoyed Anna’s company and… read more
