Gardening, community and deep conversations on a healing sanctuary near Nambucca Heads, Australia

Detalles

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  Descripción

  Extra hands wanted now! Help with gardening, weeding, tree planting and our new community gathering space. Enjoy shared meals, deep conversations, community, sauna, eco pool and so much more.
  
  We're Lisa and James. We grew up in the UK, travelled widely and met in Sydney. Now we're custodians of a 2.5 acre sanctuary on the Mid North Coast of NSW, alive with birdlife, marsupials and 400+ mature trees and shrubs.
  
  We coach, consult and host workshops, retreats and fire circle gatherings on our land. Our work draws on the inside out understanding, rapport based relating and the Hendricks Institute for Conscious Living. Your help keeps the gardens pumping and the land cared for, so this place can keep nourishing everyone who comes.
  
  What's in it for you
  
  Real skills - Bio dynamics, Permaculture, soil building and food growing. Learn what it’s like to live on land, aligning to her rhythms.
  Good food - Shared dinners 5 nights a week, often from the garden.
  Real conversation - Deep talks over dinner about how we each tick, how life is shaped from the inside out and what we're here to do.
  Community - Join our workshops, retreats and fire circle gatherings if they’re happening during your stay.
  Inner practices - Yoga, qi gong, tai chi, breathwork and tea ceremonies depending on commitments.
  Rest and reset - Hammocks, chill spaces, a library of educational resources you can borrow. Wood fired Sauna, eco pool and ice bath also onsite.
  Freedom to explore - Flexible hours and the Mid North Coast on your doorstep.
  
  Past helpers have built hugelkultur beds, swales, terraces, paths, a rock wall, planted natives, edibles, put electricity supply to the ice bath, fixed a collapsed gutter, processed wood, re oiled or varnished decks, re organised our fire wood pile. The list continues and we are so incredibly grateful for all the amazing humans that have helped us so far. Many have said that this is no ordinary farm stay, and we love that.
  
  The land has a wood-fired sauna, natural eco pool, summer ice bath, fire circle, meditation pyramid, sit spots, hammocks and a chill-out space with table tennis.
  
  The exchange
  22 hours of help a week, spread how it suits you. Some helpers do 3 hours a day across 7 days. Others do longer mornings over 5 days and take 2 days off. The final hour is cleaning your space before you leave: sheets, breakfast dishes, vacuuming.
  
  In return, you get your accommodation, breakfast ingredients and tea to help yourself to every day, and shared home cooked dinners 5 nights a week.
  
  Stay in our converted bus, a room in the house, a tent we set up for you or your own van. No experience needed, just willing hands. See the Help section for current projects.
  
  We can't wait to hear from you!

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos

  Jardinería básica

  Proyectos creativos DIY «hazlo tú mismo»

  Ayuda en una granja

  Cocinar para toda la familia

  Mantenimiento básico
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  Intereses

  

  Astronomía

  

  Deportes acuáticos

  

  Actividades al aire libre

  

  Senderismo

  

  Acampada

  

  Música

  

  Cuidado de plantas

  

  Sostenibilidad

  

  Autodesarrollo

  

  Eventos y sociedad

  

  Jardinería

  

  Cocina y alimentación

  

  Yoga / bienestar

  

  Naturaleza

  

  Baile
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  We're on our own learning journey with eco living, biodynamics, permaculture and regenerative agriculture, and we love sharing what we know. We also share practices for those on a spiritual path, and deep conversations over meals.
  
  It feels far from the hustle, yet we're 10 minutes from the coast, shops, cafes, river walks, gentle swimming beaches and surfing beaches. Dolphins often surf close to shore. Inland are some of the world's oldest rainforests, with waterfalls and ancient trees. And there's plenty of Australian wildlife to meet right here on the land.

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  Ayuda

  We'd love help with gardening and land care as soon as possible. That means weeding, mulching, digging big holes for new trees and grass plugging our new community gathering space. If you have experience amazing but if not, we can guide your learning. A willingness to learn and get stuck in is all you really need .
  
  Current projects
  
  Grass plugging: a therapeutic activity where you jump on a pogo-stick style tool, to move lush grass to our new gathering pads
  Dig and prepare ground for two avocado trees and a dwarf coconut tree
  Build new frames and an entry for the netted raised beds
  Process a tree and clear shrubs for our new amenity block
  
  Other projects
  
  Lay foundations for a metal shed by the potting shed
  Prepare ground for making biochar
  Build a hot compost
  Build a base for a beehive
  Build the front corner fence and plant passionfruit to climb it
  Repair and revarnish the outdoor table, sauna and benches
  
  Ongoing
  
  Weeding and mulching around the pool, pyramid and garden beds
  Succession planting in the veggie gardens
  Spreading biodynamic preparations
  Collecting wood and pine cones
  Processing firewood for the wood-fired burners

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  Idiomas hablados

  Inglés: Fluido

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  Alojamiento

  Couples: a cosy converted bus with a comfy double bed, gas burner, shower, composting toilet and a corner nook with table and bench seat.
  
  Solo travellers: a comfy room in the main house with a king single bed and its own access.
  Campers: a large tent we set up for you on one of our newly shaped spots.
  Vans: park up and make yourself at home.
  
  House, tent and van guests share one of our two house bathrooms. An outdoor amenity block is coming soon, and your help may be part of building it.
  
  Everyone shares a covered outdoor space with a double gas hob, sink, table, chairs and table tennis, plus an outdoor rain shower and plunge pool.

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  Algo más...

  Please do share in your application what is drawing you to apply to spend some time with us at our workaway and your experience if you have any, as it is helpful to learn which of the projects listed, you are most keen to be a part of.
  
  Nambucca Heads has river walks and a gentle bay, with an open surf beach 5 minutes up the coast. Nambucca Heads and Macksville both have good cafes, 10 minutes away.
  
  Most Fridays we dance 5 Rhythms, a freestyle conscious dance, in Bellingen, a hip country town 40 minutes away. Then the dance community head to the pub. Join us at your own expense. Bellingen's monthly markets are worth a visit too.
  
  Dorrigo rainforest has a waterfall you can walk underneath, an easy day trip. You'll need a car to get there and explore.
  
  The Bundageree Rainforest Walk (Bongil Bongil National Park) is also a short drive away where you can walk through the rainforest and back along the beach or vice versa.
  
  Sharing space with nature
  Ours is a bush property. Ants and spiders of all sizes are part of daily life, and you may meet snakes, lizards, wallabies, possums, frogs and plenty of birds. We take sensible precautions and brief everyone on arrival. This place suits people who feel at peace in nature. If bush creatures genuinely unsettle you, another placement may suit you better.

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

  There is a table in the bus and the chill space to work in there.

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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  Small vans only can be accommodated on our driveway. It is also quite a steep entry.

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Más de dos

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  Mis animales / mascotas

  

  Shanti & Sundara

  Ragdoil cross brothers

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