Help with my hobby permaculture project in Kyogle, Australia

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  Description

  I am a recently retired home owner with an interesting old home and a large block, converting to permaculture. I am also a consultant mediator, a gardener and a Vipassana meditator. I enjoy yoga, paint and draw and love cooking from my garden. I am an energetic woman and have a large heritage noted retro home and a large garden. I eat birds, fish, reptiles and vegetables… sometimes fruit and grains.
  
  Kyogle is a plain town near the Border Ranges National Park, and the whole shire has about 10,000 people with many isolated villages. I love its unpretentiousness even though it’s only an hour or so from touristica Byron Bay and 90 minutes from Queensland's Gold Coast. I like it even though town life is new for me. One passenger train from Brisbane-Sydney arrives daily.
  
  I have 2 grown sons who visit me, but they’re not involved in this project.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage d'entretien

  Projets DIY créatifs

  Aide dans une ferme

  Petits travaux d'entretien
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Bénévolat

  

  Culture

  

  Politique/justice sociale

  

  Architecture

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Arts du spectacle

  

  Musique

  

  Jardinage

  

  Dessin et peinture

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Livres

  

  Art et design

  

  Nature

  

  Montagne

  

  Plage

  

  Randonnée

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Yoga / bien-être
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  I am happy to learn your language and assist with English
  I am an Arts Kyogle committee member so some interesting work in November 26 and Jan 27 for art exhibitions may arise
  You can set up art space at my place in the shed.
  I used to run a compost company. I grow food and make soil. I can identify the secret life in the soil using a microscope.

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  Aide

  On my 2000m property I have a huge old food forest that needs a makeover.
  
  I have food growing in an emerging permaculture design, converting lots of tedious grass. There’s composting to learn about; and build… I used to run a composting tea service and love making it. There's a battery operated new lawnmower, several power tools, lots of hand tools.
  
  Fruit trees to plant, weeds to upheave… soil to protect and nourish, swales to dig, worms to admire.
  
  There’s also loads of steps to build from recycled timbers and other onsite material plus chain saw work if you’re strong and skilled.
  
  There’s shed for space - it does need repairs, and other maintenance.
  
  All tasks can be shared or done alone.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Débutant
  Français: Débutant
  Japonais: Débutant
  Pāli: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  I am a patient teacher of English.
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  Hébergement

  One queen sized room in my house. I also have a double tent.
  
  I cook and you can cook. It’s a shared kitchen and bathroom.
  
  I have town water and rainwater, solar power and internet.

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  Autres infos...

  Transport = Bus and train...
  I have a work Ute for longer term stayers - subject to your reliability and length of stay.
  
  ACTIVITIES
  Bush walking, yoga, gym, pilates, tennis club and swimming. There’s a 50m pool in the Main Street, a small cinema, library and cafes. One supermarket, lots of cultural events and a thriving gallery. There's two hardware shops, one large fruit tree nursery outside of town, and two pubs. I'm 50 minutes from Nimbin, 80 minutes from Byron Bay, and 10 minutes walk from the railway station (XPT Brisbane to Sydney, Kyogle is the first stop south). Lismore is the nearest big town - 30 minutes drive away - buses go there three times daily.
  
  There's a monthly market, weekly farmers' market, and opportunities to work on other peoples' properties. Kyogle has a conventional rodeo event annually, and a community gym at the showgrounds. There's also a large bat colony, a river, and outside Kyogle an enormous lake dam. There's waterfalls and the Mt Nardi bushwalks - right through to Nightcap National Park to the east, and several others from the Border Ranges.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  There are two spaces you can work - one in the quiet of your large bedroom, or in a shared sunroom office. There is broadband 24/7, and 5G mobile phone coverage. The Workaway bedroom is large with a queensize bed that can fit a small desk.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  A van can be parked in the carport.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

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