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Description
Welcome! If you like building, repairing or digging we currently have some juicy projects on the go as well as the usual tending to the gardens.. Enjoy shared meals, deep conversations, community, sauna, eco pool and so much more.
We're Lisa and James. We're British, well travelled, met in Sydney and now custodians of a 2.5 acre sanctuary on the Mid North Coast of NSW. If you love nature, this place is alive with birdlife, marsupials and 400+ mature trees and shrubs. Even wild deer have come to the bottom of our property recently which is surprising and amazing.
We coach, consult and host workshops, retreats and fire circle gatherings periodically 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 continue to nourish everyone who comes.
What's in it for you
The joy of creating impact - If you like building or repairing things then we have some projects that you can get stuck into.
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 offered most mornings before breakfast, depending on other commitments.
Rest and reset - Hammocks, chill spaces, a library of educational resources you can borrow. Wood fired Sauna, and natural pool onsite.
Freedom to explore - Flexible hours and the beauty of the Mid North Coast a short drive away.
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 of different ways to help on land is long and varied 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, fire circle, meditation pyramid, sit spots, hammocks and a chill out space with table tennis table.
The exchange
22 hours of help a week (per 7 night stay). This equates to just over 3 hours per day, including working the day you arrive. For longer stays, you may wish to work some longer days and then take off for a full day of exploring, what is nicknamed locally "the undiscovered country". The 22nd hour in your final week with us is cleaning your space before you leave, which normally means a shed tidy, plus your sleeping area, which could be either the bus, or a room in the house.
In return, you get your accommodation, breakfast ingredients and tea to help yourself to every day, shared home cooked dinners 5 nights a week as well as optional morning practices most mornings.
Stays are in our converted bus, a room in the house, a tent we set up for you or your own van. No experience is needed, just willing hands. See the Help section for current projects.
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Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage d'entretien
Projets DIY créatifs
Aide dans une ferme
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Petits travaux d'entretien
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Centres d’intérêt
Astronomie
Sports nautiques
Activités en plein air
Randonnée
Camping
Musique
Soin des plantes
Dev. durable
Dev. personnel
Événements/vie sociale
Jardinage
Cuisine et alimentation
Yoga / bien-être
Nature
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Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
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 by car. 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. -
Aide
We'd love help with some bigger projects as well as garden maintenance at this time. So please let us know what interests you when you apply and hopefully we can accommodate.
Current Priority Projects
Grass plugging: a therapeutic activity where you jump on a pogo-stick style tool, to move lush grass to our new gathering pads
Possible opportunity to assist in building an outdoor structure.
Continue to prepare ground and re-locate plant/s near outdoor structure
Prepare ground and plant two avocado trees and a dwarf coconut tree
Plant other trees, screening plants, understory plants
Repair and revarnish the outdoor table, sauna and benches
Relocating wood, mostly processed from a fallen tree.
Using a japanese pole saw to take down any other dead tree limbs
Re start existing compost bays
Build new frames and an entry for the netted raised beds
Ongoing
Maintain compost bays
Weeding and mulching around the pool, pyramid and garden beds
Strimming lawn and garden bed edges
Succession planting in the veggie gardens
Spreading biodynamic preparations
Collecting wood and pine cones
Processing firewood for the wood-fired burners
Other future projects
Build a hot compost
Prepare ground for making biochar -
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
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Hébergement
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. -
Autres infos...
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, a 10 minute drive 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. -
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 is a table in the bus and the chill space to work in there.
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Espace pour garer des vans
Small vans only can be accommodated on our driveway.
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Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Plus de 2
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Mes animaux
Shanti & Sundara
Ragdoil cross brothers
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It was a good chance to learn some practical gardening and landscaping skills, especially … read more
The work was very reasonable spent a lot of time out in the gardening cleaning the shed , planting and weeding. The work was quite enjoyable and what you got in return was brilliant!
Lisa and James both had beautiful … read more
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It was a good chance to learn some practical gardening and landscaping skills, especially … read more
The work was very reasonable spent a lot of time out in the gardening cleaning the shed , planting and weeding. The work was quite enjoyable and what you got in return was brilliant!
Lisa and James both had beautiful … read more
The property is gorgeous and we loved dunking in the natural pool and having a sweat in the sauna. James' cooking is completely delicious, Lisa's yoga teaching … read more
The bed … read more
The work was varied — whipper snipping, fixing the deck, weeding, planting, and organising the shed — and I always felt appreciated. The food was great, always fresh and high-quality.
I also learned a lot … read more
During my stay together with my partner Eleanor I was introduced to tea ceremonies, qigong and yoga accompanied with beautiful meals, plunge pool , sauna and occasional visits out and about in either Bellingen or Nambucca … read more
They clearly communicated what they wanted to get done, trusted us with the work and always appreciated the help.
We also learned a lot about a different way of living.
They taught us how to create our own soil and different permaculture tricks and really invited us to the world of spiritualism and … read more
They live in a wonderful place in the middle of nature, among beautiful trees and flowers. In the morning a little wallaby passed by to say good morning while we were having breakfast and in the evening the trees filled with colorful birds.🌿
Lisa and James have always been available to us and also … read more
Beyond the work in the garden and maintaining the land, Lisa and James were generous in sharing their knowledge and passions, from yoga and breath work to tea ceremonies and great conversations. … read more
We can only describe our time with Lisa & James on their beautiful land as truly special and magical. We learned so much, not only how to make fertile soil, build a garden bed, take care of veggies and all sorts of practical things. Lisa and James shared their wisdom with us and we loved our … read more
We've been landscaping and learning a lot about permaculture and the work was complete worth the Exchange!
We lived in their beloved van so we had our privacy but could still enjoy the … read more
