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We are working with nature to create a diverse and resilient regenerative-permaculture homestead on 30 acres of farmland with animals, a fruit orchard, a garden, a native plant nursery and woodlots. Our property is located in a rural valley surrounded by bush, farmland, and bounded by a stream with swimming holes. It is beautiful and quiet with relaxing views of the hills.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
Aide dans une ferme
Aide informatique/internet
Centres d’intérêt
Ferme
Dev. durable
Dev. personnel
Histoire
Bricolage / artisanat
Activités en plein air
Nature
Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
We have travelled extensively and know what it is like to live and work overseas. I enjoyed the interaction with the people in the countries I travelled to and would like to offer that same opportunity to others. I work with, and alongside, workawayers and often engage in conversations to hopefully increase their understanding (and my own) of our different cultures. I am particularly interested in permaculture, regenerative agriculture, natural systems, the environment, history, and geopolitics, and other workawayers have told me they find these discussions interesting. I have also had a 25 year career in business improvement and leadership development. My wish is for workawayers to have an interesting and stimulating visit and enjoy our time together. This has certainly been the case with the people we have hosted so far.
Projets impliquant des enfants
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Aide
There are always general farm jobs like fencing, and shifting stock to do, as well as pruning, pest tree and weed clearing, fence line maintenance etc. The DIY projects around the house continue slowly, but are close to finished.
We are now looking towards how we create an online offering (via social media, probably Instagram) for our project. we have finished the first stage of our website redesign and would like to create / incorporate social media (short explainer videos etc.) into our project. We are new to this and a little apprehensive, but believe we should be creating a channel to let people know what we are doing, stay in touch with the people who have stayed and contributed here from around the world, so help and advice from 'experienced' content producers would be helpful.
We do have an expectation that Workawayers do 4-5 hours of actual helpful work a day as is the intention of Workaway. We are very fair, reasonable, and flexible about this as other Workaway people will attest and our hope is that everyone has a happy and rewarding experience. Just be aware that if you are really just looking for free accommodation and to do the absolute minimum, this is not the place for you.
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Hébergement
You will have your own separate bedroom, bathroom, and internet access. Food can be prepared together or workawayers could provide their own if they have special dietary needs or just if they prefer to. We eat meat but are OK if you choose not to - that's up to you. We have hosted vegan people and respect each person's choice to eat what they wish. Obviously we expect the same of our visitors. Ideally we would spend mealtimes together in conversation but workawayers will have plenty of time to themselves and there are plenty of private places on the property to escape to if you would like your own space for a while, in fact, we encourage that.
Autres infos...
Our farm is situated 15 minutes drive between the small towns of Thames and Paeroa. We are on a quiet road with no public transport, so having your own transport is preferable. There are cycling trails, bush walks, and local craft stores close by. Our farm is close to the Coromandel Peninsula, which is famous for its beaches, bushwalks, and eco-tourism. The Hobbiton (Lord of the Rings) village is 50 minutes drive away and the start of the Pinnacles bush walk (5 hours return) up to a spectacular viewing point is 45 minutes drive away.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
We have a Starlink connection that can be accessed close to the house only
Espace pour garer des vans
We can accommodate at camper up to about 7m long on a hard stand area
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Deux
Mes animaux
Poppy
Black Labrador
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This is a farm you want to be on. It is located in a beautiful little valley surrounded by forested hills full of cute birds.
We truly had an amazing week, where we spent most days helping Mike prune the citrus orchard, weed invasive plant… read more
During my stay, I… read more
I was exposed to a fascinatingly wide range of tasks, from chopping firewood to moving animals, mulching orchard trees to planting forest trees, feeding ducks… read more
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This is a farm you want to be on. It is located in a beautiful little valley surrounded by forested hills full of cute birds.
We truly had an amazing week, where we spent most days helping Mike prune the citrus orchard, weed invasive plant… read more
During my stay, I… read more
I was exposed to a fascinatingly wide range of tasks, from chopping firewood to moving animals, mulching orchard trees to planting forest trees, feeding ducks… read more
Actually, I can elaborate a little bit. Mike's massive property is full of gems, through lemon and lime orchard, exotic fruit garden, vegetable garden, cows and sheep paddock, lovely Poppy (dog), swimming spot in river to Mike himself. I spent most of the days (7) cutting privet
(which is invasive species of… read more
In our working time, we cleared many fence lines with Mike, and Poppy was always helping... :). We also built a gate between the orchards, which was very fun!
We had many interesting and emotional conversations about almost every topic you could imagine.… read more
There are a lot of different tasks to do on the farm so it never got boring and we were able to find a good mix of strenuous work and easier tasks to relax.
I particularly enjoyed… read more
