Be part of our emerging community space in Springwood, Blue Mountains, Australia

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  Descrição

  Volunteers:
  Couples, singles willing to share a room, or a group of three friends.
  Applicants must have a strong work ethic.
  
  Availability:
  From Friday 30 May 2025
  
  Immediate Jobs:
  🧚‍♀️ Clean, cull and organise attic space
  🧚‍♀️ Completely tidy all gardens, all existing mess around yard
  🧚‍♀️ Constructing wildlife barriers around every fruit tree
  🧚‍♀️ Integrate more permaculture principles into design
  
  Volunteer hours / Meal options:
  🧚‍♀️Minimum 5 hours per day in 7 day period with two meals per day. Additional days incur 5 hours of trade per day with 2 meals per day.
  🧚‍♀️Minimum 4 hours per day with one meal per day.
  NOTE: Please advise which option you prefer.
  
  
  HELP OUT - CHILL OUT & EXPLORE BLUE MOUNTAINS - ADD YOUR CREATIVE TOUCH TO THIS COMMUNITY SPACE
  Now we are ready to consolidate and commence the next two big projects (water tanks and ampitheatre)
  CONTACT ME NOW 🧚‍♀️
  We have early starts on some days to give you the best opportunity of time off and to mitigate the heat.
  
  Site Help:
  General tidy up of the yard. Incorporate more permaculture principles into the design. Install small scale market garden. Complete preparation for the installation of the water tanks. Organisation and culling of garage and attic.
  Planting fruit trees. Constructing wildlife barriers for every fruit tree starting with the stone fruit orchard, which are getting smashed by the local fauna (possums, bush turkeys, wallaby, antechinus, mice, etc). Weeding. Turning the hot compost to reactivate it. Building of pathways in children's section to act as water storage / mitigate flooding and erosion. Installing irrigation and drainage. Light landscaping. New perspective on permaculture design. Planting and espalier fruit trees. Create new growing beds. Build compost dunnies. General gardening.
  
  Admin Help:
  I need help with photography, creating videos, on line research, IT, social media, marketing, business planning, organising photos, help with writing and launching workshops, typing, etc.
  
  Artistic Help:
  I would like many white buckets painted for collecting coffee grounds.
  
  Volunteer help outside of my project:
  I spend most of my volunteer hours at Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre on the campus of Western Sydney University Richmond NSW. My volunteers have enjoyed helping at this site maintenance, collecting raw materials, building a mandala garden, cooking student breakfasts, design, etc.
  
  Future plans:
  Eventually, I hope to attract volunteers with the skills to help with the bigger projects - designing the men's space, landscaping, construction, the eco-pond. Trenches need to be dug to run electrical conjute for the future cabin, men's space and performance area. Some of the other tasks include and working on the Performance Space, the eco pond, women's space, cabin area, overall design, build a pizza oven in the belly of a dragon, create stone spiral in the Zen space, the Pink Room (outdoor bathroom) and much much more.
  
  Ad-hoc visits:
  I can sometimes offer sporadic days if you're looking for a change of scenery and you live in Australia or are travelling through. Contact me and let’s see if it works for both our schedules. Volunteers need to be proactive and sometimes help on their own.
  
  Who can come:
  I can accommodate 1-4 guests at a time. Small groups, couples, friends travelling together and those flying solo.
  
  How many days can I stay:
  My initial offer of accommodation is 7-10 days, longer if we are resonant. Please factor in one to two weekends to work with me when you offer dates if staying more than 7 days.
  
  My Workawayers LOVE staying in this relaxed Emerging Community Space in Springwood. With the help of some very enthusiastic volunteers, this site has and is continuing to transform into a beautiful and welcoming space.
  This is a Working Urban Farm where we put in the hours and get loads of free time to relax and explore. Start times vary from 6am-8am (we negotiate wherever possible). Longer hours on less days means more days off.
  Minimum volunteer hours is 25 hours in a 7 day period, 5 hours per day equivalent post the first week.
  
  I’m looking for volunteers that are willing to go the extra mile.
  
  Cooking & Cleaning:
  Cooking your meals and keeping the house clean are part of living together lovingly and respectfully in a shared space, NOT part of your hours.
  
  Allergy:
  NO chemicals (personal care products, hairspray, incense, perfume, etc) - I am extremely ALLERGIC. I have alternatives on hand if I react to your personal care products. NO smoking. NO vaping. NO drugs. Social alcohol permitted. If you want to apply deodorant, please do this outside on your way out to wherever you are going.
  
  Fun stuff:
  35 minute drive or relaxing train ride to Katoomba. There are many exciting places up and down the mountains to immerse yourself in nature and you will have loads of time off during your stay.
  
  Goal:
  We will be opening the garden as part of the Blue Mountains Edible Garden Trail in October 2025 In 2022 we had 150 people attend and 200 people in 2024. This year I would like to schedule performances and integrate as many permaculture principles into the design as possible.
  
  We Welcome Your Contribution as we move up a gear to create a dense food forest brimming with yummy edibles.
  
  Stay for a few hours, a few days, a week or two, longer if resonant.
  
  Singles, Families, Couples and Teams of Volunteers are Welcome.
  
  The setting:
  You will be staying in a really cruisy home which is cosy and welcoming, set in a serene location backing to forest.
  The volunteers feedback is testament to how well you are looked after.
  In your downtime, be prepared to wind down, sleep in, read, relax, play music or explore, whatever it is that lights you up.
  
  Volunteers contribute 25 flexible hours per week as a minimum. This means you are not tied in every day allowing you more freedom to explore the Blue Mountains and surrounding areas. I appreciate help on my non-work days (open to negotiation). I do encourage siesta / rest as needed. I'm a bit of an early bird, so some days we will need to start early (negotiated) and go late.
  
  Living together:
  I enjoy and promote a happy healthy and respectful home.
  Food hygiene is paramount. Toilet hygiene is imperative.
  
  Hours spent cooking and cleaning the house are NOT counted toward your hours. These are normal living tasks and we all need to pitch in.
  
  I’m also an bnb super host, so we need to keep the house tidy and clean at all times (including your room).
  
  Drugs:
  No smoking. No vaping. No drugs. Social alcohol permitted. NO chemicals (personal care products, hairspray, incense, perfume, etc) - I am extremely allergic.
  
  Costa from Gardening Australia, has offered to officially launch this space at some future point, so there is lots to do.
  
  Thank You for connecting to this profile. I AM absolutely thrilled to have already hosted hundreds of people from the WorkAway community. These volunteers have been wonderful to share space with, respectful and happy to contribute.
  
  - About this space -
  I AM Co-Creating a Creative Space for Community to Connect. This is a social enterprise and philanthropic endeavour. That means I don’t get paid for setting this up. This aim of this endeavour is to build, support and connect Community.
  
  This endeavour will primarily teach Permaculture Principles, Build Community, Host Creative Workshops and performances.
  Pond Performance Space for Musicians, Singers, Actors, DJs, Stand-Up Comics, Poets, Story-tellers. This endeavour will be home to a densely planted Organic Food Forest which will help contribute and support Community. It will be a place to connect with the earth, feel nurtured, nourished and where one can take a breath and be still.
  
  If you see yourself drawn to this wonderful project, I would love to hear from you. If you have any building skills or are happy to get creative in the yard, I’d love to hear from you. ALL Help WELCOME.
  
  Best wishes
  Amanda 💕🌈💕

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  Ensino

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  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  Enjoy delicious organic fruit, vegetables, herbs and free range eggs. Learn permaculture. Loads of time to chill. Explore the beautiful Blue Mountains to your hearts content. Very relaxed cozy home. Host has an incredible group of fascinating friends who will welcome you into our lives.
  Public transport is available. Location close enough to explore Sydney with a relaxing train ride.
  The Blue Mountains is host to such incredible beauty. If you love Nature .. She will welcome You.

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  Ajuda

  Help in the garden. Planting fruit trees. Tying in the Permaculture design. Creative Design. Lots of yard help. Building / Landscaping - Communal circle, Build a pizza oven in belly of dragon, Retaining walls, Block work for breakout space, Create a Fairy Walk (bush track for the children), Bush Tucker Trail, Fairy Garden, Gazebo. Cabin. Levelling out the Pond performance space. Lots of gardening in the food forest. Creation and building of a 'Men's Space'. By the time you come, some of this may be complete. If so, we can focus on some other things.

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Inglês: Fluente

  Este anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
  I am happy to help you polish your english :)
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  Acomodação

  Choose from one of two bedrooms depending on availability, length of stay and number of guests (Room 1 - queen bed. Room 2 - double bed & a single bed). If you have your own travelling accommodation, that's great too. People with vans very welcome.
  
  Property backs to bush, allowing your experience here being deeply immersed in the serenity and quiet of the place. Did I mention you will have lots of time off.
  
  NOTE:
  No spray deoderants. No chemicals, No perfume. No hairspray. No aerosols. No smoking. No vaping. No drugs.

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  Algo mais...

  Breathtaking bushwalks in the Blue Mountains. Glorious towns and villages to explore. Enjoy a day trip to Jenolan Caves. Loads of cafes, and quirky shops to visit. If you fancy going further afield, you might like to take in Dubbo Zoo over a 2-3 day period or include it in a 1-2 week visit and explore the villages and towns west of the Blue Mountains. You might also enjoy our stunning beaches in Sydney region. The local bushwalks around Springwood are fantastic.
  Bus stop is 3 minutes walk and Train is 30 minute walk. When I'm available, I would be happy to run you up to the railway station.

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  WiFi available - unlimited download

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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  You can use the driveway to park your camper van or caravan OR depending on its size, you may be able to drive it down further into the yard.

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