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Help with our organic permaculture garden in the beautiful Yarra Valley, Australia

Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: No minimum

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  • Description

    Description

    We are a family who live in the Yarra Valley in Victoria, Australia. We are semi retired- a school teacher and yoga teacher/children's author. We also spend time volunteering in our community for conservation and people's wellbeing.
    We live on a heritage listed property and the house is 120 years old, in Healesville, only one hour from Melbourne.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    While new to Workaway, we have hosted people from all over the world over many years and would love to learn from you about your culture and food.
    You could learn from us about growing organic food, permaculture and preserving the produce and using in cooking.
    There are a range of ways we grow food- vegetable gardens, fruit trees, a food forest and greenhouse (we even grow bananas in our cool temperate climate).
    We try to live a sustainable life, producing much of our own food, low waste/rubbish, using solar energy and eating mainly plant based meals.
    So you could learn about how we live in this southern part of Australia.

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    We particularly would like help with some building projects, such as repairing decking on the tree house. Some building or carpentry skills would be valuable.

    We use permaculture principles and grow an organic food producing garden.
    We need help with the garden work such as harvesting vegetables, cooking produce, preparing garden beds and planting seedlings.

    So it's active work. An interest in growing food would be good. We can show you what to do, so you don't need to be very experienced in gardening.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    The current accomodation bedroom has a queen sized bed that can accommodate two people. The room has a desk and a TV. There is a shared bathroom.
    We anticipate eating meals together and sometimes cooking together in the main kitchen.
    We eat mainly plant based meals using produce from our garden and local organic farmers (no meat- some free range eggs and sustainably caught fish). One house member is fully plant based (vegan).

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    This is a very popular tourist destination with the world famous Healesville Sanctuary (zoo with Australian animals).

    There are opportunities for exploring the local township and region- nature, markets, art and wineries. We are located a short walk to the main shops, food, cafes, art galleries, gym and public transport.
    We look forward to sharing what our beautiful region has to offer.

    We are also accessible to the city of Melbourne which has much to offer in arts, culture, food, events, sports, parklands, nature and architecture.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    We have wifi. Also close to the local library which has free wifi and workspaces.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    We have space in our drive way for a van.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 519811682616

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