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I joined WWOOF previously 10 years ago and had a great experience meeting a wide variety of people. So now back wanting to help out at a farm preferably with livestock and see a part of NSW which I would not normally see.

I'm really concerned about the way we live as a society and how we might be doing real damage to nature. I'd like to learn more about organic farming and the relation between society and nature in a practical way. WWOOF looks like a good way to do it while I can also meet new people and travel around the amazing country that is Australia.

Our beautiful 58 ha property is located in Rose Valley on the picturesque South Coast, 2 hours drive south of Sydney. 2.5 hrs on the train from Sydney. We are a 10 min bike ride from the beach, have a beautiful creek with swimming holes running through the property. Our farm runs cattle & horses. We also have a few chickens, orchard & veggie garden. Work includes gardening, weeding, tree planting, & bush regeneration including lantana removal. Carpentry work using recycled timbers. Accom for 1-2 people in s/c cottage by the creek. Meat-style meals. NSI. Min 1 week stay.

At PJ Farmstay we are totally off-grid and use a combination of biodynamics, permaculture, food forest, water conservation/watershed development and wholistic design. We grow a variety of produce as we are a small market garden. We currently share the 50 acre property with our chickens and two dogs and agist cattle.

"Namoorook" circa 1895, is a beautifully restored homestead on 71 acres of farm land approximately 1.5 kms from Leongatha and 130kms from Melbourne. Adopting regenerative agricultural practices, Namoorook is a mixed farming operation with livestock, organic fruit orchard and vegetable gardens. We hope it will become an example of how food and farming systems can use the power of nature to increase biodiversity, enrich the soil, capture carbon, improve watersheds enhancing the entire ecosystem.

I'm having a quarter life crisis - recently leaving a office job and exploring how I can live differently. I'd love to learn more about permaculture first hand while helping some good people out along the way with their projects. I like the idea of escaping the rat race and living a more sustainable, low impact lifestyle (yes, not the most original story I know...). I'd like to use WWOOF to learn how others are achieving this, while getting some fresh air, making some friends and getting some exercise.

To be able to volunteer to learn better farming techniques. To be able to interact with people that have more experience and different experiences with farming. To be able to put I to practice what I learn at our own farm.

Near funky Fremantle, and the beach, Pinakarri is an intentional community of 20 friendly adults & 3 kids living in colourful passive-solar houses set in shared gardens surrounding a large common house. We eat together 2 nights a week, around the fire & sometimes play music or hang out together in our leafy gardens. There are several musicians in Pinakarri as well as a piano and guitar for you to play. Walking distance to South beach, close to shops and bus to Freo, bikes are provided too. Pinkarri supports & applies sustainable principles such as extensive grey-water & rainwater systems, including irrigation to the communal and productive gardens, vegetable patch & fruit trees. Work for 2 hours a day: gardening, composting, weeding, cleaning common rooms, or helping prepare a shared meal. You'll stay in the lovely common-house where there is a guest room, dining room, bathroom, internet, b.b.q and a kitchen where you can prepare most of your own meals. You are staying in the community house, and all community members have their own individual houses. This means that although we do love to hang out together and we are a friendly mob, most of us work outside the community, and have busy lives. Staying at Pinakarri you might be & work quite a lot of time by yourself, so you do have to be a self-starter and a person that is o.k living & working alone. Pinakarri welcomes adults, couples, 2 friends, 1 child OK .  We prefer hosting people long term so we can get to know you and you us! But let's try one week first..

60-acre Llama farm in central Victoria. Basically a grazing property with rolling hills with lots of trees. I live here with my daughter(29) and my two grandsons (6 and 8). We are 15 minutes from the train to Melbourne which takes 1 hour. Apart from the llamas we also have a small flock of sheep, chooks, emus and dogs. A beautiful garden and mudbrick house.

I own 25 acres of steep, rocky land in W Tree in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains. Over almost 35 years I have built (with considerable help) a lovely passive solar mudbrick house, planted crazy numbers of trees, gardened and raised my wonderful son. In many ways I have worked towards a dream from my early 20's to build a country life. My place is lovely. The vast expanse of bushland that surrounds it is beyond spectacular.   We can Sign off on your 2nd Year Visas as we were effected by the 2019-2020 Bushfires.

On the 17th of February the Federal Government announced an initiative allowing volunteers in Bushfire Disaster areas to qualify for second and third Working Holiday visas. Our property was effected and we need assistance with clean up, so we look forward to hearing from you.

WWOOF Australia has developed a Volunteer Bushfire Relief Form in consultation with Border Force, for registered WWOOFers to use for their visa extension application, as confirmation of the volunteer work they have done. Border Force have approved regular WWOOFing hours of 4 to 6 hours a day, maximum of 38 hours in any 7 days for this purpose. Registered WWOOF Australia Hosts need to fill this form in to confirm the TYPE of help they have had and the DATES the WWOOFer has stayed with them. Hosts must keep a copy of this form with their completed Guestbook page for each of these WWOOFers.

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We are looking for up to 2 people to help feed cattle and sheep, and a handyman that would like to do some building work such as fencing. We have 1000 acres of native vegetation, 4500 acres of grazing country for farming & bee keeping, with red undulating soil. Work on our farm includes sheep & cattle stock work, farm chores, fencing, organic gardening, milking cows, tending sheep, chickens & turkeys, pruning trees and whatever else needs doing. At the moment we have some baby lambs and calves that need to be fed and taken care of. If you are interested in learning something new and getting to know what life on an Australian Farm is like, you are more than welcome to stay with us. We love to get to know different people from other countries and are happy to teach you new skills. We hope that you will have an unforgettable and unique experience with us on our rural farm in the Australian outback. We generally prefer longer stays.

I have WWOOFed a number of times in my life, in Ireland and Australia - but not in the last 10+ years. It was always a fantastic experience. I valued the authentic local experience, the ability to work with one another without money being part of the equation and the stories and skill sharing was fantastic. I made some good friends through this process and even ended up living with a family for a long period in the West of Ireland. The simplest things can certainly make for the richest moments in life

I believe the life in farms will be able to become useful experiences for me, not only improving my English, but also building dense human relationships. I'd like to make friends with the people who are living in Australia and other WWOOFers from different countries. I wish I have an opportunity to stay with people in different culture and work in a farm.

Looking for WWOOFers for February until end April. Extend your visa working on a bushfire affected property! Our place at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains of NSW was burnt in a bush fire on 22nd December 2019. We need help with land clearing of burnt areas so that we can restore our fences as well as taking the opportunity to remove weeds in the burnt areas where they have reappeared and planting out up to 1,000 canopy tree seedlings to restore the native habitat. We are on 3.2 Ha of which 80% has been burnt. Luckily the orchard, greenhouse and organic vegie garden was saved, so we need help with preparing the spring garden and winter harvest, in addition to the restoration work. We are dedicated permaculture followers and live according to sustainability principles. We have recently taken over a dilapidated property surrounded by bush, although the house is in good condition. We have cleared the orchard and Vegie area and have Planted a Permaculture garden. However there is still a lot to be done. Under our guidance, weeds and undergrowth need to be cleared, compost, wood bins managed and our greenhouse attended to, as well as continuing to plant out the herb and vegetable garden. Other tasks include clearing the bushland of weeds, preparing new garden beds and building a pergola for kiwi fruit vines. We need people who are strong, with some landscape gardening experience. Accomodation for 1, 2 or 3 close friends in a separate wing of our home with its own kitchen and bathroom and separate entry - would suit a couple or single person. Shared meals each evening. or Food provided to prepare your own breakfast and lunch. Mixed diet. Vegetarians catered for. No children. No smoking on property. Initial stay 6-10 days, longer stays negotiable. Prefer min 2 week stays.

A food forrest design in the implementation phase. We’ve just had the earthworks guys in to create mounds, swales, beds and pathways.  The vege beds are mulched and seedlings are in and loving all the rich compost Lots to do to get systems humming across our acre block.

I have joined Woof as I got a taste of farm life and I am excited for more experiences and learning. It gives me absolute joy when working on a farm where I can contribute and make a difference.

Our farm is a mixed cropping, and grazing property set in a stunning valley in the foothills of the Richmond ranges National Park. We grow ginger, turmeric and garlic, along with vegetables, berries and a mixed fruit and nut orchard. Our animals include a small Jersey dairy herd, a  beef cow and five steers for meat. We also have five heritage breeding sows and two boars, and a few boys and girls destined for pork eventually and currently we have 14 piglets of various ages. In addition we have poultry, Pekin ducks for eggs and meat, a mixed flock of about 30 chickens that produce gorgeous eggs daily. Finally, we have 19 guinea fowl, noisy, messy and often down-right annoying, but they eat ticks and keep snakes away. Other animals, we have two beautiful ginger cats for vermin control, mainly in the sheds, and a beautiful, loveable and majestic livestock guardian dog, a two- year-old Maremma, called Baci and an adorable Dixie puppy, called Dennis.

A little garden paradise in rural Lismore, south of the Gold Coast and west of Byron Bay. Located just out of town. The garden grows mainly flowers for our market stall. We havest honey from our beehives.  Accommodation is first class and modern. Just the place for something a little different, enjoy our local rural lifestyle whilst building your knowledge.  

Ive joined WWOOF to be able to see some of Australia while international borders are closed. I'd like to help out small scale producers while being able to see some of the less travelled areas of Australia. I want to primarily learn new skills and help you out as well as potentially teaching you something as well - imagine learning about preserving from a food scientist perspective!

My father has had experience in the past WWOOFing through Aus, NZ, France and England. He bought the membership as a gift for me to experience Australia and learn about new places. I would like to gain new skills, meet like-minded people and develop my personality through these experiences.