Host Profile
My Property
Business Type
Farming methods
Short Property Description
The property is a stunning self-sufficient, private 24 acre property with amazing views of the countryside and rolling green pastures (with Mt Cooroy and Mt Coorora in the distance), tropical gardens, vegetable gardens, fruit trees, dams, creek, fire pits, chickens, peacocks, colourful birds and an abundance of wildlife including kangaroos, wallabies, bandicoots, possums, echidnas, pythons and goannas. There is also an elusive platypus in the creek. Some very friendly camels holiday periodically on the property to keep down the grass; there may or may not be camels during your stay depending on whether the paddocks are being given a spell to allow the new grass to grow back and provide fresh pickings for the camels and wildlife. There is also a rescued miniature bull who is very friendly.
The property is called “Aram Shanti” which is Sanskrit for “rest and relaxation, and peace” and is located 10kms out of Gympie (Qld). It is a place and space of positivity, beauty, generosity of spirit and gratitude.
It sits on a ridge and always has a cool breeze. It is a perfect base to explore the area, including Tin Can Bay, Rainbow Beach, Inskip, Fraser Island, Noosa and environs, the Eumundi Markets, Maleny, Montville and the Blackall Ranges etc with many National Parks and State Forests in the area.
The host (who is a retired corporate lawyer, entrepreneur, and long-term vegetarian and meditator) is a conscious environmentalist who runs the property on general permaculture principles with an emphasis on respecting the inherent worth of all living beings, fauna and flora regardless of their/its instrumental utility to human needs. She does not belong to any specific movement or organisation but comes from a metaphysical point of view that we are all part of nature, and that all life is sacred. As Shakespeare said “And therefore as a stranger give it welcome. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” She grew up on a farm in the Daintree area of Northern Queensland amidst taipans, death adders, crocodiles, wild boar, and other creatures and has always appreciated the land, forests, trees, water, herbs, wildlife, and natural foods. She has always been a custodian of the land and her properties have been sanctuaries for wildlife and transformational spaces for humans. She values one’s surrounding/environment as important to wellbeing and regards food as medicine.
My Details
The Stay
Can Accommodate
Preferred length of Stay
Accommodation
In Our Home, Separate Building
Other options
Non-Smoking, No Children, No Pets please
Meal Procedures
Languages spoken
Diets we cater for
Work and Study Remotely here
Work and Study Remotely here by arrangement
Why I became a WWOOF Host
My name is Rose Kluve. I have been a Wwoof host in the past and enjoyed and valued the exchange of cultures and ideas and offered my hospitality, skills and experience and understanding of life, in exchange for help on the property at that time. I have rejoined Wwoof as I now have time to be a Wwoof host again.
Currently, apart from upgrading the vegetable and herb gardens and fruit tree area on Aram Shanti, I have several short and long-term projects including finishing off 2 tiny homes and a cabin, creating a meditation, healing, and transformational space on the property, designing and creating a walking maze/spiral and planting an edible forest.
I would value the assistance of people with farming and/or building skills and who love the land and all creatures and who want to contribute and participate in living a more creative and amplified life. I would also be amenable for someone (or a couple) who fits the criteria and who has his/her own self-contained van to live on the property on a longer-term basis in exchange for help on the property.
I can accommodate 2-4 Wwoofers for 3-7 days at a time; longer stays by negotiation. Non-smoking, no drugs, social drinkers only, no children, no pets.
Vegetarian meals provided. Wwoofers may bring and cook their own meat on the BBQ if so inclined. Wwoofers are to bring their own coffee as I do not drink coffee.
Please note that I require all WWOOFers to have adequate Travel and Medical Insurance to ensure they are covered for any eventuality that may occur while WWOOFing. Medical treatment, hospital admissions and Ambulance transport in Australia is extremely expensive for visitors from other countries, so medical insurance is essential.
Covid-19 Vaccination is NOT required and all are welcome, but please get well first if you are sick, in pain or have Covid, a cold, the flu, or are otherwise incapacitated.
