Maja Schaumann

I want to stay with people who have the same values as me with regard sustainability for our planet. I have lots of experience in gardening and building and would like to share my knowledge with , as well as gain knowledge from my host family.

170,000 acre family owned cattle station in North West Qld. About 3000 Brahman Droughtmaster cross cattle. We muster only on horse back using working dogs. Cattle are handled in a quiet and controlled manner.

why we join: keen to volunteer, learn more about sustainable farming, work in rural area, learn new skills, meet like minded people hope to achieve: make new experiences, live a healthy life, contribute to society by volunteering, do something positive for the environment and encourage others

The property is in West Coraki, 10 minutes from Coraki, 40 minutes to Lismore, 25 minutes to Evans Head, 1.5 hours to Byron Bay, at the southern part of the Northern Rivers area. It is located on the edge of the Bungawalbin forest. 100 acres, half pasture and half bush, with a small organic garden being established. 3 friendly horses share the pastures. Endemic wildflowers are prolific and weeds are being controlled. The process of bush protection and regeneration is slow and steady..

Thank you for your interest in volunteering. We appreciate help, enjoy young people and having an excuse to visit the beautiful and interesting places Adelaide, the hills and the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia have to offer with them. Due to the corona virus all our booked overseas helpers had to cancel their flight to Australia. The first time in Years we might at times be without helpers at all. Some local Australian helpers, unable to go overseas are now filling the gap which is very nice as we used to have overseas helpers only before. Please read through all the text below and only apply if you think this is for you. We live on a 2 hectare property with the young Angas River running through. We have organic gardens with fruit trees, all sorts of berries, vegetable gardens with free roaming bantams, big layer hens, a Muscovy duck, flower beds, lawns as well as two goats on paddocks and a cute house cat. 1 of our 4 kids, Katharina, is living next door with her partner. Bernward is semi retired but still runs a sustainable architecture and building consultancy business part time from offices attached to the home. Barbara works at the local hospital. We have been accommodating helpers since 2011  through various help exchange sites. If you want a break from travelling in a non judgmental  friendly  family environment and you are open and self-motivated, this is the place for you. This is not an action or party place but rather a place to relax and get creative with great light, & scenery for painting and photography, write and get back to nature. A big woodworking workshop invites creativity. I enjoy teaching woodworking skills to our helpers with the option to learn how to fit out campervans and tiny houses. A couple of times a week we heat up our Sauna and helpers are welcome to join. Help is always needed in the garden & paddock, picking berries & apples, looking after animals, weed control, making firewood, compost, cleaning up sheds & around the place, sometimes on a sustainable building site. We live 45min by car from Adelaide, 45min from safe swimming beaches & 45min from the surf, so we are pretty central. Accommodation  for 2 in separate stone cottage & own room in the main building. All share in home cooked evening meal. Mixed diet. No smokers please. Longer stays (min 3 weeks) preferred after initial few days. Please contact us via email only.

I would like to have Australian WWOOFing experiences. I like to see new and different things. I would like to have new experiences in Australia. Every area interest me as long as I learn something new! I would like to have experiences in dairy farm, cheese making, bread making, reconstruction in fire bush...

To work in organic farms, learn heaps of new skills and meet the locals. It's also the best thing to do when I feel a little bit homesick. In some families in NZ I really felt like I was part of the family WWOOF is an amazing community

We live on a one acre suburban block with loads of permaculture potential!!! At present the block contains a house, big lawns and trees around the perimeter. A permaculture design has just been completed and earthworks will begin this month. You can compare the photos and design to see the scale of the project on which we are embarking. There’s plenty to do. Our pool is in transition from salt water and chlorine to a natural pond with 25 fingerlings joining the plants, frogs and lizards last week. We have two border collie dogs. Friendly dogs are welcome after a discussion about personalities. I’m learning as we go and can’t claim any special gardening knowledge and as yet we are not producing food. However, if your interested in seeing a big swathe of grass begin its transformation into a food forest, then we be happy to host you..

Friendly retired couple on 4 ha property in Goonengerry, 20km inland from Byron Bay. Volunteering includes property/organic garden maintenance working 4 hours per day. Accommodation for 1 person in new self-contained cabin. Shared evening meal with food provided for self-catering for breakfast & lunch, mixed diet. Prefer male WWOOFer or couple, long stays negotiable.

My name is Henning and I own a farm growing flowers next to Darwin Airport, which is a great opportunity for access to your WWOOFing journey, we enjoy having woofers here. A Typical Day: If you come here, you’ll work 3 hours a day and you have your weekends off. Hours are flexible so there are good opportunities to find a paid job in town as well. Short stays are ok but longer stays are preferable. Work will be, according to need, weeding, planting, harvesting, and other tasks. We can accommodate people in detached rooms with good quality air con and with all facilities. Couples are most welcome. No children. You’ll have prepared meals each evenings to share with us. For breakfast and lunch, feel free to take the food you need. You have free wifi. There is a bus stop located at the end of the street, with buses servicing Darwin and the surrounding areas. If you’re interested, please contact me by email.

Our 250 ha property in NEVic is mainly bush, and backs on to a state park. We practice alternative living in the sense of building our own dwellings and outbuildings, running our own power systems, and growing as much of our own food as possible. We also operate a pottery onsite. We spend time maintaining the property & gardens, enjoying the native flora & fauna, and working to enhance the natural environment. Volunteering is varied and includes: gardening, mowing, wood collection, tree pruning, natural building, fencing, track construction and General farm maintenance. Accommodation for 2 in a separate, self contained flat near our house. Some/ most shared meals, self-catering available, food provided. Mixed diet, vegetarian and meat. No children. No smoking inside. Initial stay 3 -5 days. Longer stays if suited.

We breed alpacas, goats & have chickens. Volunteeering includes feeding animals, halter training alpacas, pruning trees, weeding, fencing, building & repairs, animal handling, mowing, painting, wood chopping & vacuuming poo in paddocks. Accommodation for 3 in WWOOFer room, with own bathroom & a shared kitchen, TV, DVD player & WiFi. We have an indoor heated pool, spa, tennis court, games room & library. Food provided for WWOOFers to cook, mixed diet.

19 ha Certified Organic farm with 4ha cleared and the rest natural bushland. Unfortunately 75% of the bushland and some pasture was burnt in the 2019 bushfire. As such we are again to be able to sign off on 2nd year Visa extension due to this disaster. Garlic was the main crop, with a fruit orchard & vegetables all in the rebuilding process. We aim to make as many foods as possible from what we grow. Vegetarian & Vegan foods are the norm as no animal meat is consumed, except by the dog. We only have sheep and a kelpie working dog that loves to play too. Other volunteer tasks include crop bed building, general farm maintenance, gardening, mowing, mulching, watering, and much much more due to the bushfire disaster. The house, sheds and buildings were luckily spared by the hardworking people who assisted in saving the property! WWOOFers must be well presented with healthy habits. Accommodation for 1 person or couple in our guest room. Shared meals, all cook together if you like. Vegetarian / vegan diet only. Mature age WWOOFers welcome. No smoking. Long stays easily negotiable, ie do you need 88days signed off!

I hope that WWOOF will connect me with people living the lifestyle I seek to live. I want to understand how people and community's can thrive whilst supporting the natural systems that they rely on. I'm seeking first hand experience with like minded people who have already commenced their journey of sustainability. I believe that living and working with such people will provide a great insight into what to expect and how to better create environmental balance. Human connection is another reason why I have chosen to WWOOF. I love meeting people, sharing stories, experiences and knowledge. I hope to find out more about the people living this lifestyle and the journeys that have taken them to running these projects. Lastly, I hope to experience a variety of environments and practices. I know I want to create a life of balance with our natural systems, however the where and how remains a mystery. I hope that WWOOFing will provide me with the chance to experience a wide range of methods and regions.

To nurture my love of the outdoors be it on a rural setting and to share some of my time and skills for benefit. Meeting new and interesting people and learning about their lives.

We operate Flat Creek Station, a 14,000HA family owned property raising beef cattle & incorporating tourism, 350 kms west of Cairns & 50 kms south of Georgetown. Tourism involves a camping ground catering for gold fossickers & bird watchers. We are currently running 800 head of mostly Brahman breeding stock, all free range. We have a new Permaculture garden to provide fresh, organic produce all year round. We have citrus & other fruit trees, some free range hens & ducks. Work varies from station work, including cattle handling, fencing, welding, gardening, poultry care & grounds maintenance. WWOOFers must be gay-friendly and non-smokers. Accommodation for 1 person in our home. No children. Mature age WWOOFers welcome as well as couples with their own camper trailer or caravan. Meat-style meals. Minimum stay 1 week and negotiable after your initial visit.

After 4 years of studying am very eager to get out of the city and away from theoretical concepts and into the natural world with real people working hard to solve issues around food production. I cannot wait to have my hands in the soil rather than typing away on a laptop all day. Through WWOOFing I hope to gain an understanding of the real life practise of organic farming. Given I grew up in Victoria, I am not so much interested in a cultural exchange or spending time doing 'touristy' things but rather working and learning from growers and farmers. I do hope to one day own my own land and have my own kitchen garden and so (rather selfishly) also hope to learn a few tricks of the trade for my own food production. I currently have leafy greens growing out of planter boxes in my tiny garden out the front of my unit in the city and it ain't cutting it!

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.

We joined in 2011 whilst travelling through the Scottish Highlands and Pembrokeshire in Wales and found it to be a very rewarding and enriching way to learn generally and about ourselves.

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!