Giri Mazzella

Host Profile

My Property

Business Type

Small/Non-commercial farm

Farming methods

Permaculture

Short Property Description

PLEASE NOTE! CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR HELPERS DURING FEBRUARY MARCH EARLY APRIL

Our 28 year old project is part of the Bananas Village on  40 year old Bundagen Co- Operative Community and wildlife sanctuary. It has  residents spread out through native  forest sanctuary, surrounded by Bongil Bongil National Park   and the Pacific Ocean (surf beach) .

Bundagen Co Operative Community is about halfway between Brisbane and Sydney, on the east  coast  of Australia,just off the Pacific Highway. halfway between Coffs Harbour and groovy transition town Bellingen .

The entire community is Off Grid. On our site we are inspired by; permaculture, regenerative agriculture, biodynamics, syntropic farming, aiming for sustainable lifestyle, homesteading, building, recycling, handyman, ferro cement, earthship, hugel kultur, stone masonry, arches, bushfire preparation, brick stone , cement,  landscaping, sharing, laughing, playing music.

Organic/Biological methods we use

No pesticides used.

Natural organic methods used  inspired by Permaculture and Biodynamics, regenerative agriculture Syntropics etc .We integrate our food forest/gardening to use  compost, hugel kulturs etc.

Skills WWOOFers can learn here

Organic practices & techniques, Permaculture design practices & techniques, Biodynamic practices & techniques, Regenerative Agriculture practices & techniques, Syntropic farming practices, Gardening, Composting, Soil conservation, Propagating, Mulching, Pruning, Environmental recovery/regeneration work, Wild Food Foraging, Worm farming, Using & caring for tools, Fencing, Building, Natural Building techniques, Handyman, Preserving & processing food, Bread making, Off Grid Living skills

Courses and Events

weekly community working bee, salsa, yoga, soccer, music jams, coffee club, bush regeneration group, weeding group, choir, music groups etc.

My Details

Name

Giri Mazzella

Partners Name

Jo Field

Gender

Couple

The Stay

Can Accommodate

2 WWOOFers

Preferred length of Stay

3-7 days, 1-2 weeks, Longer stays by negotiation

Accommodation

Separate Building, Caravan, Tent, BYO Accommodation

Other options

Non-Smoking, No Smoking Inside, No Children

Meal Procedures

Eat together, Share some meals, Share cooking, Food provided, cook your own

Languages spoken

Italian, some French, small German, some Spanish . I love learning languages!

Diets we cater for

Fish based meals, Meat based meals, Vegetarian meals

Why I became a WWOOF Host

Grow, harvest, process, share together, eat together, laugh together, and care for our planet.

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