Learn about gardening, woodworking and find yourself on a journey to yourself in Macclesfield, South Australia
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.
We are regularly booked 3 to 4 months in advance with mostly long-term guests.This should not deter you to ask anyway as booked helpers sometimes cancel their spot.
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, flower beds, lawns as well as a goat on paddocks and a cute house cat.
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 start your journey inward to grow and get to know yourself and your interaction with others. Deep discussions are possible in a relaxed atmosphere. Be creative with great light, & scenery for painting and photography, writing, music and getting 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 Finnish Sauna and helpers are encouraged to join. A great place to open up, listen to yourself and have meaningful discussions.
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.
We have a big house and garden and ample room for Helpers after our 4 kids left the nest. We love working with young people and as we get older it is good to have helpers to lighten the burden.
Organic/Biological methods we use
Pesticide free / composting
Skills WWOOFers can learn here
Organic practices & techniquesGardeningCompostingPropagatingMulchingPruningAnimal carePoultry careSheep/goats/cattle careUsing & caring for toolsBuildingNatural Building techniquesHandymanPreserving & processing foodBread makingEnvironmental recovery/regeneration work
Farm type
Small/Non-commercial farm
Farming methods
Organic
The Stay
3 WWOOFers
2-4 weeksLonger stays by negotiation
In Our HomeSeparate Building
Non-Smoking
The Stay
Eat together
Mixed mealssome meatsome vegetarianFish based mealsMeat based mealsVegetarian mealsVegan mealsGluten free meals
