Susanna Bady

Business Type

Hobby Farm

Farming methods

Permaculture

Short Property Description

5 acre hobby farm surrounded by 93 acres of conserved bushland including rainforest, 10 minutes drive from the beach. We are a family with 2 active, noisy and curious children (aged 10 and 8), living in a hand-made, off-grid mudbrick house, with 2 milking goats, chickens, fruit trees, and a veggie garden.

We can sign off on 88 Days

Full Property Description

We grow, eat, and preserve, a wide range of fruit & vegetables. Milking is a daily job, as is processing milk into yogurt and cheeses. There are often a range of building & maitenance projects on the go as well as chopping wood in winter and cutting the grass in the summer.
Our bush includes a wide variety of ecotypes including rainforest and banksia woodland, with a permanent creek. It is home to a huge variety of wildlife, including wallabies, wombats, possums, potoroos, bandicoots, lyrebirds, and a platypus.
Cabbage Tree Creek is a small village of around 45 people, with a cafe that makes beautiful coffees and treats.
The district has beautiful ocean beaches and river inlets, and miles of coastal bush walking track. We are about 28 kms from the nearest town, Orbost.

Organic/Biological methods we use

Our orchard and veggie garden are managed organically, with substantial inputs from the floor of the goat shed. Most of the excess and prunings goes back into the goats. Our power and water for the house are sustainably managed through solar and rainwater collection.

Skills WWOOFers can learn here

Organic practices & techniques, Gardening, Pruning, Mulching, Worm farming, Animal care, Dairy, Using & caring for tools, Building, Fencing, Handyman, Cheese making, Bread making, Preserving & processing food