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In my early younger years I couldn't achieve to do this. Now I'm ready to explore and help and meet new people and see other circumstances. Develop myself on another level and being a good member of WWOOF!

WWOOFing will allow me to support and integrate with those who are doing it and those who need support. I wish to make a contribution to sustainable living practices.

I'm looking for an immersive experience to try different ways of living and hopefully gain hints about what kind of life is calling out to me. I need to gain lots of practical skills as well, and the best way to do that is through actual work with my hands. Hopefully I can be useful to the host during my stay there, doing whatever work needs to be done.

I think WWOOF is a good way to make yourself useful and get to know about permaculture, local life, people and the country at the same time. I got very much interested into permaculture during my first WWOOF stay and I would be happy to start my own veggie/fruit garden when I get back home. I love being surrounded by natural wide spaces. It's a precious source of inspiration for me.

It seems like a better way of working while travelling than the standard way of finding work, having that monetary relationship, worrying about where to live, trying to negotiate wages and all the other humdrum stuff. It sounds like the hosts are willing to share their knowledge, know how and experiences and be friendly at the same time. A very welcome change.

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.

I believe in the near future we will have to be much more self sustaining than we are and I am looking to gain as much knowledge as possible on growing food, working with animals, building and especially off-grid living

My work and studies shed an insight into why I want to start WWOOFing. I am passionate about sustainable resource management and agriculture but have spent most of my career at a desk. I am itching to get outdoors and gain some practical skills and experience on the land. I grew up in the Hunter Valley and have fond memories of riding quad bikes, milking cows, and collecting eggs on friends' farms. I've had a bit of experience in tree planting, floral data collection and habitat assessments through my degree.

I really stumbled across WWOOF on my own as I was looking for volunteer/short term working experiences on farms across Australia. My brother and a few close friends are currently road tripping around Australia and I heard they were picking up work and cool experiences as they went. Naturally I went googling as that sounded so great and I was tied to Brisbane for the short term. I checked with a friend who had heard good things so decided I should sign up! I plan to spend 1-2 months (around December, January and February) similarly travelling and as mentioned above, trying out the farming lifestyle.

WWOOFing seems like a great way to travel and meet new people. I hope to learn new skills and knowledge along the way and experience different ways of life. I did some WWOOFing with my family when I was very young and although I don't remember a lot about it, my family tell me it was a really fun experience.

I am keen to leave cold Victoria and to explore life in rural communities outside of the city. There are so many skills that I have yet to learn, and I believe that being part of peoples individual projects and dreams is the best way to learn. I am taking this trip in order to explore a side of Australia that I feel I will not see in the big city of Melbourne. I believe that working for being established in the community will be an excellent way for me work out exactly where I plan to lay my hat for years to go, and help me to gain the skills to one day have my own piece of land and a place to call home.

I have ALWAYS been interested in plants, trees, and nature in general from a wee girl. I dabble in my vegie garden out home, but l would like a better understanding of producing food, animals, or building knowledge on a larger scale in a natural environment. Hopefully l can take the experiences with me from what l have learnt on these farms and put the knowledge into my own farm in the near future.

To explore different parts of the country. Learn about permaculture and off grid living and meet people. As I have an interest in off grid living it would be good to meet other people doing this and also to explore parts of the country I may like to live in the future.

I'm just looking to get away from the hubbub for a while and learn some new skills. I'm Interested in agriculture and food storing practices, home brewing, eco dying and anything involving fermentation. So WWOOFing seems ideal.

To meet people and help out on farms using holistic management, NSF or other regenerative methods. I love traveling in the country with my small family, and they love it too. Particularly keen to get some experience with cattle.

Hopefully I can find some grass roots by joining WWOOFers, and getting involved with planting some eucalyptus for kolas or doing some landscaping work I'm intrested in being an part of community with in the shire an keeping busy and active doing new things and exploring new places.

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!

Before coming to Australia I managed to get a job working at a school in Sydney, however as a result of lockdown and schools moving to online learning there is no work to do. (This is because most of the work I would be doing is sports coaching and assisting in a boarding house). Thankfully after my quarantine I have been fortunate to stay with my Uncle who lives in Lismore. Although having only spent a limited amount of time here, I have really enjoyed the environment and lifestyle which is certainly different to the UK. I think working on a farm out here would be an amazing opportunity with so much to learn and experience. I think working on a farm would be a positive challenge as it is an industry that I know very little about.

To take a break from my job in technology, and to reconnect with myself and nature. I have always had that itch to work on a farm, probably cause I grew up on one an dearly miss it!