Tinker Crux and Ad Van Veen
We live on 4 acres (about 1.5 hectares) with our big friendly dog Elvis, our rescue tabby cat, a large vegetable garden, many different fruit trees, and livestock for meat and eggs (cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens). Ad works in IT from home and is pretty busy with that, so you will mainly be assisting Tinker with the farm work.
 

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Why I became a WWOOF Host

Tinker was a WWOOFer back in 1997 and loved it. When we got our farm in 2007 we knew it was something we wanted to do again. We loved travelling for years, and as farm life makes this difficult, having WWOOFers from all corners of Australia and the world brings the travelling to us. We enjoy the cultural exchange as much as we enjoy the help on the farm

Organic/Biological methods we use

Our vegetables and fruit trees are grown organically. As far as possible, we raise our animals organically, however, if medical intervention will alleviate an animal’s suffering but not be organic, we choose the treatment.
 
We make fertiliser, mulch, various forms of compost, and have a worm farm.
 
We have solar panels for our electricity. We always have room for improvement but we do right by the planet as best we can
 
 

Skills WWOOFers can learn here

Organic practices & techniques Gardening Composting Propagating Mulching Pruning Worm farming Animal care Poultry care Sheep/goats/cattle care Fencing Cheese making Fermenting foods Preserving & processing food Bread making Off Grid Living skills

Farm type

Small/Non-commercial farm

Farming methods

Organic

The Stay

2 WWOOFers
1-2 weeks 2-4 weeks Whatever suits
In Our Home Separate Building
No Smoking Inside No Children

The Stay

Eat together Share cooking
Mixed meals some meat some vegetarian BYO Special diet foods please
Work and Study Remotely here by arrangement
English