We live 45 km from Perth, a 20-minute walk from the Chidlow Post Office, the bus stop, shops, forests, and Lake Leschenaultia. Over the last 25 years, we have developed our hobby farm: built a solar-passive straw-bale home, established an extensive garden, and home-schooled three children with the help of WWOOFers!!! They are now adults, and two still live at home. Since 2024, we have started an educational establishment on our farm, teaching how to make cheese, bread, do gardening, etc…
With our daughters, we grow vegetables, flowers, herbs & fruit trees. We have 3 cows and a calf, 6 goats, 2 sheep, lots of chickens, an old pony, 4 bee hives & lots of visiting birds.
Work includes general hobby-farming activities such as gardening, and maintenance jobs, with occasionally some more skillful work such as rock wall building, shelter building or else, checking bees/ extracting honey etc…
Accommodation is in annex for 1 – 2 non-smoking WWOOFers. We cook only vegetarian meals, mostly organic, shared with the family, although we can accommodate vegan and gluten free diets.
We also speak French at home, we love playing traditional folk music, classical or old 60’s songs, singing, bush-walking, we’re also interested in art & craft, travel, health, spirituality and philosophy, fun, and good food.
Most hot days, we’ll end at the lake for a cool down swim!
