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Exploring your own Country, WWOOFing
Explore Australia and learn about Sustainable Living from our wonderful Hosts right across Australia Not only is it the most eco affordable way to travel with 2 Year volunteer Memberships, you have the choice to purchase a Single membership, or Dual membership and for...
WWOOFing qualifies for 2nd Year Visa, Bushfire affected areas
Moving forward into 2021, the scars of the 2019/2020 Bushfires still remain. We too can speak personally at the WWOOF Office, both our properties were affected. There is still so much to be done, 13 months on, many are still cleaning up, rebuilding and replanting. We...
Have your plans changed? Try WWOOFing
Endika had never been WWOOFing before, he originally came from Spain to learn about permaculture and self-sufficiency but when he arrived in Australia the pandemic had just started and all the plans he had made came to a halt. After hearing about WWOOFing Endika...
Amazing Hosts
If you want an extended family, genuine, interesting people you can rely on and a wholesome and fulfilling break from all the crazy, then this is the place for you. I've learnt a lot from the Bucheler family, it has been a heartwarming experience that I have shared...
WWOOFers sharing their experience.
Andrew and Serena from Melbourne Victoria We have known about WWOOFing for some time now, we were backpacking around South East Asia 5 years ago and we think we heard about it speaking with other backpackers or perhaps picking up a leaflet in a hostel. We are a...
Are you ready for 2021?
WWOOF Australia survived this summer’s bushfires, COVID, and government red tape that would have killed most businesses, but the challenges of 2020 have only made WWOOF Australia and its members more resilient and stronger than ever. Following the 2020 Bushfires WWOOF...
Only 17 Days until Christmas
WWOOF Memberships are truly a gift that keeps on giving! Give a 2 year WWOOF Volunteer Membership to someone you love A fantastic way to ecotravel Australia Live and Learn with real families, our hosts Work 4 - 6 hours per day (5 days a week) Become job skilled...
The gift that keeps on giving!
Are you ready for Christmas? WWOOF Membership Gift Certificates are truly a gift that keeps on giving! Give a 2 year WWOOF Volunteer Membership to someone you love A fantastic way to ecotravel Australia Live and Learn with real families, our hosts Work 4 - 6...
A fantasy fulfilled-WWOOFing
A Story by WWOOFer Billy Wright Bogong trail rides - Mount Beauty Victoria, a fantasy fulfilled! Westerns were a big part of my childhood. Young Guns, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and the classic Red Dwarf episode Gunmen of the Apocalypse are at the top of a...
Go WWOOFing this Christmas
By Lynette Vint Meet Patrice Newell, WWOOF Australia host from the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales. A little bit about Patrice Patrice Newell was once host of The Today Show, but she left the television industry in 1987 with her partner Phillip, to become a...
Have you made THE change?
Written By Lynette Vint Following up on my article I had written back in September, 'Time to look within' because Christmas is just around the corner, and 2021 is not too far away, so where are you at? Did you complete that list of all the things you really wanted to...
The Gift that keeps Giving!
Are you ready for Christmas? WWOOF Membership Gift Certificate are truly a gift that keeps on giving! Give a 2 year WWOOF Volunteer Membership to someone you love. It's a great opportunity to travel with a friend or as a family, live & learn on organic,...
Prepping your garden for summer
Written By Melissa Cooper- Sustainable Living Certification Course Temperatures will soon start hitting the 30’s and if you haven’t drought proofed your garden it’s not too late to start. My garden was well mulched in autumn, with pea straw and sugarcane mulch,...
WWOOF Australia – Gap Year
Take a Gap Year and find the real you! WWOOF Australia - World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms - has been operating for 39 years introducing Gap year Students to our varied hosts across Australia. Many people consider taking a gap year in order to gain new...
Sharing their knowledge
Meet Paul and Myrna WWOOF Australia Hosts We are a semi-retired couple with a 5 acre property at Newrybar in the Byron Bay Hinterland, NSW Heartwood Farm is a 7 acre property at Newrybar in the Byron Bay Hinterland. The farm includes a mixed orchard an intensive...
The Do’s and Don’t whilst WWOOFing
It's time to make changes in your life, you want to get off the merry go round but not sure how . Here are some great tips about WWOOFing in Australia. WWOOF DO’s DO: Be realistic about your time. How long do you want to spend working on a farm versus traveling...
Organic Agriculture Association, News Update
Biochar Workshop & Discussion Group It is my intention is to do a Biochar burn on Sun the 1st, Sat the 7th, OR Sun the 8th of November, and I invite anyone interested in Biochar, the process or use, and/or that is willing to contribute...
Just over 8 weeks until Christmas
With Christmas just around the corner a WWOOF Volunteer Membership Gift Certificate is truly a gift that keeps on giving! Give a 2 year WWOOF Volunteer Membership to someone you love and give them the opportunity to travel with a friend or family, live & learn on...
Organic Vegetable & Fruit Growers
Organic Vegetable & Fruit Growers- Discussion Group ‘SELECTION and TERMINATION of COVER CROPS for organic growers considering NO-TILL OR STRIP TILL’ No-till/reduced till horticulture has proven to deliver significant benefit to vegetable growers...
Learn about Essential oils and Hydrosols
Meet Vicki and Alan Wright WWOOF Australia Hosts for 6 years! About us We purchased Samaria Farm in 2010 and since then it has been our labour of love. This stunning property in Victoria’s north east had been designed and planted to permaculture principles and...
WWOOF Australia acknowledges the Traditional owners of the land on which we work. We honour the ongoing cultural & spiritual connections, heritage, customs & beliefs of Aboriginal people & pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
