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WWOOFing in North Queensland
WWOOF Australia Hosts, Chris and Sheriden Robertson from Goodness Farm, are looking for WWOOFers! Babinda Goodness Farm is nestled in the foothills of the two highest mountains in Queensland and the lush Wet Tropics Rainforest. Babinda is known as ‘Australia’s Wettest...
The Top Soils Project
The Top Soils Project is excited to announce that we will be hosting a 1 hour Zoom event with Grant Sims - Grant will be talking about choosing cover crop species. For those who are not familiar with Grant; The Sims farm has been utilizing no-till since the early 80's...
WWOOFers, that second pair of hands to expedite progress!
Written by Lynette Vint WWOOF Australia Office Meet Peter Foran, WWOOF host in Queensland. Peter lives in Illinbah, his property called Turtle Rock is a 2.5 acre property with 200 m Coomera River frontage. Platypus and turtles are in the river, hence the name. Peter...
Former Triple J host and musician is pivoting to permaculture in the pandemic
ABC Wide Bay By Eliza Goetze Up until earlier this year, Luen Free's "office" was typically behind the decks in a dimly lit nightclub, sending techno beats across a sweaty crowd. But with the coronavirus pandemic putting her and many others in the music industry out...
COVID-19 (coronavirus) Update
As COVID-19 (coronavirus) continues to expand globally, we want to communicate our commitment to business continuity while at the same time, ensuring the health and safety of our employees, who are working from home until further notice. For COVID-19 links and advice...
Happy Birthday WWOOF Australia
A unique name, A unique experience. 39 years, and still going strong! WWOOF Australia is celebrating their 39th birthday. We caught up with the Founder, Lionel Pollard and asked him to share his story from the beginning. Traci and I had a lovely day,...
FREE introductory Permaculture Course Online
Written by Lynette Vint WWOOF Australia hosts since 1996, Noosa Forest Retreat started as a grass-roots community of like minded people, exploring the cutting edge of a permaculture vision. Founding the Permaculture Course Online in 2017 with the goal to make...
BioLogical, the united voice for organic
Welcome to the first issue of BioLogical, the united voice for organic, biodynamic and biological farmers at a commercial scale in Australia. A platform to reflect upon farming cooperatives broader aims and vision for land stewardship, transition and preservation in...
Isolation with Lucy Shepherd- Footprints Farm
Self isolation in paradise at Footprints in style. As the world went mad, two French WWOOFers escaped the city, 5 hours north to their first WWOOFing property, glad to be in nature. As a host of over 12 years and well travelled myself and having even done some...
WWOOF on an Emu Farm in W.A.
Wiluna Emu farm began in 1976-77 run by Applied Ecology Pty Ltd where Kip Venn was employed to help with research and farm management. In 1980, in conjunction with CSIRO Kip and his wife Charmian began further research into emus at their property in Toodyay Western...
WWOOFing, enrichment of mutual exchange
Why we love WWOOFing? "We’re both passionate about nature and keen to learn more about organic farming and regenerative agriculture. I am currently studying Environmental Sustainability and would love to experience more."- WWOOFers Chiara and Clelsea Review from Host:...
2nd & 3rd Year Visa news update from the WWOOF Office
Hosts, we have WWOOFers who are very keen to assist on bushfire affected farms, so if you need help please let us know by email and also put up a Notice on the WWOOF Notice Board, you are responsible for keeping up to date with the Isolation and Distancing rules laid...
WWOOF in Western Australia today!
Meet Andrew and Lea WWOOF Australia Hosts from WA Our family purchased the farm early in 2017 as a small scale cropping farm. We are re-seeding and using chicken manure to fertilize, to enable us to increase and stabilize our stock numbers. Our priorities involve...
Reaching out to all WWOOFers, far and wide
During this current situation we are asking all WWOOFers who are currently WWOOFing in Australia to update their Availability Calendars and set their location for the Map Search. This will assist our wonderful hosts tremendously as they try to reach out to you through...
Time to Dream, or are you Dreaming in Time?
Written By Lynette Vint “Isolation” What a great time to dream, plan, and implement. I wish to challenge the notion of dreaming. I wrote an article last week “Time to Look Within”. I thought I would throw that into the ring for discussion especially for those Hosts...
Traveller’s looking for Hosts
By Lynette Vint Hosts, we have travellers that would love to join WWOOF and get their hands dirty, but if you have forgotten to update your Calendar, they won't know if you need help or if you can accommodate them during these difficult times. If there are any Hosts...
Isolation Projects with your WWOOFers revisited
By Lynette Vint You might be in Isolation, you might have decided you and your family are sitting it low for a month, you might also be Hosting WWOOFer's, now is the time to pull out your creative juices. Living in today’s material world we certainly have many little...
Request to WWOOF Hosts from WWOOF Office
To our wonderful Hosts we hope you are all keeping safe and isolated. We are receiving emails from Hosts that are reaching out to us as they have separate accommodation and can provide a safe area to isolate for WWOOFers. We are also receiving emails from WWOOFers...
We have Hosts with Availability
WWOOF Australia has Hosts that can sign off on 2nd Year Visa as long as they have been in BushFire Affected Areas. We also have Hosts that don't fall under this category that can offer safe accommodation during these times. All Hosts are placing Ads on the Notice...
A WWOOFers experience
Meet WWOOFer Luke Butler My name is Luke, I am 27 and grew up in south-east England. I wasn’t raised on a farm but in a busy rural area near London where my folks had about 6 acres. As an adult I’ve spent most of my time living in and out of cities & moving around...
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.
