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Live and Learn on a Certified Organic Beef farm WWOOFing

Live and Learn on a Certified Organic Beef farm WWOOFing

Meet Dan & Veronica Laffy WWOOF Australia Hosts for 6 years! They operate a Certified Organic 1500 acre beef farm near Dalby, 3 hrs west of Brisbane. Their Story: We want our local communities to have access to the best food their farmers can produce, and for us...

Hosting WWOOFers for over 20 years!

Hosting WWOOFers for over 20 years!

Meet Cowsnest Farm You have been a WWOOF Australia Host for over 20 years, why did you choose to be part of this program? Cowsnest has been welcoming people from all over the world to be a part of the community farm since 1975 when Cowsnest first started. So when the...

Bunnan: A History of a small town in the Scone Shire

Bunnan: A History of a small town in the Scone Shire

Meet Gloria Muir Meet Gloria Muir, a WWOOF Australia Host for 20 years, has launched her new book Bunnan: A History of a Small Town in the Scone Shire. Gloria is still the current owner of the former Bunnan Village Hotel where she sheds some light on the town's past....

Another wonderful WWOOF Host

Another wonderful WWOOF Host

Meet Debbie Chambers & David Galloway, WWOOF Australia Hosts for 6 years! They live on a small rural property located in bush between town & beach in a alternative building, which they renovated and run on solar power, growing organic veggies & fruit. It's...

Calling all Aspiring Farmers

Calling all Aspiring Farmers

Meet Sam, Tim and Teagan from Cultivate Farms. Tim and Tegan Hicks are aspiring farmers; raising 50 head of cattle on agisted land around their district. Together Tim and Tegan have started Hicks Country Beef, which is a 100% grass fed beef business where they sell...

WWOOFers assist with the vision of Self Sufficiency!

WWOOFers assist with the vision of Self Sufficiency!

Meet Gerry and Dot Hetherington from Perth Western Australia, who joined WWOOF Australia, just over 12 months ago and we wanted to touch base with them and see how their experience as a Host has been. The HUF is an urban farm located in the picturesque hills of Perth...

Emu Ridge eucalyptus oil and produce!

Emu Ridge eucalyptus oil and produce!

Meet Beverley & Larry Turner WWOOF Australia Hosts at Emu Ridge Farm Emu Ridge farms eucalyptus oil and produces a range or natural products. We are the only commercial eucalyptus oil in South Australia, operating a tourist attraction, retail & online shop. We...

WWOOF in Far North Queensland today!

WWOOF in Far North Queensland today!

Meet Peter and Jane Danford from the Tropical Far North Queensland. We are a Rainforest Lodge located on the fringe of the great Barron Gorge National Park in Far North Queensland and have been WWOOF Australia Hosts for the past 5 years as we have so much to offer in...

Traineeship Offer for WWOOFers

Traineeship Offer for WWOOFers

Bonics Estate WWOOFer Traineeship Bonics is pleased to offer this exciting Artisan Fine Food Traineeship opportunity to our WWOOF member friends. We believe this Bonics Traineeship program will offer a lifetime career development advantage for the right talent looking...

Visit Kiwi Down Under Farm

Visit Kiwi Down Under Farm

Meet Margaret & Tom Hackett WWOOF Australia Hosts for 30 years  https://wwoof.com.au/members/nn246/ We live about a three hours drive south of Byron Bay on the mid north coast near Coffs Harbour. We have lived on our beautiful farm over 35 years, growing &...

A Labour of Love

A Labour of Love

Meet Vicki & Allan Wight WWOOF Australia Hosts for 5 years! About us We purchased Samaria Rose Water 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...

Frankly this is the wine made by Bob!

Frankly this is the wine made by Bob!

Meet Bob and Adele WWOOF Australia Hosts from Blackheath NSW. https://wwoof.com.au/members/bob/ Bob and Adele make natural wine in small commercial quantities on their property in Blackheath, using organically grown grapes purchased from Orange & Mudgee, 2 hours...

Crystal Creek Meadows

Crystal Creek Meadows

Meet Sophie and Christopher Warren a family of 5 who run a luxury eco-cottages business in Kangaroo Valley NSW, and have been WWOOF Australia Hosts for 5 years. They harvest water, solar powered and measure their food miles, energy consumption and carbon footprint....

Learn about Bananas WWOOFing

Learn about Bananas WWOOFing

Travelling with WWOOF Australia. Written by Lynette Vint I've always wondered about Bananas and never had the chance to stop off at a banana plantation, so today was the day! Banana plants thrive in tropical or subtropical climates, however they can handle...

Creating a dream, never give up!

Creating a dream, never give up!

Meet WWOOF Australia Hosts Tracey and Dean Shipley from Gough Bay, Victoria. Tracey and Dean fell in love with mazes after visiting the Ashcome Maze on the Mornington Peninsular. After visiting many other examples with their children Candice, Ben, Jack and Sam they...

Super-potent Manuka Honey could be yours!

Super-potent Manuka Honey could be yours!

Don't forget to sign up on our website to be in our Medicinal Honey Prize Draw! In order to be eligible to win, attend the event in person. Please come and join us on 12th of September in Clunes Coronation Hall in order to: - Get a chance to win a limited edition,...

Bel’s Oyster Farm

Bel’s Oyster Farm

Meet Annabel and James Williams from Bel's Oyster Farm Annabel and James became WWOOFer hosts to share their business with WWOOFers and like minded people, and love meeting people from around the world. Having lived in Africa and South East Asia and experienced other...

WWOOF around Byron Bay

WWOOF around Byron Bay

Travelling with WWOOF Australia. Written by Lynette Vint Our next stop is a place we like to spend some time at, is called Suffolk Park and if you are travelling and need somewhere to stop on your way to a Host property or in between visits, Suffolk has a caravan park...

WWOOFing as a Family!

WWOOFing as a Family!

Meet the Maislin's, (Gami, Seth, Siena & Oren) who are an adventerous family that decided to WWOOF in Australia, so we asked them to share their WWOOFing experience with us and asked the following questions.             What country are you from? Boston, MA,USA...

Learn Syntropic Agriculture techniques while WWOOFing

Learn Syntropic Agriculture techniques while WWOOFing

We asked WWOOF Hosts Fionn and Laura to share their experience as WWOOF hosts and to tell us about Syntropic Agriculture. If you are interested in learning more about their techniques, this would be an excellent WWOOFing experience.

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