What WWOOFers love about our Hosts
“The best WWOOFing we have ever done. Debbie and Mark are extremely nice people. Within 5 minutes we felt at home. Debbie is a wealth of knowledge about permaculture. Their garden is amazing. They are very happy to show us their beautiful area. The national parks next door are incredible.” Vincent & Mathilde Mahé 10-10-2022 […]
Still haven’t tried WWOOFing?
I had an amazing time working here for about a month. Bob and his partner were very welcoming and hospitable. The meals they cooked were very yummy and delicious, thanks, Bob! I enjoyed helping around their beautiful property doing gardening, weeding, irrigation work, blackberry picking, and some help in their guest accommodation cabins. I […]
Life Changing Experiences
What a superb experience! Cyril and Claire epitomise the very best of WWOOFing. They were interesting and interested, adventurous, hard-working, honest, and flexible. Inspired us with their sustainability choices. Great cultural exchange for everyone. Many laughs as well – a friendship for life! Hosts Burrowye Bush Retreat 28-04-22 Genevieve WWOOFed with us for a […]
WWOOFing, the Dual Experience
Staying with Greg and Elizabeth was a truly wonderful experience. Not only is there heaps to do and see in the Sheffield area, but volunteering was enjoyable and rewarding. Greg and Elizabeth are both such kind and respectful people. They worked hard but also took care that we had a great stay and explored […]
WWOOFing is for everybody
We are a dairy farming couple in our 30’s taking a break to learn new skills. Krystal has a strong animal health background and a keen eye for detail alongside great management skills. She is capable of working with horses. Benj is a fit, hard-working man with 12 years of biodynamic farming experience. Krystal is […]
Dream again, and travel Australia for your Gap Year
Travel Safe With travel restrictions and borders reopening, why not get your WWOOF membership today and start planning your Gap year around Australia? Dream again, and start planning, living and learning life skills that will have you to be job ready for when the time comes. WWOOF Australia has been introducing Gap year Students to […]
Our Golden WWOOFer Book -Thank you Volunteers
“Thanks to the WWOOF team and to all our past and present WWOOFers for allowing us to have amazing friendships and experiences with WWOOFers of all ages and countries. They have allowed my children to grow into open minded persons, who feel strong knowing how many amazing people exist in the big wide world, and […]
Learn about Sustainable Living through WWOOFing
No Course Fees Learn from the experts, our hosts available to you, Anytime and Anywhere across Australia Organic practices & techniques, Permaculture design practices & techniques, Biodynamic practices & techniques, Regenerative Agriculture practices & techniques, Syntrophic farming practices, Gardening Composting, Soil conservation, Propagating, Environmental recovery/regeneration work, Wild Food Foraging, Worm farming, Beekeeping, Animal care, Mustering, […]
Never to old to learn- Try WWOOFing
You’re never too old to WWOOF, great attitude is all you need. I’m Karin from Germany, 61 years of age and wanted to share my WWOOFing experience with you. In 2009, I travelled the Westcoast of Australia as a WWOOFer, I joined WWOOF because I knew I could travel on a budget whilst I was […]
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 anyone 17 years and younger, travelling with their family, is FREE on […]
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 sustainable land manager and writer/researcher dedicated to developing and communicating […]
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 experiences and skills that will help support their […]
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 their knowledge to […]
Thank you WWOOF Australia
A letter from WWOOFer Lisann Guldner Hi Lynette, I can´t believe how quickly time is going by, my last month in Australia and the first ones back here in Germany have been extremely busy! Looking back now on my time in Australia I feel I have a lot of great adventure/stories to share and wanted […]
Changes through ISOLATION
Written by Lynette Vint Meet WWOOFers Sophie and Ewan, a dynamic unit that shares an amazing connection and, I quote, “work best together”. They have spent the last decade living a very nomadic lifestyle, pursuing their work guiding guests in a wide array of adventure pursuits from the remote islands of Papua New Guinea, […]
Learn about Agroforestry today!
Meet Jill and Andrew Stewart WWOOF Australia Hosts for 17 years! We live on a 230-hectare property in the beautiful foothills of the Otway Ranges. We run our property on a holistic regenerative & environmentally sustainable basis. We have sheep, alpacas, chooks & dogs. We also care for injured wildlife. We practice agroforestry, grow prime […]
We’ve had ‘Time to look Within’
Written By Lynette Vint We are all in unchartered waters during these current times and many of you will feel new emotions that will be challenging, some will be fearful, confused, anxious, and others excited by the new directions you have decided to embark on. Remember, you don’t know what you don’t know. True, but […]
Learn about Vanillia in Queensland
Meet Josie and Carlo WWOOF Australia Hosts Written by Lynette Vint Set in a valley in tropical north Queensland, our 3 acre property on 280 meters of pristine mountain stream has a mixed tropical fruit orchard and one acre of commercial vanilla plantation. Vegetable and ornamental garden, chickens and a […]
WWOOFer of the Month
Meet our WWOOFer of the Month – Lisann Guldner Lisann is 19 years old, and lives in Germany (near Hanover). In her free time Lisannis loves being creative and explore her surroundings – always with a camera in hand, beautiful landscapes are her favorite! Her plan for Australia was to learn as much as she […]
Victorian WWOOFers now allowed to Cross the NSW Border for Bushfire recovery work!
Victorian agriculture workers are now allowed to cross into NSW without quarantining https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-08-18/victorian-agriculture-workers-can-cross-into-nsw-coronavirus/12558944 NSW Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall said new exemptions would allow critical agricultural employees to pass across the border for work — regardless of whether they lived in the border bubble or not — although it is limited to a distance of 100 […]
Come WWOOFing at Shantipur
By Lynette Vint Meet WWOOF Australia Hosts Jeanette and Simone Renton from Chowan Creek, NSW. We caught up with them and asked the following questions. How long have you been a WWOOF Australia Host and why did you choose to be part of this program? We have been WWOOFer hosts on our previous property in […]
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 WWOOF Australia started it […]
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 our beautiful location. For the […]
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 principles and included a plantation of 3000 Damask roses (rosa x […]
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 What do you do in your country? […]
Takamichi & Rina say WWOOF is amazing!
[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] Meet WWOOFers Takamichi and Rina, after reading the review they left for their first host, we asked them a few questions about their experiences WWOOFing in Australia. Here is a wonderful review that Takamichi and Rina left for their first Host: This is our first time wwoofing. Our english is not good and […]
Interview with WWOOFer, Marie
Meet Marie Clerc, from Haute savoie, near Annecy in France, who has recently been WWOOFing in Australia, so we thought we would reach out and find out how her WWOOFing experience was going. A little bit about Marie: I have been a florist for 15 years, in my current job, I’m responsible for a florist […]
A WWOOFers Tale
Reaching out to Dennis Sommers after he WWOOFed in Australia for 3 months here is what he had to say. Why did you choose to use WWOOF Australia? Well my good friend that I had studied together at University with, had done a gap year before he started his study. After speaking with him about […]
25 years Hosting WWOOFers!
Meet Ron and Andrea Finch who have been WWOOF Australia Hosts for 25 years! Ron and Andrea have developed Selby over 34 years into what it is today (1/2 of that time they have been Organic). 3,174 hectares of environmental, holistically managed dry land farming & breedng Dorper ewes. They have been developing their natural […]
Celebrate with us!
WWOOF on a Certified Organic Winery and Farm
Meet Doug May, WWOOF Australia Host for 20 years! Captains Creek rises on our farm at Blampied, at the foot of the Kangaroo Hills, and meanders north past the original homestead of Captain Hepburn. Four generations of the May family have run the 80 hectare farm for more than 100 years after my great grandfather, […]
Meet Big Swing Organics
We (Christy and DJ) have the most wonderful piece of paradise in Northern NSW, in the Byron Hinterland. We have owned our little piece of heaven for about 2.5 years. Our working farm has 400 mature, organic avocado trees that had been neglected for several years before we bought the property. We are working hard […]
WWOOF Hosts for 17 years, Raising Heirloom seedlings
Meet Graeme and Gillian they live on 3 acres and have been WWOOF Australia Hosts for 17 years. Their property is surrounded by Great Otway National park with loads of wild and bird life, a short downhill walk in the township and beach. They grow lots of organic produce, and their kitchen gardens raise […]
The passing of a Wonderful Host
WWOOF Australia has lost a very dear friend. Dennis Shearing passed away last week at the age of 74, and will be missed by so many WWOOFers and fellow Hosts. Dennis had been a WWOOF Host for over 20 years and touched the lives of everyone that crossed his path. Dennis was a teacher of […]
WWOOFING at Bissys Permaculture and Holistic Educational Centre – Elona
Meet Elona who WWOOFed with the Team for 7 weeks at Fiona Rossiter Host https://wwoof.com.au/members/ni246/ Fiona is currently building a Permaculture and Holistic Educational Centre, she had had the opportunity to welcome WWOOFers from all over the world who have to date all contributed their skills and well as learning new ideas, concepts and along the […]
WWOOFing at Bissys Permaculture and Holistic Management Educational Centre
Meet Jamie Drew from Australia who has shared his experiencing experience with Fiona Rossiter who is the owner of The Old Tin House Orange & Bissys Permaculture and Holistic Management Educational Centre Cargo and WWOOF Australia Host https://wwoof.com.au/members/ni246/ A little about Fiona Rossiter: In 2006 Fiona Rossiter was nominated as the Orange Electorate’s Woman of […]
WWOOF in Cockatoo Victoria
Aukje and Arthur at Trickle Hill in Cockatoo Victoria have been WWOOF Hosts for 10 years with over 100 WWOOFers in that time, they love to share their knowledge and all things Permaculture! The family live on a 27 acre bush block, with 6 acres cleared, together with 6 horses, 3 dogs, pigs, chooks, ducks , […]
Try WWOOFing on a Tropical Fruit Orchard
Amos & Angie have been WWOOF Hosts for 12 years! Gap Creek Farm in Queensland is a small, tropical fruit orchard on 30 acres, cradled by the mountainous Cedar Bay National Park, with a river running through it. They grow rambutans, purple mangosteens, durians and more. The fruit trees and vegetable garden is organic, but […]
Learn Holistic Resource Management techniques WWOOFing
Richard Davy was born into a dairy farming family near Albany on Western Australia’s south coast in 1967. In the late 1970s, his family moved further east to a virgin block near Cape Riche, whose purchase was conditional on mass land clearing. Richard still lives and works on the same property, Windi Windi Pastoral Co . […]
WWOOFing in S.E. Victoria
Browyn and Ray have been opening their homes to WWOOFers from all around the world for the past 6 years. They are a value of information and willing to teach WWOOFers all about Organic practices and techniques, Gardening, Composting, Propagating, Pruning, Soil conservation, Mulching, Animal care, Fencing, Handyman, Bread making, Fermenting foods, Preserving & processing food. There is some work caring for horses, but the main part of the […]
Organic Shampoos, Salve and Balms for Animals
WWOOF Australia would like to introduce one our new Hosts – Wishbone Wishbone is a not-for-profit animal therapy farm based in the beautiful Pyrenees Ranges in country Victoria. Located just 2 hours north if Melbourne and an hour from Ballarat, the farm is home for a quirky bunch of rescued animals including Clydesdales, ponies, […]
Somerset Heritage Produce
Written By WWOOFer Daisuke Goshima About my stay at WWOOF Australia Host Somerset Heritage Produce https://wwoof.com.au/members/vm218/ I could experience almost everything of organic farming such as planting, mulching, weeding, harvesting, and etc. Furthermore, I could even help working at farmers market. I am thinking I want to manage organic farm and sell the vegetables by myself, […]
WWOOF in 2019 Travel Australia
It doesn’t matter what age you are, enhance your life by WWOOFing around Australia Vineyard Operators / Coffee Producers / Tea Tree Farms / Eucalyptus Oil Distillery / Oyster Farms / Pearl Farmers / Ranchers Horse Agistment Properties / Vanilla plantation / Butterfly Farm / Herb Specialists / Platypus Camp / Dairy Farmers What will I […]
25 years of WWOOFers
I/we have been having WWOOFers for close to 25 years on a continual basis with perhaps only a few months in all that period with none at all. We would have up to 3 or at 4 at times and the stays varied from a minimum of 2 weeks to several that stayed over one […]
WWOOFing at 80 years old
Written By WWOOFer Kurt Gebbert I am 80 years old and today I want to share with you the story of my first stay on a Host farm. I migrated to Australia to join my son and grandchildren at Melbourne three years ago. After having lived with them for 2 and a half years, I […]
The passion of our WWOOF Hosts
WWOOF Hosts come in all shapes and sizes; whether your project is big or small, if you have a commitment to organic, permaculture or biodynamic methods in managing your land Hosting gives you the tools to share your knowledge and work alongside others. We receive incredible feedback everyday from our Hosts and WWOOFers and today […]
Share your WWOOFing videos with us!
We’d love to share great videos of WWOOFers’ experiences in Australia. Let us share your amazing stories with the world! If you have any videos of your WWOOFing experience Down Under, we would love to share them and make you famous too. If you upload your videos to YouTube, please share them with us too! […]
