From Paddock to Plate – Goats Cheese
The WWOOF Office caught up with Victoire, Little Cedar Goats whilst she was rhythmically cutting and scooping curd ready for making a batch of their award winning (Royal Easter Show) chemical free soft Goats Cheese. After living in Central NSW where Moussa was working in Mining and Victoire was finishing her PHD in Animal Science they […]
Stag Lane Farm & Distillery – Yarra Valley
Article written by Tameson Linsen WWOOF Australia for Grass Roots Magazine #287 Feb-Mar 2025 Stag Lane Farm Paul Reeves was the fourth generation of his family to be a Publican. He and his wife’s Gayle’s ‘Tree Change’ consisted of moving out of owning pubs and other hospitality businesses to 88 acres of land in […]
Off-grid home in Tasmania, 50 mins Sth of Hobart
Politicians and corporations alike are using the buzz word ‘Carbon Neutral’. Michael and Paul, WWOOF Hosts since 1999 have taken it a few steps further and are 3800 tonnes per year Carbon Positive at the Mt Misery Habitat Reserve. Located 12km from Huonville, south of Hobart, the Reserve is a loose collection of over 50 […]
Larrakia Country, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Darwin in the ‘Dry’ – Larrakia Country Northern Territory, Australia The ‘Dry’ in Darwin is June to September and it is the perfect time to visit. Make sure to pack your sunscreen and drink loads of water. While daytime temperatures of 33 degrees may seem high – it is actually a mild 33 degrees in […]
Growing Community through Gardening
Around twenty years ago Joe Kielnerowski had an idea that he shared with his friend and neighbour Rosanne – the linking their backyards with gates for communal gardening of their ¼ acre blocks, sharing the jobs and the harvest. Another friend Andrew joined them 5 years later having had a connected garden with his parents […]
Alive Christmas Trees – Atherton Tablelands
Alive Christmas Trees WWOOF Australia Hosts, Brian and Annette Hampton have a small boutique potted Christmas tree farm located on a small lakeside acreage in the beautiful Atherton Tableland in QLD. The couple now in their 70s had been in and out of retirement for 30 years but the thought of people growing Christmas […]
New WWOOF T-Shirts are now in Stock!
We are excited to announce that our new WWOOF Australia T-Shirts are now in stock! In the interest of a more sustainable future we have selected a fabric that has been sourced from salvaged waste cuttings (from organic cotton clothing production), shredded and then blended with fibres spun from locally sourced recycled plastic bottles. 60% […]
Why we joined WWOOF
The WWOOF office thought we would reach out to some of our travelling WWOOFers and ask why they joined WWOOF “Since COVID outbreak last year we have realised our lifestyle was taking us nowhere, not only do we not know how to grow our own food but where to start, it all seemed a bit […]
Travelling with WWOOFers
WWOOFing with Paulien & Mathijs WWOOFing since since March 2020 Meet Paulien and Mathijs a Belgian couple travelling Australia. Mathijs is an engineer and an athlete, so training and nutrition is particularly important. Having both grown up in families that had gardens and chickens they too have the same mindset. Paulien is a (pastry) […]
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 […]
WWOOF at All Foods Farm
By Lynette Vint Meet John and Kirsty from All Foods Farm today, All Foods Farm is situated in Buffalo, South Gippsland , Victoria. The farm has been operating since 2004 and is run on sustainable agriculture and permaculture principles, with emphasis on organically grown, fresh produce. As sustainable property we grow a wide variety of […]
Homestead Health – Learn about Herbs
By Traci Meet Ellen and Paul Marshall, from Homestead Health. New WWOOF Australia Hosts! Homestead Health is nestled between hundreds of acres of cow paddocks, away from the main town on an 8 acre bush block. Most of the property is in its natural state, and home to extensive native flora and fauna, with cleared […]
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 […]
WWOOFing in Baldivis
Introducing Peter & Nirvana WWOOF Australia Hosts from Western Australia. WWOOFing in Baldivis is an experience that will last a lifetime. It’s a hobby farm, and work varies from gardening to international cooking experience. I asked Nirvana a few questions and here is what she had to say. Why did you choose to become a WWOOF […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Broken Nose Vanilla Plantation
We thought we would share just another great story of a WWOOFer’s experience! Written By WWOOFer Daiuke 29-10-18 I want to manage primary industry, secondary industry, and tertiary industry in the future. I think I need experience of primary industry for that. Also, I think that “safety and security” is one of the most important […]
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 […]
Kayla Robertson Interviews Paul West from River Cottage Australia
My name is Kayla Robertson and I’m the host of All Being Well, a podcast that explores well being in our busy world. I recently interviewed Paul West from River Cottage Australia about organic farming, and he was singing the praises of WWOOF Australia as his original inspiration for pursing the lifestyle that he has […]
