ecoHomestays

WWOOF

WWOOF - A UNIQUE NAME,  A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE
Experience the REAL Australia - for more information please go to the website
www.wwoof.com.au
 
Do you want to experience life in Australia by living and working with families all over the country? Why not try WWOOFing!  WWOOF (Willing Workers on Organic Farms) is a unique form of farm stay where you exchange your skills and labour for food, board and a bit of the local culture.
 
WHAT IS WWOOF?
WWOOF is an Australia-wide network of host properties where you work between 4 and 6 hours a day in exchange for food and accommodation (Yes, you can join in if you hold a Tourist Visa). There are host properties right across Australia from the rainforests in the north to the deserts of the West. From suburban backyards in Brisbane, to vast cattle stations in outback Northern Territory, you can experience it all with WWOOF. How about mustering cattle, cruising for crocodiles, bushwalking in the rainforest, building strawbale bungalows, feeding baby kangaroos? By joining WWOOF you have access to over 1,500 host properties throughout Australia. There are over 1590 participating farms.
 
WWOOF: HOW IT WORKS
When you join WWOOF Australia you will be supplied with a membership book which has the contact details AND a description of each property.
The WWOOF Book is your membership booklet and is not to be given to anyone else. From it you select the host you wish to visit, make contact and arrange a mutually convenient time and period. Bookings can be made by phone, letter or email direct to the farm you choose.
To join WWOOF you can contact us direct, check out our web site where you will find a secure link for credit cards or go to one of our agents.
 
THE HOSTS AND THE WORK
Our hosts are mainly living a simple sustainable lifestyle. Many are permaculture enthusiasts, and some use bio-dynamic growing methods.
About a quarter of the farms are commercial producers, whether full or part time. Some of our hosts live in alternative co-operative communities, and a few are communal living. The work you will do for these hosts will be varied, and can include anything the host needs doing and you are capable of! It may be gardening, weeding, planting trees, environmental works, feeding animals - the work is as varied as the farms themselves. The minimum stay on a WWOOF farm is 2 nights; the maximum stay is by mutual agreement between you and your host. Most stays are for a few days only, but there are a number of hosts who encourage longer term stays up to as long as 6 months.
 
VISA INFORMATION (For overseas visitors)
First we need to make it clear that, contrary to some adverts or stories you may have seen, WWOOF is NOT A SOURCE OF PAID EMPLOYMENT.
The Immigration Department allows WWOOFing to be seen as voluntary work, and therefore permits it to be done by holders of a Tourist Visa, provided that it is not the main reason for coming here and that WWOOFing is seen as being an additional activity in what is otherwise a holiday. All costs in obtaining a visa, as well as in travelling to and from Australia, have to be met by you - we are not able to provide funds at all. For all information relating to Visas, go to Australian Immigration Website: www.immi.gov.au . For locating the nearest Australian Embassy to you, visit  www.immi.gov.au. Click on The Department. Then click on Contact
Details. Then click on Overseas Offices.

For more information please go to the website www.wwoof.com.au