Willing Workers on Organic Farms
We have proudly been WWOOF (Willing Workers on Organic Farms) hosts for almost 20 years, and love sharing our culture and lifestyle. WWOOF is a series of Host properties where members volunteer to work in exchange for food, accommodation and learning. EXCHANGE is the key word and the true spirit of WWOOFing, with the expectation of exchanging between 4-6 hours per day of energy for lodgings. This can be flexible and fits around the regular farm routine of the hosts.
Over 300 young (and old) people, even some families, have stayed with us for anything from a few days to a couple of months. We feel fortunate that our children have grown up experiencing a home full of interesting international cooking, foreign languages and cultural sharing.
As our WWOOF advertisement says, our WWOOFers live as part of a family on our well-established permaculture property with rare fruits, milking goat, chooks, ducks, dogs, plus our young adult twins sons. Always varied and interesting work to offer those keen to learn. Work might include firewood gathering, no-dig gardening, berry picking in season, solar drying excess fruit, fruit tree propagation, general farm work and assisting with market stalls.
We love food, mainly vegetarian with high emphasis on raw foods. My passion is daily yoga, taking the goats for walks, our extensive collection of classic Ford motorcars. Yoga classes available at Yoga School nearby. Swim in our large dam. Families welcome. Accommodation (in buses, caravans, cottage or a loft in main mud brick house) for for groups of up to 8 people, as well as singles. No smoking indoors. We are happy to pick up WWOOFers at the train station at Castlemaine”
If you are interested in coming to stay with us, please feel free to contact us either by phone or email and ensure you mention your WWOOF id number, a full description of yourself, and of course your interests. We receive many requests to hosts so please contact us as early as possible with the dates you are thinking about for your visit
Warm Regards,
Cheryl Dingle
Dingle Farm
WWOOF Host (VG074)