23/04/2024
Looking for short term or longterm helpers For Off grid permaculture homestead in Far South Coast
Nirvana Farm Estate is over 200 acres of regrowth forest off the Snowy mountain Highway. We are on a well kept dirt road, with about 3 cars a day passing by! We back up on the national forest with a short cut through to the Brogo dam.
We are completely off grid and are establishing an organic, sustainable permaculture farm and lifestyle.
The property is quiet and private with a narrow road frontage, a high lookout point and lots of native flora and fauna.
Kangaroos hop through morning and evening with their joeys, echidnas hide out, goannas and skinks, wombats and all kinds of birds including kookaburras, eagles, little wagtails.
We have 2 good dams and other rainwater storage, some solar capacity and loads and loads of potential
The property is 20 minutes drive from Bega, with all the facilities of a country town.
20 minutes from Bemboka with a post office, swimming pool and Village Hall.
40 minutes from Tathra with its magnificent beach, wharf, local pub and other eateries.
40 minutes from Merimbula with the airport, beaches, water-sports and tourist facilities and attractions, including whale watching, hiking trails, art galleries, eateries etc
Dinah and Dean have been in the Bega Valley since 2017. Dean is a consultant and often works away in the city. He is the builder, handyman and chief joker in the family. He likes karaoke, making beer, hunting and fishing.
Dinah is a yoga teacher and therapist. Since setting up the therapy centre in Tura Beach, she spends a lot of time down there. When at Nirvana she’ll be planning the garden, researching the best way to develop the farm and animal husbandry, and experimenting with all kinds of ideas discovered from YouTubers and other homesteaders .
She is also developing her own YouTube channel.
We teach yoga onsite and at the local village hall.
We have regular sound bath meditation sessions
We practice agni hotra and other fire practices
We run a therapy centre offsite, providing salt therapy, lymphatic stimulation, red light and infrared therapy etc
We also have developed many skills which we are looking to share and pass on. These include food preservation, chain saw and tractor use, animal husbandry and best practice, sewing, cooking, furniture building, construction, cheese, bread and beer making, gardening etc etc
Current projects
Steel frame house-build.
Small buildings - sheds, community kitchen, fire-pits
Biogas system for cooking gas production and waste reduction
Community ablutions
Rabbitry, chickens, sheep, dairy cows, bees keeping - deep litter method, pasture and soil building, meat production (on site cool room, meat processing etc)
Orchard establishment - fruit and nut trees, fodder trees for animals
Mittleider grow beds for fresh food production.
Automatic watering systems and catchment
Ornamental garden establishment . Japanese garden, crystal cave, meditation and circle gardens
Natural swimming pool and pond set up
You will need
To be community minded and able to get along with others, come to and stick to agreements, and make compromises.
Preferably have an understanding of the Great Reset, Agenda 2030/Agenda 21.
To be 100% honest, fair minded, self motivated and thorough worker.
We offer free accommodation in return for a few hours work each day (to be agreed)
And further work may be agreed as an exchange for yoga classes etc, or at an agreed rate. We believe in fair exchange, barter and happy workers.
Facilities are limited. Washing facilities are ready to be built but not yet functional. We use earth toilets, camp showers etc
You will need to be self sufficient and mostly self contained. We aim to eat together at least once a week, we can share the produce generated, and our aim will be to make you welcome and as comfortable as possible.
We will prioritise the community facilities so things will be as pleasant as possible as quickly as possible!
We are open to both short term and long term helpers.
If you want to come down for a working holiday, or are looking for a longterm home where you can settle and enjoy the off grid lifestyle we invite you to apply for a 1-2 week trial to see how we all get on, or just come down for the weekend for an initial look around.
Longterm we will be looking for permanent caretakers and all visitors can consider this potential.
Character, compatibility and reliability will be the most important things as the whole idea is based on trust and relationships.
Families and children welcome
Pets can be considered as long as they are well managed, kept inside at night and dont pose a threat to livestock etc
No drugs, heavy drinkers, chancers or bunny boilers!
Send your email address to Dinah on Messenger and we will send you an application, so you can let us know about your self (and family if relevant), when you might like to come down and what you are most interested in doing/learning offgrid
