We were recently at Symara Farm in Stanthorpe Queensland. Ray & Samantha will be taking a 6 month sabbatical from their farm to WWOOF in Europe with their children, Eva (9) and Charlie (7) and we were eagerly exchanging notes. In short, WWOOFING with Children has been an amazing experience for us and we wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. Traveling as tourists from beach to playground to museum can be fun, but will never be as rich and rewarding as working and being part of a community. WWOOFING with children however takes a little organisation :
NOTE 1: We have used WWOOFING (Willing Workers On Organic Farms) http://wwoofinternational.org rather loosely as we did not officially join the WWOOF organisation. We identified interesting farms through internet research, the Permaculture Community https://permacultureglobal.org, Organic Farms listings http://enviro.org.au/organics-directory-australia.asp and word-of-mouth. It is a small world and social media such as Instagram and Facebook are great tools to learn about and make contact with potential farms.
NOTE 2: We have heard that HELPX https://www.helpx.net and WORKAWAY https://www.workaway.info are also interesting platforms that work in a similar manner as WWOOF.
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