Lyndall Parris is a passionate pioneer in the world of intentional communities. With a background in teaching and accounting—and a deep desire to live more purposefully and collaboratively—Lyndall followed a powerful calling that led her to found Narara Ecovillage.

Lyndall’s journey is one of vision, courage, and heart. From the early days of dreaming up a community where people could live more sustainably and supportively, to the long road of making it a reality, she has led with clarity, persistence, and joy. 

Beyond her work in founding the ecovillage, Lyndall is a gifted communicator, community-builder and facilitator. She has helped guide hundreds of people through the ups and downs of collaborative living, sharing her insights with humour, humility, and deep authenticity. Her leadership has inspired countless others to imagine—and create—lives rooted in connection, purpose and shared values. Lyndall brings both lived experience and heartfelt inspiration to the conversation about how we live, lead, and build community in a changing world.

Lyndall’s husband Dave is an electrical engineer with a background in renewable energy. As a member of NEV Power, the village’s community-owned energy provider, Dave has played a pivotal role in developing and managing the ecovillage’s advanced microgrid and community battery system. This system enables residents to generate, store, and share renewable energy, significantly reducing reliance on the traditional power grid.

Dave is also engaged in community outreach, including presenting workshops promoting a sustainable future, like Sustainable House Day and the European Ecovillage Gathering last year. Dave is also an avid bushwalker and mountain biker, who has explored every trail in the bush surrounding Narara Ecovillage and most others on the Central Coast.

Today, Narara is home not only to Lyndall and Dave, but also to two of their adult children and partners with three grandchildren—a living testament to the strength of their original vision.

“Every day I witness the joy of bringing up children here. Dave and I have 2 of our 3 children and their partners living here with our two grand-sons aged 12 and 14 and a grand-daughter aged 7.  We can view first-hand the wonderful childhood they are living amongst other village kids; riding around on their bikes, climbing the tree house, squeezing juice from our citrus trees, enjoying live music, learning how to raise seeds and grow fruit and veggies. It is the childhood I wish I had!”Lyndall

If you’d like to hear more about the ecovillage journey, Lyndall’s revised edition book was released in 2025: