Narara Ecovillage Experience Weekend

Stay in the village from Friday to Sunday (with an option to extend to Monday).

For two or three days, live, eat, work, play and learn alongside Ecovillage members while you really get the vibe of this open, welcoming community.

Enjoy a full program of activities for adults and kids, including talks, workshops, socialising & getting your hands dirty.

Discover & learn about foraging, our solar smart grid, sustainable houses, food production, conservation, crafts and ceramics for kids skills, handicrafts, cheese and bread making the evolution of the village and more.

Your fee includes meals & accommodation, as well as all scheduled activities & opportunities to participate.

Accommodation options include Bed & Breakfast: 4-star (private room & bathroom) & 3-star (private room, shared bathroom); or camping.

Program

Friday

• 3-5pm – Registration with Linda & team & train station pick ups
• 5-6pm – Check in to bnb, campground
• 6-7.30pm – Dinner with Candy & team – yummmm
• 7.30-8pm – Announcements with Annie & Lynita

Saturday

• 7-8am – Qi-Gong with Meng or Forest Walk
• 8-9am – Breakfast with hosts
• 9.30-12 – Workshop options:
  • Deep Ecology with John Seed
  • Ecovillage Resilience & Regeneration Principles with Tanya
• 9.30-11.30 – Loose parts play (pop up) to encourage youth STEAM skills with Dan, Emma & Lorinda
• 12.30-2pm – Soup lunch with Hanna & team
• 2.30-4.30pm – Bush regeneration working bee with Trish & Karl
• 4-5pm – choices:
  • Sustainable eco-homes tour 1 with Geoff
  • Forest Bathing multi-sensory wellness walk with Carly
• 6-7.30pm – Dinner – Yummm
• 8-9pm – Campfire & stories with John Seed
• Sleep o’clock!

Sunday

• 7-8am – Qi-Gong with Meng or Forest Walk
• 8-9am – Breakfast with hosts
• 9.30- 12 – Workshops!!
  • Cheesemaking with Candy
  • Breadmaking with Karl
  • Foraging field & forest with Benjamin, Donna & Trish
  • Global Ecovillage Network Regeneration principles with Tanya
  • Ceramics art for youth with Aiyana & Sarah
• 12.30-2pm – Lunch – more yummmmm in tummmmm!
• 2.30-4pm – choices:
  • Community garden working bee with Suzie & Karl
  • Sustainable eco-homes tour 2 with Geoff
  • Children’s crafts with Emma
• 4.30-5pm – Closing Circle
• 6pm – Dinner
• Later – board games in Members Lounge

Monday

• 8-9am – Meditation or Forest walk
• 9-10am – Breakfast
• 10-11am – Sustainable eco-homes tour 3 with Geoff

Meals included
Friday and Saturday dinner
Sat and Sun lunch
Sat and Sun breakfast for bnb guests. (Campers need to BYO breakfast or buy at Coffee Cart.)