Rafaele (left) and Rosemary in front of their retrofitted Queenslander house

Retrofitting our lives – and our home

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Rosemary and Rafaele are referred to in the village as R and R, not for Rest and Recreation but for Recycling and Retrofitting. They met a few years ago at a stage where they were looking for a lifestyle that would support their wellbeing in retirement, while offering avenues for helping the community and environment. Coming from backgrounds in academia …

Biodynamics Workshop

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By Rafaele Joudry Last weekend, five members and five visitors spent a wonderful two days learning about Biodynamic compost and other wonders of Biodynamic gardening methods. Teacher Diane Watkin attended despite having an infected leg, but she said the whole experience was so delightful, feeling the gentle welcome and peaceful atmosphere of our community that she felt restored by being …

Sacred Spaces Design Workshop

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Member Scilla enjoyed Robina McCurdy’s 2-day Sacred Space Design workshop held at Narara Ecovillage over the weekend of 28/29 April. She said: ‘It was a great success on many levels. We were inspired by glimpses of special places from around the world, learnt about how ‘attune’ to this particular piece of Earth and followed our leadings to work on a …

Construction of outdoor kitchen

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To accommodate our many outdoor activities in the Farm Square area, we are building an outdoor kitchen (led by Majella Lloyd, co-founder of the Natural Building Group) from recycled materials, not only for the convenience of a practical, usable space in the northern area of our site, but this project is a hybrid experimental foray into ancient natural building techniques …