copy of WWOOF HOST APPLICATION

copy of WWOOF HOST APPLICATION FORM
The MAIN requirement of a WWOOF Host is that you are involved in organics in some way

either growing or producing organic Products.

	Living here are myself (full name) Glenda Lane age 58, my manager David Lane, age 57 and children aged nil in houses separte from staff area.
	Property name: Megalong Valley Farm
	Property Address: Megalong Rd, Megalong Valley Blue Mountains, nsw 2785
	Postal Address (if different to above) website: www.megalongcc.com.au
	Phone number: 0247 878 188 Fax Number: 02 479 879 116
	E-mail: glane@megalongcc.com.au Mobile nil
	Nearest Large Town; Blackheath How far away is it? 12klm
	General Description of the property. Megalong Valley Farm is part of a tourist property based in the heart of the Blue Mountains. The Heritage Bush Farm is an area set aside to cover the farming practices as part of our Old Days Old Ways Educational programmes for children. We try to show the self sustainability processes that early farmers had to implement.
	What organic/biological methods do you use on your property? We adopt a policy that as much as possible all our waste needs to be recycled and we attempt make the farm integrate with our everyday living environment which encompasses a focus on permaculture , We are trying to grow as much organic product as practicable for our restaurant which features local produce cooked in a slow, woodfired methods.
	The sort of work to be done: In the Heritage Farm we have a large range of poultry and livestock such as pigs, sheep, cattle, goats, alpaca. Each day we have to feed the animals, clean their enclosures and take the waste to the vegetable gardens in the Bush Farm . The gardens need tending and watering.
	Any special conditions? No
	Is there a time every year when you will not be hosting WWOOFers? No
	We practice Permaculture Yes
	We follow acceptable organic practices Yes
	We are registered with the following organic growing organisation* No
	We are a PRIMARY PRODUCER and can WWOOFers applying for a 2nd Working Holiday Visa
	We understand that WWOOFers must not use chemicals: YES
	We can accommodate 3 people
	WWOOFers will live in self-contained in 3 individual rooms set up each with either with a bunk bed or double bed
	Our meals will be { vegetarian/meat) { mixed diet as negotiated with Wwoofers
	We CANNOT take children.
	We would welcome Mature Age WWOOFers (40+ years) YES
	WWOOF assumes that HOSTS do not permit smoking inside their dwelling
	Please indicate if you DO permit smoking indoors NO
	Please indicate if you DO permit smoking on the property (Outside) YES/.
	We are negotiable over length of stay after the first few days. YES
	We prefer that WWOOFers remain for short stays only. NO they can stay for whatever period they like
	We prefer that WWOOFers initially stay for a period of 2 weeks but can arrange for a few days for casual stayers strictly restricted for weeding jobs with hours each day by negotiation as to needs of the manager.
	I/we have read and understand our WorkCover obligations

One person is required and set to do the following tasks:

Setting up the morning. 7am - 8.30am helping to:

Animal Work

Put out bucket of feeds into small yards for Farm horses

Walk up to farmyard and open the Poultry house gate

Walk up to Farmyard and open doors and gates to let out animals:

the goose house gate,· the sheep house gate, · the farm horses gate

Go into farmyard and scrape floor with shovel then use hose to wash out floors of goose and sheep pens

Then go down to rabbit cage

· lift straw into corner with rake

· sweep floor of cage with straw broom

· lift with shovel and put into wheelbarrow- take to compost bin

· hose around water container to remove waste

Return wheelbarrow and tools- rakes, shovels, brooms to farmyard area.

All manures, straws, waste from kitchens etc to go into compost area besides rabbit cage for new vegetable gardens.

Farm Work:

Water plants, and vegetable garden

Remove any weeds and take to compost

Rake up any clippings take to compost area

Help with any field work being done by staff

8.30am Morning tea break.

During the day

You can help with general tasks can be done, or do some bushwalking or sightseeing in the area.

We allow you to do off set any extra hours with horseriding.

Afternoon Routine 3.30 to 5pm. Helping staff to:

Collect Food scraps and Waste from inside bins Collect Rubbish from bins

Put Feed into Animal pens and lock up for the night

Take hay into paddocks for horses

Fill up feed buckets for next mornings feed.

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If there are other wwoofers or volunteers already on the property, then other tasks would be assigned such as maintenance for the farm

NOTE:

We are a tourism property that SPECIALIZES IN HORSE RIDING and usually our volunteers/wwoofers enjoy working within the setup that we have.

However it is not like a family run farm, whereyou spend time one on one.

We have dozen apply each week with us as we are located so close to the city of Sydney and train station, so please be patient as to when a vacancy becomes available.

INGREDIENTS FOR MEALS PROVIDED BY VENUE
	mon	tues	wed	thur	fri	sat	sun
Breakfast	eggs	eggs	eggs	eggs	eggs	eggs	eggs
	toast	toast	toast	toast	toast	toast	toast
	cereal	cereal	cereal	cereal	cereal	cereal	cereal
	milk	milk	milk	milk	milk	milk	milk
CHOICES OF
Lunch	sandwich	sandwich	sandwich	sandwich	sandwich	sandwich	sandwich
	meat pie	meat pie	meat pie	meat pie	meat pie	meat pie	meat pie
	sausage roll	sausage roll	sausage roll	sausage roll	sausage roll	sausage roll	sausage roll
	noodles	spaghetti	noodles	baked beans	noodles	pasta	noodles

Dinner	chicken	lamb curry	bolognaise	meat stew	stirfry	steak	sausages
	vegetables	vegetables	vegetables	vegetables	vegetables	vegetables	vegetables
	potato	rice	pasta	rice	noodles	potato	potato