Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia. Temperate Climate. Good rainfall. Total population 5000
We’re part of an intentional community building self-sufficiency and resilience in the face of collapsing systems. We’re involved in a reciprocal local economy based on contribution, connection and respect, trading produce, skills, expertise, machinery, (and care), with the surrounding neighbouring properties.
We own 450 acres (95% heritage native bushland) and have a strong conservation ethic, protecting the biodiversity here. There are no dogs or hunting on the property. We often welcome scientists onto the land for surveys of different species thought to be extinct.
We’ve been off-grid for 40+ years and have built various dwellings of mud-brick, rammed earth and insulated tin and timber, powered by solar and wind. We have fenced gardens and water security.
We’re a quiet, harmonious community comfortable with the isolation and solitude the island offers, but we work together well on projects that bring about mutual benefit. The island community generally is very close knit, demonstrated during the devastating bushfires of 2019/2020, and the re-building that followed.
We’re involved in a local Harvest Exchange. Although our gardens produce much food, they are nowhere near their full potential. This is our immediate focus and something we want to see realised.
We need more people that can bring a range of skills and expertise, who might be willing learners and contributors. We have space to share for 4-8 more residents to join the four already here, who might be willing to carry the vision of stewardship we hold forward, and who eventually could make/build a home here that offers security and safety.
Right now, we’re looking for anyone who might like to make contact and, if it’s a good fit, consider visiting for a week and offering 10-20 hours of help in the garden in exchange for accommodation. Partial subsidy for ferry travel from Cape Jervois is negotiable.
Established off-grid property well connected to surrounding community, building resilience and self-sufficiency.
Make contact and send information about experience/intent/vision. If aligned, we can negotiate a visit in the first instance and then discuss details for longer stays, or making a home on the property.
Visitors need to have established communication with, or be known to current residents and seek permission to visit.
One person or partnership has ultimate authority.
Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
The property is owned following a company model with residents given the opportunity to own shares, if aligned.
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Regular fees: Yes
Labor: Yes (10 hrs/week)
We like people to have transparency in relation to minimal debt and are willing to support them to live cheaply as they repay the debt. We also expect transparency around criminal history and safety or police checks (if applicable), and dependence on substances.
Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Workshop, Tractor & Farm Equipment, Fire pit
Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.
Private homes with shared common facilities, designed for neighborly
interaction while maintaining independence.
Integrated communities designed around ecological principles with sustainable living practices.
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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