The Avoca Project

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• WWOOFers not cheap labour – should be treated as part of the family
• Should be involved in organics in some way, growing or producing organic products
• WWOOFers MUST NOT use man-made chemicals/fertilizers but approved organic alternatives are acceptable. engaging in a mutual cultural exchange
• Anyone over the age of 17 can join WWOOF
• WWOOF Hosts provide all food and clean, comfortable accommodation to travellers and students in exchange for between 4 and 6 hours of work per day. This work can include everything from gardening and landscaping to animal care and property maintenance.
• The minimum stay is 2 nights (to prevent people turning up, eating and sleeping, then leaving the next morning) the maximum stay is up to the Host and the WWOOFer. We have heard of WWOOFers staying for more than a year!
• The initial cost to join WWOOF as a Host farm is $50.00*, after 12 months you will be sent a tax invoice for the yearly renewal fee of $45.00* (concession $30.00*).
• Long term commitment
• Required to write an accurate propeerty and job description about what the Avoca Project is offering WWOOFers, up to approximately 100 words.

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• grey dots are trees
• double perimeter lines are corrugated iron
• broken lines proposed vegetable garden

Lyndal Jones and Pamela Manning (CMA) met to discuss riparian regeneration strategies for the flood plan and the banks of the Avoca River.

Reach of the Avoca River adjacent to Watford House

Numerous remnant grasses and aquatic plants were noted. Pamela stressed the importance of increasing the shade cover over the river water in order to lower the temperature and increase the health of macoinvertebrates. She suggested that the river habitat might be improved by adding logs and other forms of natural obstructions.

Canoe tree

Walking and talking they came across a river red gum that had been used for canoe m making by Aborigines. Further evidence of Aboriginal activity could be seen within the gorounds of Watford House in one of the older river red gums.

Red Gum with marks of Aboriginal activity