Stokes Bay’s incredible “hidden” beach
Kangaroo Island is my favourite place out of the whole of Australia. That this holds true after our experience of WWOOFing here just goes to show that the beauty of this island is unsurpassed by anything else OZ has to offer, and that, on the other hand, our experience wasn’t really as bad as all that.
WWOOF stands for Willing Workers On Organic Farms and is a way of getting around the fact that one may not have a work visa. The nature of the whole enterprise is “exchange“, where the “willing” “exchange” their “work” for free board and food. That is a lot of high concepts for WWOOF to hold up, so perhaps it is better to say that while WWOOFers aren’t supposed to have any specific skills they are also not supposed to use their host for free accommodation. Freeloading, the WWOOFing guide says, is not in the spirit of the adventure. To become a WWOOFer one simply purchases a membership book for AUS$25, which acts as membership card, list of hosts in that country and a set of guidelines for the scheme.
The main guideline is simple. Half a days work for a full days board.
