News & Events

The following extract was authored by Selena Hanet-Hutchins and originally published by The Kangaroo Valley Voice, 1st April 2024. Between Covid-19 lockdowns, fire, flood, landslips, and broken or closed roads, no one would pick Upper Kangaroo River as the place for big things to have grown over the last few years, but at Winderong Farm they have: Dharawal culture is celebrated in Gangagruwan (Kangaroo Valley) in new ways, linking us to our first custodians the Wodi Wodi, and to a beautiful future of unity, reciprocity, and reconciliation. At a recent dance workshop I attended (excitedly), before corroboree, one wet Saturday, at the invitation of Winderong Farm and Gadhungal Marring, Bob McLeod-Sampson is giving us a warm welcome. He gathers our mixed-ages group...

Winderong Farm is offering a 6 month residential internship focusing on food preparation and preservation. Winderong Farm is an experimental project encompassing regenerative agriculture, bush regeneration, permaculture, sustainability and communal living. Our farm is set on 810 acres of stunning wilderness and farmland in beautiful Dharawal country, Kangaroo Valley. Our community consists of around 12-15 full-time residents, 6+ local employees, and a host of beautiful and much-loved farm animals and wildlife. We aim to embody the permaculture principle of “we are nature working” and develop a deep understanding and respect for the land we steward, all the time aiming to regenerate the earth and learn from her and each other.  Food is a very important part of our life at...

Winderong Farm is offering a 6 month residential internship in regenerative animal care. Winderong Farm is an experimental project encompassing regenerative agriculture, bush regeneration, permaculture, sustainability and communal living. Our farm is set on 810 acres of stunning wilderness and farmland in beautiful Dharawal country, Kangaroo Valley. Our community consists of around 12-15 full-time residents, 6+ local employees, and a host of beautiful and much-loved farm animals and wildlife. We aim to embody the permaculture principle of “we are nature working” and develop a deep understanding and respect for the land we steward, all the time aiming to regenerate the earth and learn from her and each other.  We have a friendly herd of about 40 beef cattle, a growing...

Winderong Farm is offering 6-month residential internships to people who are interested in all thing’s plants and sustainable living! Winderong Farm is an experimental project encompassing regenerative agriculture, bush regeneration, permaculture, sustainability and communal living. Our farm is set on 810 acres of stunning wilderness and farmland in beautiful Dharawal country, Kangaroo Valley. Our community consists of around 12-15 full-time residents, 6+ local employees, and a host of beautiful and much-loved farm animals and wildlife. We aim to embody the permaculture principle of “we are nature working” and develop a deep understanding and respect for the land we steward, all the time aiming to regenerate the earth and learn from her and each other.  Learn how to grow organic, nutrient dense...

The Kangaroo Valley markets are held on the 2nd Saturday of every month. You’ll find the Winderong Farm stall down there, rain, hail or shine. We always have a bunch of goodies for sale, generally with produce from the farm, including our meat, ferments, teas, herbs, shrubs, balms, seedlings and more ... Come and say hello! Located at the back of the Friendly Inn Hotel.

Every Friday morning we invite the broader community to come to Winderong and help us in the garden. Whether you’re a newbie to growing food or not, everyone is welcome. You will be working closely with our crew doing a variety of things such as making compost, harvesting, preparing and planting our garden beds. You are welcome to stay for lunch, and there’s a good chance you will leave with some of our harvest. For more information contact hello@winderongfarm.com.au

Winderong wouldn’t be the same without the help of our resident volunteers. At any one time we have between 2 to 6 volunteers staying on the farm, helping out with the day-to-day running of the property. From animal care, to working in the veggie patch, to cooking up creations in the kitchen with our produce, to bush regeneration, to helping with our endless list of projects; we hope that everyone who comes and stays at Winderong is able to learn and grow with us. There’s also plenty of time for hanging out and enjoying the property. If you’re interested in volunteering with us please get in contact (currently 6 week minimum stay is required).

We are passionate about protecting the natural beauty around us. We are organically regenerating the bushland and the historically over-worked pastures. We don’t use any chemicals and don’t go around aimlessly pulling out everything that is classed as a ‘weed’. Working with professional bush regenerators, ecologists and other experts, we try to observe, listen and understand the land, where she is at in her process and the function of every ‘weed’ and plant, looking at the natural system as a whole.

We love the wild animals that call Winderong home. We are lucky to have wombats, wallabies, kangaroos, platypus, greater gliders and lots more spread over the property. We try to disturb them as little as possible but sometimes will offer a helping hand. We are currently engaged in a program to treat mange in our resident wombats. And have also been working with Wisdom Wombat Refuge in Kangaroo Valley to release wombats that have been rescued onto Winderong. We also support and are actively working with the local Brush-tailed Rock-wallabies organisation. Brush-tailed Rock-wallabies were once common throughout Eastern Australia, now they are endangered. There are only approximately 20 individuals in the wild in Kangaroo Valley, and a similar number in...