I experienced Wilderland for a good week time - a sustainable community nestled in the north island of New Zealand. So, first I want to explain why I am so keen to meet a community. I am not getting a crazy hippi - on my trip though the world I have mission to learn more about different cultures, life styles and systems. And that's what I explored. On the previous farm I lived I got an impression of a community but it was more based by volunteers and not by convi...

After nearly 3 month working and living on an organic farm I can tell it will be hard to give up this life. Shambhala Farm has given me a great experience to learn more about the hole process of organic veggies (from producing nutrient for the soil, sowing seedlings, weeding, harvest and selling). Also this farm has a lot of international volunteers which makes the communal life so interesting. I have made so great friends for life. I have learned more about tol...

Fancy being flown on a tiny joy ride plane to an island with 15 other people and being left there for 2-3 days? Well that’s pretty much what Castaway is – granted camp is already set up including tents, matraze, fire and cooking spot, eskies, and a box which is suppose to be a toilet -no shower! But otherwise you are literally deserted on the island with a bunch of other people you have never met and more creepy animals than you can imagine. I booked this tr...

Fraser island is a place of exceptional beauty, with its long uninterrupted white beaches flanked by strikingly coloured sand cliffs, and over 100 freshwater lakes, some tea-coloured and others clear and blue all ringed by white sandy beaches. Ancient rainforests grow in sand along the banks of fast-flowing, crystal-clear creeks that you can drink. I booked a 2 night, 3 days trip from Rainbow beach to Fraser Island. In a great group of 2 other German girls, an I...

I just came from Thailand where I explored a new culture and a different life and then I arrived in Brisbane where I felt a bit disappointed because of this west, europe and clean appearance and so painful expensive place. And it is a city! Anyway I made good and bad experience for my life. In Thailand it was actually more easy to find a place to stay for the night. Here it is terrible, because it is crowded of backpackers and you need to book a lot in advance. ...