EARTHSHIP WORKSHOP, GOOLWA SA
9-12 July 2021
Earthship Goolwa (this is what we are building!)
Workshop Activities & Features
This workshop is designed to introduce you to the Earthship concept and give you some hands-on experience so that you can evaluate how an Earthship may be appropriate for you - if you are thinking of doing something similar one day, or just interested in learning more about the movement, this workshop will be a great way to understand what is involved with running an Earthship workshop.
It will also introduce you to like minded souls and be an entry point into the wonderful world of natural building!
The workshop is intended for reasonably fit and healthy people capable of getting physical on a construction site.
If this is not your cup of tea then please consider booking in for a guided tour of Earthship Ironbank or a BnB stay.
Important Workshop Details
Dates: Arrive at the Goolwa Scout Hall by 10am on Friday 9th July. Depart by 5pm on Monday 12th July.
Camping Location: We will be camping at the Goolwa Scout Hall for this workshop. There is access to toilets and showers and a smaller inside hall space here. There is power in the hall space you can use and a small inside kitchen facility. Camping space for tents and vans is outside amongst the trees and near the river! The worksite is a 5-minute drive away, a 15 minute cycle or a 40min walk. You will also be able to access the town facilities of Goolwa which are close by.
What work we are aiming to get done: The workday on Friday 9th July will be starting after lunch at camp at 1pm-4pm. Saturday, Sunday and Monday we will be on the construction site from 8.30am until 4:30pm each day. We will have a 30min break for lunch at 12.30pm these days. We are aiming to do bottle brick making and bottle wall design and construction each day. We will also be completing the 2 straw bale walls that are on the east and west ends of the building. We will be stomping lots of cob to complete the tyre wall pack out and depending on how we go, we may also have a chance to start some of the external cement rendering as well as the straw bale rendering. And of course, some time to do more mosaics! In the evenings were are aiming to have fun, share ideas and eat dinner together!
Gain hands-on experience with a range of Earthship construction techniques including:
Experience a guided tour at Earthship Ironbank (Australia’s first council approved Earthship). Please note: the tour will not take place during the actual workshop as we are limited on building time, but will be arranged at another time and offered to all who attend the Goolwa workshops. The proposed date is Thursday 8 July 3PM (the day before the workshop) - to be confirmed.
The tour will address all the key Earthship concepts:
Other topics include:
Q&A Sessions
Opportunities to ask all your Earthship questions and contribute to energising discussions related to the movement with like minded individuals.
Camping
Camping is included to help participants who are not within easy driving distance, although you are very welcome to camp even if you are local and we would love to have you in our camping community space!
Food
All food and water will be provided. The majority of the meals will be nourishing vegan and vegetarian food. Drinking water will always be available.
Transport
You will need to provide your own transport to Goolwa, although you may be able to share rides via some organising – you will be invited to the platform called “Slack” to setup connections and facilitate this. There will be limited camping space for vans, buses, caravans etc so please indicate if this is your preferred method of camping on your application form. We will fit in as many as possible!
It will also be possible to walk/cycle/skate into the main street from the build site.
- Learn about Earthships and straw bale and have a go!
- Experienced instructors
- Straw Bale wall building
- Bottle brick making
- Bottle Wall construction
- Concrete/mortar mixing
- Rendering
- Cob stomping
- Learn about Earthships and have a go!
- Food, water and campsite provided - The Goolwa Scout Hall which has showers, toilets, kitchen, dining room, fire circle, lawn, on the river.
- Participate and contribute to community life
- The workshops focus on practical, hands-on exercises but there is also theory and information sessions and discussions.
This workshop is designed to introduce you to the Earthship concept and give you some hands-on experience so that you can evaluate how an Earthship may be appropriate for you - if you are thinking of doing something similar one day, or just interested in learning more about the movement, this workshop will be a great way to understand what is involved with running an Earthship workshop.
It will also introduce you to like minded souls and be an entry point into the wonderful world of natural building!
The workshop is intended for reasonably fit and healthy people capable of getting physical on a construction site.
If this is not your cup of tea then please consider booking in for a guided tour of Earthship Ironbank or a BnB stay.
Important Workshop Details
Dates: Arrive at the Goolwa Scout Hall by 10am on Friday 9th July. Depart by 5pm on Monday 12th July.
Camping Location: We will be camping at the Goolwa Scout Hall for this workshop. There is access to toilets and showers and a smaller inside hall space here. There is power in the hall space you can use and a small inside kitchen facility. Camping space for tents and vans is outside amongst the trees and near the river! The worksite is a 5-minute drive away, a 15 minute cycle or a 40min walk. You will also be able to access the town facilities of Goolwa which are close by.
What work we are aiming to get done: The workday on Friday 9th July will be starting after lunch at camp at 1pm-4pm. Saturday, Sunday and Monday we will be on the construction site from 8.30am until 4:30pm each day. We will have a 30min break for lunch at 12.30pm these days. We are aiming to do bottle brick making and bottle wall design and construction each day. We will also be completing the 2 straw bale walls that are on the east and west ends of the building. We will be stomping lots of cob to complete the tyre wall pack out and depending on how we go, we may also have a chance to start some of the external cement rendering as well as the straw bale rendering. And of course, some time to do more mosaics! In the evenings were are aiming to have fun, share ideas and eat dinner together!
Gain hands-on experience with a range of Earthship construction techniques including:
- Learn how to make beautiful bottle bricks from "waste" materials which bring colour and light into your home!
- Learn how to evaluate soil type and then mix it up with sand and straw to make super sustainable and versatile cob and adobe (a special type of mud!)
- Have a chance to be creative with tiles and mosaics
- Learn the process of building a straw bale wall
- Have a go at external and internal wall renders
- Organising a workshop
- Creating a positive community
- The chance to offer your own mini workshop session in an area you are passionate about (eg: dance, yoga, art, music, skills etc)
- Experience and explore the local surrounding areas
Experience a guided tour at Earthship Ironbank (Australia’s first council approved Earthship). Please note: the tour will not take place during the actual workshop as we are limited on building time, but will be arranged at another time and offered to all who attend the Goolwa workshops. The proposed date is Thursday 8 July 3PM (the day before the workshop) - to be confirmed.
The tour will address all the key Earthship concepts:
- Natural & up-cycled construction materials
- Passive/natural heating and cooling
- Off-grid power, water and sewage treatment
- Food production
Other topics include:
- Council approval
- Design
- Structural engineering
- Energy assessment
- Construction timeline
- Costs
Q&A Sessions
Opportunities to ask all your Earthship questions and contribute to energising discussions related to the movement with like minded individuals.
Camping
Camping is included to help participants who are not within easy driving distance, although you are very welcome to camp even if you are local and we would love to have you in our camping community space!
Food
All food and water will be provided. The majority of the meals will be nourishing vegan and vegetarian food. Drinking water will always be available.
Transport
You will need to provide your own transport to Goolwa, although you may be able to share rides via some organising – you will be invited to the platform called “Slack” to setup connections and facilitate this. There will be limited camping space for vans, buses, caravans etc so please indicate if this is your preferred method of camping on your application form. We will fit in as many as possible!
It will also be possible to walk/cycle/skate into the main street from the build site.
EARTHSHIPS & STRAWBALE
Earthships are super energy and water efficient homes that are typically off-grid but can also be grid connected. This means little to no water and electricity bills plus the empowering feeling of self-sufficiency!
They are made with natural materials such as earth and straw and up-cycled materials such as tyres and bottles.
An array of amazing and beautiful design features integrate ingeniously to ensure that winter sun gets in, and summer sun stays out, resulting in glorious indoor living conditions without the need for an air-conditioner.
A beautiful, indoor, food producing garden is also part of the typical Earthship design.
Earthship construction methods are easy to do yourself, so you can save money by putting in your own labour and only pay the builder to do the stuff you can't do. It is ideal for owner-builders.
For more information about Earthships go to:
Earthship Biotecture USA official website: www.earthshipglobal.com/
Earthship Eco Homes official website: www.earthshipecohomes.com.au/
Earthship Ironbank official website: www.earthshipironbank.com.au/
Earthship Australia (community group based in VIC): www.earthshipaustralia.org.au/
For information about Strawbale housing in Australia go to:
Ausbale ausbale.org/
Houses of Bales: houseofbales.com.au/
THE PROMO VIDEO!
COPYRIGHT – ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Music: Jiffy Robertson, Lyrics: Jiffy Robertson & Amy Mackenzie, Video production: Jord Edmeades.
Why Earthships? Why a workshop? Suburban Earthships! The video below explains...
Photo credits: Kim Kamo, Elliott Clarke, Declan Osborne and Amy Mackenzie
Workshop photos from Earthship Goolwa
THE VENUE(S)
The construction site is in Goolwa, South Australia, a 1hr drive south of Adelaide, right next to the Coorong. The word ‘Goolwa’ means “elbow” in the Indigenous Ngarrindjeri language, and refers to a bend in the Murray river near to where the Murray mouth is located. The Earthship will be built on a level, suburban block, opposite a green space and with the wetlands just around the corner. The block is next to some friendly neighbours and is walking distance to the river.
The Tour will be at Earthship Ironbank which is a bed and breakfast in Ironbank in the Adelaide Hills, 40min drive from the CBD and airport, co-located with Marty and Zoe Freney’s strawbale home on 4 acres where they have established a permaculture property. This pioneering project has broken new ground in Australia, inspiring many other similar projects. It demonstrates that you can get council approval for an “Earthship”, it shows how the Earthship can be adapted to suit local conditions (and regulations) and it enables people to experience off-grid Earthship living. Tour Date/time: Thursday 8 July 3PM.
Directions to Earthship Ironbank - click here
THE STUDENTS
We are looking for open-mined, fun-loving people with the desire (and the capability) for some physical labour. Earthships can be built with machines or with people power. There is no right or wrong way to do it, but one great advantage of people power is that they are powered by a renewable fuel (called food) rather thank stinky, dangerous, non-renewable fossil fuels.
THE TUTORS
Please note: all tutors are to be confirmed according to the number of people enrolled in the workshop and tutors' availability, however, this is the Dream Team.
Martin Freney is one of world's most enthusiastic and prolific Earthship builders, designers and researchers. In fact Michael Reynolds, Earthship god-father, refers to him as "the data guy" because of Marty's research that involves monitoring the thermal performance (temperature, humidity) of Earthships. Marty is the designer and owner-builder of Earthship Ironbank, Australia’s first council approved Earthship which is a wildly popular BnB. When he is not teaching product design and sustainable design at the University of South Australia (part time) he is designing, building and researching Earthships. He has designed numerous Earthships throughout Australia via his sustainable design consultancy Earthship Eco Homes. He has visited Taos, New Mexico, USA - home of the Earthship - twice, once as an intern in 2008 and a second time in 2011 as part of his PhD which investigated the thermal performance of Earthships and their eco footprint compared to other types of housing. He has built Earthships with Earthship Biotecture in the USA, Indonesia and Australia.
Charles Swain has engaged in the University of life completing multiple phds with many high distinctions (self marked). He has spent the better part of the last five years travelling Australia in a troopy with a dingo, building Earthships, cooking on a fire and living under the stars. The five years before that were not much more stable either, travelling the world, living in strange places and shaping perspectives from even stranger strangers. The most important developmental time perhaps spent in the shadows of South Africa. In 2015 after flying into Vancouver, buying a van to live in and driving the 10,000kms to New Mexico. He attended the Earthship Academy in Taos, New Mexico and has worked on a variety of Australian Earthship projects throughout Australia (SA, NSW, TAS). To say he enjoys a challenge is simply a way to cover up the fact that he downright refuses to take the paths already well travelled. He and his partner are currently living near Willunga, in a 40 foot school bus, with four dogs and a beautiful baby boy!
Bryan Carman is a designer and project facilitator with a focus on sustainability. He has led a number of creative builds/fit-outs around Adelaide including: Ancient World Bar, Tuxedo Cat, Degroot Coffee and Arthur Arthouse. Bryan started his Earthship journey in 2009 volunteering for month build in Texas. Since then he’s graduated from the Earthship Academy and worked on Earthships in Colorado, Adelaide and NSW. Other sustainable projects include: building water treatment for a home in Kadita Eco village Israel, running geodesic dome building workshops, working for EcoShelta Sydney, and assisting sustainable pioneer Art Ludwig prototype an earthquake-resistant mud home. Bryan recently completed a Permaculture Design Course with Jeff Lawton at his ‘Greening the Desert’ site in Jordan.
THE HOST & ORGANISER
Amy Mackenzie is our super energetic, up-beat, and visionary host. She is the inspiration and star of the "Come To Amy's" YouTube video (credit also to Jiffy Robertson who is the musical genius and Jord Edmeades who is the cinematographer genius). Amy wants to help mainstream Earthships, especially in the suburbs and her project will be a wonderful, pioneering example of what can be done on a residentially zoned block. Amy has been to the Earthship Biotecture training in Taos New Mexico, USA and has worked with GIVE Volunteers in Nicaragua building a school from plastic bottles, and in Nepal rebuilding homes after earthquakes. She is super excited to be breathing life into her personal dream and cannot wait to meet other like minded, passionate and up-lifiting individuals who want to journey with her on the adventure!
THE DESIGN
Earthship Goolwa is essentially an "open-ended" Earthship floor plan with strawbale walls at each end of the building. This design was developed to suit this small suburban block. In what is potentially a world first (!) the berm of the Earthship has been reimagined as a wastewater disposal area that will turbo charge the cooling tubes! It follows all the usual Earthship design principles. It is off grid for power and sewage and an existing mains water supply can be used in an emergency to top up the rainwater tanks. Council approval is in progress and we are confident this will be in place any day now! See the floor plan and images below.
The construction site is in Goolwa, South Australia, a 1hr drive south of Adelaide, right next to the Coorong. The word ‘Goolwa’ means “elbow” in the Indigenous Ngarrindjeri language, and refers to a bend in the Murray river near to where the Murray mouth is located. The Earthship will be built on a level, suburban block, opposite a green space and with the wetlands just around the corner. The block is next to some friendly neighbours and is walking distance to the river.
The Tour will be at Earthship Ironbank which is a bed and breakfast in Ironbank in the Adelaide Hills, 40min drive from the CBD and airport, co-located with Marty and Zoe Freney’s strawbale home on 4 acres where they have established a permaculture property. This pioneering project has broken new ground in Australia, inspiring many other similar projects. It demonstrates that you can get council approval for an “Earthship”, it shows how the Earthship can be adapted to suit local conditions (and regulations) and it enables people to experience off-grid Earthship living. Tour Date/time: Thursday 8 July 3PM.
Directions to Earthship Ironbank - click here
THE STUDENTS
We are looking for open-mined, fun-loving people with the desire (and the capability) for some physical labour. Earthships can be built with machines or with people power. There is no right or wrong way to do it, but one great advantage of people power is that they are powered by a renewable fuel (called food) rather thank stinky, dangerous, non-renewable fossil fuels.
THE TUTORS
Please note: all tutors are to be confirmed according to the number of people enrolled in the workshop and tutors' availability, however, this is the Dream Team.
Martin Freney is one of world's most enthusiastic and prolific Earthship builders, designers and researchers. In fact Michael Reynolds, Earthship god-father, refers to him as "the data guy" because of Marty's research that involves monitoring the thermal performance (temperature, humidity) of Earthships. Marty is the designer and owner-builder of Earthship Ironbank, Australia’s first council approved Earthship which is a wildly popular BnB. When he is not teaching product design and sustainable design at the University of South Australia (part time) he is designing, building and researching Earthships. He has designed numerous Earthships throughout Australia via his sustainable design consultancy Earthship Eco Homes. He has visited Taos, New Mexico, USA - home of the Earthship - twice, once as an intern in 2008 and a second time in 2011 as part of his PhD which investigated the thermal performance of Earthships and their eco footprint compared to other types of housing. He has built Earthships with Earthship Biotecture in the USA, Indonesia and Australia.
Charles Swain has engaged in the University of life completing multiple phds with many high distinctions (self marked). He has spent the better part of the last five years travelling Australia in a troopy with a dingo, building Earthships, cooking on a fire and living under the stars. The five years before that were not much more stable either, travelling the world, living in strange places and shaping perspectives from even stranger strangers. The most important developmental time perhaps spent in the shadows of South Africa. In 2015 after flying into Vancouver, buying a van to live in and driving the 10,000kms to New Mexico. He attended the Earthship Academy in Taos, New Mexico and has worked on a variety of Australian Earthship projects throughout Australia (SA, NSW, TAS). To say he enjoys a challenge is simply a way to cover up the fact that he downright refuses to take the paths already well travelled. He and his partner are currently living near Willunga, in a 40 foot school bus, with four dogs and a beautiful baby boy!
Bryan Carman is a designer and project facilitator with a focus on sustainability. He has led a number of creative builds/fit-outs around Adelaide including: Ancient World Bar, Tuxedo Cat, Degroot Coffee and Arthur Arthouse. Bryan started his Earthship journey in 2009 volunteering for month build in Texas. Since then he’s graduated from the Earthship Academy and worked on Earthships in Colorado, Adelaide and NSW. Other sustainable projects include: building water treatment for a home in Kadita Eco village Israel, running geodesic dome building workshops, working for EcoShelta Sydney, and assisting sustainable pioneer Art Ludwig prototype an earthquake-resistant mud home. Bryan recently completed a Permaculture Design Course with Jeff Lawton at his ‘Greening the Desert’ site in Jordan.
THE HOST & ORGANISER
Amy Mackenzie is our super energetic, up-beat, and visionary host. She is the inspiration and star of the "Come To Amy's" YouTube video (credit also to Jiffy Robertson who is the musical genius and Jord Edmeades who is the cinematographer genius). Amy wants to help mainstream Earthships, especially in the suburbs and her project will be a wonderful, pioneering example of what can be done on a residentially zoned block. Amy has been to the Earthship Biotecture training in Taos New Mexico, USA and has worked with GIVE Volunteers in Nicaragua building a school from plastic bottles, and in Nepal rebuilding homes after earthquakes. She is super excited to be breathing life into her personal dream and cannot wait to meet other like minded, passionate and up-lifiting individuals who want to journey with her on the adventure!
THE DESIGN
Earthship Goolwa is essentially an "open-ended" Earthship floor plan with strawbale walls at each end of the building. This design was developed to suit this small suburban block. In what is potentially a world first (!) the berm of the Earthship has been reimagined as a wastewater disposal area that will turbo charge the cooling tubes! It follows all the usual Earthship design principles. It is off grid for power and sewage and an existing mains water supply can be used in an emergency to top up the rainwater tanks. Council approval is in progress and we are confident this will be in place any day now! See the floor plan and images below.
SAFETY
It is very important we all stay safe and have a great workshop. Safety is everyone's responsibility and we have a big focus on staying safe (and happy!) on the work site. If you don't have a White Card that is ok - everyone will receive daily onsite instructions on how to stay safe.
If you are keen to get involved in the construction industry we encourage you to investigate the various options that are available for both online White Cards and face to face training - typically half a day of training. We recommend an RTO called FACT here is the link.
White Cards obtained from interstate are valid in South Australia! More info about White Cards from SafeWorkSA www.safework.sa.gov.au/licence-and-registration/apply-renew/white-card
WHAT TO BRING
SAFETY GEAR, WORK CLOTHES & TOOLS
CAMPING
Camping facilities include:
OTHER THINGS TO BRING
*optional
THE ADDRESS
Work/Construction Site: 1 Lindsay Parade, Goolwa – east end of Lindsay Parade, cnr of Mark Lane West
Camp Site: Goolwa Scout Hall is at east end of Daniel Street, Goolwa North
THE SCHEDULE
THURSDAY (optional)
4:30pm - Tour of Earthship Ironbank (optional) (was originally 3pm – postponed till 4:30 – hope that is ok for everyone)
5:30pm - end of tour
FRIDAY
10:00am - arrive at Goolwa Scout Hall, meet and greet, unload camping stuff, setup camp. (Scout Hall is at east end of Daniel Street, Goolwa North)
12:00pm - LUNCH at the camp site (Goolwa Scout Hall)
1:00pm - Meeting on work site (1 Lindsay Parade, Goolwa – east end of Lindsay Parade, cnr of Mark W Lane) and Safety Talk. Yoga and Stretches (ESSENTIAL!)
1:30pm - construction session on work site
4:00pm - Work site clean up
4:30pm - Free time for beach swims, exploration, rest, showers, camp setup etc
6:00pm – Opportunity Space for offering personal workshop sessions (Dance/art/music etc)
7:00pm – DINNER at the campsite
8:30pm – Varied and optional evening activities including Q&A sessions, quiz nights, party nights, movie nights etc.
SATURDAY TO SUNDAY
7:00am - Wake Up
7:30 am - BREAKFAST at Scout Hall then Travel to construction site
8:30am - Morning Meeting and Safety Talk on construction site. Yoga and Stretches (ESSENTIAL!) START TIME FOR DAY TRIPPERS.
9:00am - construction session on work site
12:30pm - LUNCH at the worksite
1:00pm - construction session on work site
4:00pm - Work site clean up
4:30pm - Free time for beach swims, exploration, rest, showers etc END TIME FOR DAY TRIPPERS
6:00pm – Opportunity Space for offering personal workshop sessions (Dance/art/music etc) at campsite
7:00pm – DINNER at the campsite
8:30pm – Varied and optional evening activities including Q&A sessions, quiz nights, party nights, movie nights etc.
MONDAY
7:00am - Wake Up
7:30 am - BREAKFAST at Scout Hall then Travel to construction site
8:30am - Morning Meeting and Safety Talk. Yoga and Stretches (ESSENTIAL!)
9:00am - construction session on work site
12:30pm - LUNCH at the worksite
1:00pm - construction session on work site
4:00pm - Work site clean up
4:30pm - Group photo!
5:00pm - pack up camp site and bump-out of Scout Hall
END OF WORKSHOP
THE PRICES
New Earthshipper Full Workshop (4 days) $350 (Concession* price $300)
New Earthshipper 3 days $300 (Concession* price $240)
New Earthshipper 2 days $200 (Concession* price $160)
New Earthshipper 1 day $100 (Concession* price $80)
50% discount for returning Earthshippers from Earthship Inman Valley or Earthship Goolwa (LIMITED PLACES)
Returning Earthshipper Full Workshop (4 days) $175
Returning Earthshipper 3 days $150
Returning Earthshipper 2 days $100
Returning Earthshipper 1 day $50
* Concession price is for tertiary/secondary students and unemployed people
Please note: there may be a small booking fee charged by the online booking system.
It is very important we all stay safe and have a great workshop. Safety is everyone's responsibility and we have a big focus on staying safe (and happy!) on the work site. If you don't have a White Card that is ok - everyone will receive daily onsite instructions on how to stay safe.
If you are keen to get involved in the construction industry we encourage you to investigate the various options that are available for both online White Cards and face to face training - typically half a day of training. We recommend an RTO called FACT here is the link.
White Cards obtained from interstate are valid in South Australia! More info about White Cards from SafeWorkSA www.safework.sa.gov.au/licence-and-registration/apply-renew/white-card
WHAT TO BRING
SAFETY GEAR, WORK CLOTHES & TOOLS
- Work boots - preferably steel cap safety boots
- Gloves (ninja gloves AND rubber safety gloves are recommended)
- Work clothes (long sleeves and long pants are a good idea)
- High-vis vest or shirt***
- Sun screen***
- Sun glasses (and/or safety glasses)
- Hat
- NOTE: Any other PPE that you need will be supplied
- Water bottle
- Change of clothes/shoes
- Camping gear (see below)
- tape measure***
- sharpie pen***
- pencil***
- notebook***
- tool belt***
- multi tool***
- knife***
CAMPING
Camping facilities include:
- Goolwa Scout Hall
- toilets
- showers
- kitchen with water and electricity for phone charging
- dining room
- 4G phone services should be available - check with your provider
- beach and river is close for a cleansing plunge
- Community space for facilitating Q&A sessions and offering creative workshops
OTHER THINGS TO BRING
- tent or swag
- ground sheet (tarp to go under swag or tent)***
- tent pegs and hammer
- warm sleeping bag
- warm clothes
- beach stuff (bathers, beach towel, Frisbee)
- air mattress***
- pillow
- towel
- toiletries
- torch and/or head torch
- solar phone charger*
- mosquito repellent***
- teddy bear*
- midnight snacks*
- drum, guitar, didgeridoo, flute...***
- camping chair*
- any other glamping essentials such as coffee tables and LED lights*
*optional
THE ADDRESS
Work/Construction Site: 1 Lindsay Parade, Goolwa – east end of Lindsay Parade, cnr of Mark Lane West
Camp Site: Goolwa Scout Hall is at east end of Daniel Street, Goolwa North
THE SCHEDULE
THURSDAY (optional)
4:30pm - Tour of Earthship Ironbank (optional) (was originally 3pm – postponed till 4:30 – hope that is ok for everyone)
5:30pm - end of tour
FRIDAY
10:00am - arrive at Goolwa Scout Hall, meet and greet, unload camping stuff, setup camp. (Scout Hall is at east end of Daniel Street, Goolwa North)
12:00pm - LUNCH at the camp site (Goolwa Scout Hall)
1:00pm - Meeting on work site (1 Lindsay Parade, Goolwa – east end of Lindsay Parade, cnr of Mark W Lane) and Safety Talk. Yoga and Stretches (ESSENTIAL!)
1:30pm - construction session on work site
4:00pm - Work site clean up
4:30pm - Free time for beach swims, exploration, rest, showers, camp setup etc
6:00pm – Opportunity Space for offering personal workshop sessions (Dance/art/music etc)
7:00pm – DINNER at the campsite
8:30pm – Varied and optional evening activities including Q&A sessions, quiz nights, party nights, movie nights etc.
SATURDAY TO SUNDAY
7:00am - Wake Up
7:30 am - BREAKFAST at Scout Hall then Travel to construction site
8:30am - Morning Meeting and Safety Talk on construction site. Yoga and Stretches (ESSENTIAL!) START TIME FOR DAY TRIPPERS.
9:00am - construction session on work site
12:30pm - LUNCH at the worksite
1:00pm - construction session on work site
4:00pm - Work site clean up
4:30pm - Free time for beach swims, exploration, rest, showers etc END TIME FOR DAY TRIPPERS
6:00pm – Opportunity Space for offering personal workshop sessions (Dance/art/music etc) at campsite
7:00pm – DINNER at the campsite
8:30pm – Varied and optional evening activities including Q&A sessions, quiz nights, party nights, movie nights etc.
MONDAY
7:00am - Wake Up
7:30 am - BREAKFAST at Scout Hall then Travel to construction site
8:30am - Morning Meeting and Safety Talk. Yoga and Stretches (ESSENTIAL!)
9:00am - construction session on work site
12:30pm - LUNCH at the worksite
1:00pm - construction session on work site
4:00pm - Work site clean up
4:30pm - Group photo!
5:00pm - pack up camp site and bump-out of Scout Hall
END OF WORKSHOP
THE PRICES
New Earthshipper Full Workshop (4 days) $350 (Concession* price $300)
New Earthshipper 3 days $300 (Concession* price $240)
New Earthshipper 2 days $200 (Concession* price $160)
New Earthshipper 1 day $100 (Concession* price $80)
50% discount for returning Earthshippers from Earthship Inman Valley or Earthship Goolwa (LIMITED PLACES)
Returning Earthshipper Full Workshop (4 days) $175
Returning Earthshipper 3 days $150
Returning Earthshipper 2 days $100
Returning Earthshipper 1 day $50
* Concession price is for tertiary/secondary students and unemployed people
Please note: there may be a small booking fee charged by the online booking system.
REGISTRATION AND TICKETS
Step 1 Fill Out Online Registration Form
Step 2 Purchase Ticket Online - YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
STEP 1 - ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM
Please fill out the online registration form by clicking on the REGO FORM button below. We need your contact details and would like to understand a bit about who are, what you like to eat, why you want to attend the workshop etc. You also need to accept the terms and conditions.
Step 1 Fill Out Online Registration Form
Step 2 Purchase Ticket Online - YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
STEP 1 - ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM
Please fill out the online registration form by clicking on the REGO FORM button below. We need your contact details and would like to understand a bit about who are, what you like to eat, why you want to attend the workshop etc. You also need to accept the terms and conditions.
STEP 2 - PURCHASE TICKET
If your application is successful, you will receive payment instructions via email.