Kendall Permaculture Farm

The Kendall Permaculture Farm is located in the Noosa Hinterland town of Kin Kin in Queensland, Australia.

It has been a Permaculture Demonstration and Education site since 2012, and over 350 people have been trained onsite since then, a lot of them staying for several months or more in order to learn as much as they can.

It is located in the Noosa Biosphere area and within close access to the Noosa trail network. Lakes and the ocean are not far away. The Noosa area has been experiencing soil deposits from the Kin Kin area into the Noosa river and lake systems. By demonstrating our soil retention methods on the Kendall Permaculture Farm, we are aiming to educate other local land owners to create systems to prevent excess runoff from their land.

By staying on top of new solutions, methods and systems by implementing them onsite, the Farm can continue to supply high quality education and training for a more sustainable planet.

https://permeco.org/kendall-permaculture-farm-program/

We believe in living a simple lifestyle, treading gently on the earth and its inhabitants and try to focus on our needs, not our wants. We enjoy our peaceful surroundings and would like to create a community feel on our property, with everyone helping and enjoying the benefits.

We try to re-use EVERYTHING! Cans, bottles, plastic bags/wrap and anything else plastic, old clothes etc. and try to find building materials which are local or recycled. Tom spent weeks a few years ago pulling down an old building, and he got a lot of good quality, recycled timber from it. In today's building environment, people are happy to get buildings pulled down without having to pay for it. Usually the land these older buildings are on is worth more to them without anything on it. Local rock or clay are also great building materials, which we are using for our bathroom

We are close to self sufficiency, and not for profit PermEco Inc. runs courses, training and research on the farm.