Moonie Creek Co-Op

Moonie Creek Co-op is in Victoria and is home to this gorgeous creature Olive the wombat

Moonie Creek has few permanant residents, it mostly houses Melbournites who live in the city and use Moonie Creek as their holiday space.

Here are some of the houses on the property, all owner designed and built.

I had a lovely stay here with Shaun and Nobuko. Due to the isolated spot it's hard to both live on the property and work. Nobuko is a local district nurse and Shaun is the handiest handyman I have ever met! Here is Shaun on the balcony of the house he built twice! He dabbles in apiary to keep the family/friends in honey and makes beautiful wood craft. Here are some examples of Shaun's work:
The community has been powered by a water turbine which is powered by a natural stream which runs through the property. Here is me demonstrating unblocking the man-made dam which allows the water to pour through the turbine


The water turbine is further downstream. Power is distributed between the 8 houses.

Here is John's hot water heater. The flu of the oven heats the water. It works!





Not all jobs are weeding! At Moonie Creek my favourites were picking mulberries and restoring this old typewriter! More info on Moonie Creek are coming, but an all round lovely place with vegetarian dogs! Thanks so much to my lovely hosts, they made me feel welcome any time!