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Commenced:
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01/07/2010 |
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Submitted:
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22/08/2011 |
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Last updated:
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07/10/2015 |
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Location:
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175 Mount Sea View Road , Mount Sea View, New South Wales, AU |
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Phone:
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+61 2 65877155 EXT 42 |
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Website:
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www.divinetouch.info |
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Climate zone:
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Sub-tropical |
At Jaspers Village we are developing a sustainable conscious living community with each individual's living area dedicated to permoculture design and practices. Our main service to the public is a health and wellness retreat renowned for serving only organic whole food.
Our activities include:
Daily meditation and Yoga or Chi Gong
Tending the herb and vegetables gardens
Bush walking, drumming, singing, kirten, dancing and full moon ceremonies
Natural horsemanship is practiced
Swimming and kyacking in the prestine Hasting River
Preparing for and looking after guests
Running educational retreats
Our annual festival for the conscious living called THE JASPERS GATHERING will be held over the Easter Weekend 6,7,8 & 9 April 2012
Current areas of activity include:
The chicken house: We will be increasing our free range chickens from 16 to 150 over the next 12 months.
The Enchanted Garden: This community food forest has been designed and planting has started. The design has included sacred geomery and Feng Shui.
New community development: A section with five new dwellings, common out door kitchen, laundry and pizza oven and the community earth ship is on the drawing board. In this section only solar energy with battery storage will be available.
The dam: For recreation, conservation and sustainablility is on the master plan but not in the short term.
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The Enchanted Garden
This food forest garden will incorporate many permoculture principles which could then be used for educational purposes in the local community.