3 sites · Tents79 acres · Garden Island Creek, TASNala Pakana is a 79-acre vegetarian/vegan property nestled in native Australian bush roughly one hour's drive from Hobart Tasmania. Join us to camp on this unique property or stay in our wee heritage caravan named Tree Spirit. There is an abundance of firewood on the ground for you to collect and use at no charge.
A wildlife refuge where love and care for the natural environment are highly prioritised.
Verona Sands beach is located at the end of the road, the ferry to Bruny Island half an hour away, and there are ample opportunities to see black cockatoos, wallabies, paddymelons, echidnas, faery wrens, wedge-tailed eagles and so many more bird species, a twitcher's paradise.
The small wooden home is off the grid, built by hand over forty years ago with timber from the property and no power tools. There is an extensive permaculture garden enclosed by a corrugated iron fence built from recycled materials.
The resident companion animals are three dogs, a cat, three bunnies, two roosters, 16 chickens, and two goats. Nick and Theresa have one eight year-old daughter who follows a natural learning approach to education, so no school.
We spend our time gardening, building from recycled materials, and cooking. Nick is a fantastic bush builder and can mend, renovate anything out of scraps. Theresa is a very experienced Ayurvedic vegan cook and gardener along with a professional writer and provider of Spiritual Readings.
Nick spent many years as a school teacher and canvas maker Theresa taught meditation, mindful living, and cooking. Nick continues to work as a school teacher part-time.
Both Nick and Theresa share a great love for the natural world, natural living, and a life informed by intuition.
Theresa, Nick, and their daughter are all vegans and Nala Pakana is a vegetarian property that welcomes good dogs who don't need fencing and won't kill the wildlife.
** Extras - You will also find this information in the extras section.
* Cooked vegan meals inspired by Ayurvedic wisdom made by hand and delivered to you in an Indian Tiffin or join us in our little cosy home of crazy eccentrics. Send a message to enquire about, and to organise, according to the foods you like to eat and your dietary requirements.
Price to be negotiated according to what you'd like and what you can afford but certainly no meal full meal is over $20
* Join Theresa on a tour of the off-grid vegan food forest we started planting 16 years ago and learn about plant guilds, incorporating animals into the system, microclimates, deep mulching, chop and drop gardening, permaculture principles, crop rotation, the role of flowers and pollinators and so much more.
No cost.
* Join Nick on a tour of the buildings covering how to build using reclaimed materials, possible costs, environmental factors, stumping, fencing, keeping wildlife out of gardens, mortars and so much more.
No cost.
* (Spiritual) Reading - With over three decades of experience as a Reiki practitioner, flower essence therapist and Reader Theresa is well-placed to bring to you the wisdom you seek and illuminate your path for you. Theresa works with her Angels and yours, tapping into the bigger picture which will bring you the understanding you need right now to live with more clarity and peace.
Readings are $50 Australian.
* Guided bushwalk with guided meditation
Join Theresa on a walk around the beautiful bush of Nala Pakana and through a walking guided meditation connect with the nature spirits, gain an understanding of how the ecosystem works in conjunction with Aboriginal Traditional Burning, habitat, elementals and elements and more besides.
No cost.
We welcome all enquiries and questions so please reach out and we will respond in a timely manner.