The Benefits of Living at Illabunda

Living at Illabunda will be a unique experience in Sydney with many benefits such as:

• Being part of a living and growing community with people of all ages and walks of life, sharing common values and goals.
• Governance structures to empower the community members to manage their living environment and future.
• A safe and healthy environment for children to live and grow and to learn to appreciate the natural environment and their community.
• Living in a compact low maintenance private lot with immediate access to large community spaces, only a few paces away from every dwelling.
• Use of a community centre which is the focus for village social activity including informal gatherings, BBQs, community meetings, education and arts, cooling off in summer.
• Easy access to Parramatta, Norwest Business Park and the city by peddle power, public transport or car.
• Your own forest for exploration, peaceful time out and contemplation or bush-care work.
• Access to community gardens for the satisfaction of growing your own healthy, organic* food and seedlings for local bush regeneration.
• Space around for some chooks and bees for delicious home-grown honey and eggs.
• Open space for kids to play and community gatherings and events.
• Lovely views.  Sunrises and sunsets!
• A workshop where you can build and repair stuff or just potter around.
• Minimal reliance on mains water with potable water from harvesting rainwater and stormwater treated on-site for re-use.
• Grid-interactive solar photovoltaic electricity generation on each dwelling.
• Solar hotwater.
• Reticulated natural gas for cooking and heating.
• Opportunity for the community to try out other forms of energy generation and independent living.
• Reduced energy and water charges year after year.
• A community based composting and recycling service.
• Opportunity for operating a community share car and other share ideas.

* Accreditation as an organic site is an opportunity which the village community can explore

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