Backpackers welcome.

Local and international travellers can come and stay with us in our home, to experience off-grid life in the Aussie bush. In exchange for helping out with various activities around the home and property, you get food and accommodation — and, of course, unforgettable memories!

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Applications for the next round of the Brushtales Arts Residency close in a few days, on 5 Dec. more info at rockyriverhq.com This pic is from the workshop run by our first resident over the weekend.
Following a misheard conversation with a visiting physicist, I have started developing my personal theory of ✨chronogravity✨ It’s rooted in the idea that individuals — and perhaps places — can have their own pull and influence on t
I looove this pic from @amy_jarman14 😍 Capturing a serene moment during the Smokey + Ruby birthday weekend
Lil Jimmy came for an inside visit last night
Painting the back kitchen!
Niina is back! 🇫🇮 💙 and she’s revitalising our old furniture 💪 yeahhh
Channeling some crack squirrel energy on this fine spring day ☀️ 🌱 rearranging the outside living space, and thinking fondly of all the beautiful people who have contributed to previous versions of this outside area 🧡 love you guys!
Gathered around Trent’s camp to see what gold he found in the river that day. Trent is a regular character at Rocky River, and we love hearing about his adventures in the water — with catfish, eels, eagles, river prawns, turtles, snakes a
Give me a home among the gum trees 🎶 with lots of cuppa teas a cow poo or two and a wallabyroo a peacock round the back a dingo round the front and pothooooles on the road 🎵 (with apologies to the real song
In July we hosted our very first, experimental parents-and-kids writing retreat. It’s been on my mind since before I had my own kids, and a topic discussed within our retreat facilitator circles for years. It worked, actually, very well, and we
I just love our python pals. Kash has been seeing hints of our mate in the rafters near the Cat Room, and then this looong skin left behind 🐍
Lill Jimmy Bell Bell and a message to you, whoever you are
It’s not the drop bears you have to worry about, out here…..
Today’s project: clearing out the abandoned greenhouse. Sarah is now officially the boss of this space. Our noise interrupted the winter nap of a lovely python, but after a little grumbling it curled back up and continued its snooze. So cute!
The frosts are here! ❄️ It was 4.3°C inside the house this morning….!
Today our pal Joel came by and we fixed up some of the fences around the Big House.
Our python pal is back, napping under the washing line 💚