Working and camping Retreat at Silver Wattle. Weereewa (Lake George)

Join a working retreat and volunteer at Silver Wattle Quaker Centre - help with maintenance jobs (under guidance), preparing and painting the famous “pink palace”.  It will need a new name!

We will start the day with some silent worship after DIY camp breakfast, then work for a few hours and enjoy free time after lunch to rest or explore beautiful Weereewa - the lake, the gardens and growing forest or climb the escarpment - before a final two hours working before our evening meal. Expect 4-5 hours of work each day. Enjoy fellowship, fresh air and shared meals

Through this volunteer experience, to conduct repairs, you’ll be immersed in this spacious property with old gardens, renewed orchards, and share in this rare ecosystem, with bush walks, spectacular landscape and native wildlife. This is an ideal spiritual working opportunity to come together and help contribute to the future of workshops and environmental engagement.

Your camp leader:

Lisa loves Silver Wattle Quaker Centre and has camped near the shearing shed multiple times. She is keen to help make the space beautiful and functional.  She has enthusiasm, ideas and the ability to cook pancakes for the participants. She will be taking advice from knowledgeable Quaker John Baker regarding the best way to tackle the jobs, as well as watching YouTube videos about painting old metal shipping containers!

Lisa first joined a workcamp in the Northern Territory in 1991 on Luritja Country.  She learned how to lay a concrete slab (and ‘float’ the slab). She loves learning by doing and being with other like-minded souls.

Please Register Here

Accommodation and meals will be provided and any contribution towards the cost of catering and cleaning is most welcome by direct payment to Silver Wattle BSB 633 000 Account 141 426 890.

or Contact us if you have any questions

Led by Sheila Keane and Matt Lamont, with Felicity Rose as accompanying Elder. This year long course is designed to

• respond to a deep spiritual hunger for more

• deepen/ transform your spiritual life

• establish in you an ongoing rhythm of spiritual practice

• enable you to better discern and live into your own leadings

The course starts with a residential Opening Retreat at Silver Wattle, 5-11 February 2027, followed by weekly offline reading & video materials (a commitment of 3-5 hours per week). Over the year, there will also be 13 live Zoom sessions (held Sunday afternoons) which will include presentations and provide opportunities to explore your spiritual experience. The course topics follow inward and outward movements of the spirit concluding with an exploration of your own leadings toward contemplative action.

The Closing Retreat will be held 19-25 November 2027, also at Silver Wattle.

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As part of the registration process, we ask you to submit an application, including a brief description of your motivations for participating in the course, so we can ensure it is a good fit. This is also a time to have your questions addressed before committing to the course. Contact Sheila.Keane@silverwattle.org.au if you want information on how to apply.

Applications close 15th November 2026

Cost: The fee for the course (which includes tuition and two 6-day residential retreats) is $2,250 for the year. However, we do not want cost to be a barrier to participation. Financial assistance is available.