Gembrook Retreat in Gembrook, Victoria | Non-profit organisation

Gembrook Retreat

Locality: Gembrook, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5968 1211

Address: 215 Beenak East Rd 3783 Gembrook, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.gembrookretreat.org.au/wordpress/?page_id=6

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25.01.2022 Off with their heads! #pruning #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat

25.01.2022 Just one of the challenges of drying your washing in the bush- falling branches on your hills hoist! #residency #gembrookretreat

25.01.2022 There’s only so many cucumbers you can eat, so these are for the neighbours! #harvest #sharingabundance #bluetonguehouse #friendsofgembrookreteat #FRoGR

24.01.2022 How to make pink pasta: peel the beetroot, grate and soak in water, add water to the semolina mix and mix to make the dough, let it rest and then cut slices (this bit looked disturbingly like a steak!), then roll it out and cut into fettuccini with the pasta machine, and finally cook! Thanks to Sally’s por to plot school challenge for the week! #homeschool #pasta #homecooking #gembrookretreat @ Gembrook Retreat

24.01.2022 When those cold wet iso days are starting to get to you, it’s time to start knocking off your family and friends. @piper_phoenixx you are the murderer 2 from 2, people should watch out when you are carrying a dog lead or some chopsticks. I’m sure we’ll get it out of our systems by the time we are opening to guests again... #pseudo #cluedo #boardgames #isolife #gembrookretreat @ Gembrook Retreat

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22.01.2022 Chestnut harvest day is coming up on Saturday April 17! 10am-3pm. Join us for a day on the land, chestnuts by donation to support the work of Gembrook Retreat. Bring sturdy shoes, picnic lunch and a bag for chestnuts. See you there! #gembrookretreat #chestnutharvestday #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat #chestnuts

22.01.2022 Some more highlights from last weekend’s Chestnut Harvest Open Day. Thanks to @itellyouarise and @peterdyspn for taking pix for us! #chestnutharvest #gembrookretreat #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat

22.01.2022 We’ve got persimmons to offer too at the Chestnut Harvest Day tomorrow. Donations for produce can be made by cash or direct debit. See you there from 10am #chestnutharvest #gembrookretreat

21.01.2022 Chestnut harvest day this Saturday 10-3! Just like Easter egg hunting but easier, and spikier. Enjoy the land, chestnuts by donation, bring sturdy shoes, bag for chestnuts and a picnic if the weather is kind! #chestnuts #chestnutharvest #gembrookretreat #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat

21.01.2022 A falling tree knocked down our sign. It’s back up again. Sound familiar? #stopblakdeathsincustody @ Gembrook Retreat

21.01.2022 Always something new to see #whatfloweristhis #whatmothisthis #whatspideristhis

20.01.2022 This is so important. We need to listen to the DjabWurrung people. Posted @withregram @i_h_house The sacred Directions Tree on Djab Wurrung country was felled on Monday. Yesterday, around 50 protectors were arrested trying to protect Top Camp. One remains in the Grandfather tree, cut off from food and water by police, who have control of all three key camps. REMOTE ACTIONS REQUESTED: 1.Contact Relevant Government ministers and departments, and Project contractors via phone ...and email. The hope is that these agencies will be flooded with complaints immediately. 2. Sign Friends of the Earth campaign to Andrews' Government - online form: https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/stop_work_now 3. PETITION Sign and share the Change.org petition to Daniel Andrews. Post and share your actions on social media, use #DjabWurrungTrees hashtag - https://www.change.org/.../daniel-andrews-protect-sacred... *PRIMARY CONTRACTOR Major Projects Victoria (the entity enforcing the eviction) Project direct line: 1300 779 642 Email: [email protected] Write to: The Project Director - VicRoads Western Highway Project, PO Box 148, Wendouree, Vic 3355 *SECURITY COMPANY (updated October 26) Corpsec International 0400 005 744 [email protected] *VICROADS Steve Pattinson (LEAD project manager at VIC roads) [email protected] MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT Victorian Premier: Daniel Andrews Phone: (03) 9651 5000 [email protected] Victorian Planning Minister: Richard Wynne Phone: (03) 8683 0964 / (03) 9415 8901 [email protected] Victorian Transport Minister: Jacinta Allan Phone: 03 8392 6100 [email protected] Minster for Aboriginal Affairs: Gabrielle Williams MP 03 9096 8587 [email protected] Special Minister of State, Minister for Priority Precincts, Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council: Gavin Jennings South Eastern Metropolitan Electorate [email protected] (03) 9548 5644 Submit feedback directly to Vic Roads here https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/.../feedback-and-enquiries Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) Phone: 1300 372 842 Email: [email protected] See more

19.01.2022 Pinks and purples- mulberries,duchess proteas and sunset. Join FRoGR and come and get your hands dirty/pink! Working bees on Fridays, annual membership $25 waged, $10 unwaged supports our work. See website for more info #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat #gembrookretreat

18.01.2022 Our FRoGR working bee is on tomorrow 11-1:30. The rain has finally stopped, so there will be plenty of weeding and mowing to do, and maybe even harvesting some plums! If you want to join FRoGR (Friends of Gembrook Retreat) then contact us. Annual membership $10/$25/$50 as you can afford. #workingbee #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat #gembrookretreat #growyourown #gettingourhandsdirty

16.01.2022 One girl went to mow... we’re hoping that our Friends can join us again soon, there’s plenty to mow! If you are interested in becoming a Friend of Gembrook Retreat, you can find info on our website, link in bio #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat

16.01.2022 Flowers bloomin’. The first daffs of the season and a snail got in first! #notsoslow Nearly guling orchid season #kulinseasons #gembrookretreat @ Gembrook Retreat

16.01.2022 Our 10am worship is the most sacred of our daily rhythm. To move from our morning’s work to a time of deep contemplation we start with 15 minutes of music playing. It calls us and helps us to transition. Each morning there is a different playlist. Some of the music is perhaps what you may expect, Taize one morning, contemporary songs of praise another. Other mornings we have music from top artists who have sung deeply moving music like Archie Roach, Gurrumul and Gillian Welch.... But, it’s Thursday morning’s playlist that always touches my soul the most. It lifts me up and generally speaks to my condition, as we Quakers say. It’s the music from the Credo community, part of Urban Seed, a community that was made up of folks who lived on the streets or not. The music isn’t from a fancy recording studio and none of the musicians are professionals. I think that’s why it is so soulful. It’s from the meeting place of people from different backgrounds and experiences trying to make sense of their lives together, and it’s heartfelt and raw. By the end of Thursday morning prayers I am always thankful that Urban Seed folk were in my life and I feel Gembrook Retreat is a much better place for knowing them. Jane #residency #singing #contemplation #community #gembrookretreat @ Gembrook Retreat See more

15.01.2022 Our lyrebird friends are back, enjoying scratching through the chestnut debris in the morning. If you book a stay in the cabin you may catch a glimpse #lyrebird #gembrookretreat #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat

15.01.2022 Waratah season is finishing up, but we have macadamias! And I am experimenting with the dehydrator- the tomatoes took 17 hours!! #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat #waratahs #homecooking #nopackaging

15.01.2022 We stand with the Wangan and Jagalingou people #standingourground #evictadani

14.01.2022 David’s Cabin is open for bookings again from November 8! It’s self contained and surrounded by plenty of green space! Go to our website for details on how to book :) #retreat #lockdownisover #gembrookretreat

14.01.2022 In exciting news, Warrick found us a gas tank to make into a bell! That took way longer than we thought, but now we can cut it to size and start setting it up on the land to call us to prayer. Watch this space... #gembrookretreat #workandprayer #residency

14.01.2022 In good news, from June 1 we are open again for retreat bookings at David’s Cabin! As a self-contained building with a beautiful 22 acres around, there’s plenty of physical distance and food for the soul. Email us to request a date. #retreat #gembrookretreat

14.01.2022 We have new floor. Sally and Miri are testing it out. Noice. #gembrookretreat

13.01.2022 From the cabin guest book, thanks Marion! The cabin is open for bookings, come and stay with us! Guests are now welcome to join the residents for daily prayer in a Christian Quaker tradition 5 days a week, let us know if you want to book a stay :) #gembrookretreat #waratah

13.01.2022 Today’s FRoGR working bee tasks - harvesting the peaches, cleaning out the duck pond, and sanding down plaster at the Meeting House. To join FRoGR, visit our website #workingbee #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat

13.01.2022 Chestnut harvest day is happening! So good to have a big crowd on the land #chestnutharvestday #gembrookretreat #friendsofgembrookretreat

11.01.2022 Learning more about the language in our neighbourhood #woiwurrung #wurundjeri #boonwurrung #bunerong #acknowledgingcountry #gembrookretreat

11.01.2022 Monster asparagus!! #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat #asparagus #homegrown #gembrookretreat

10.01.2022 All the colours. The cabin is cosy and ready for you! Contact us if you’d like to make a booking #autumn #gembrook #gembrookretreat #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat #davidscabin #quakerpeacegarden

09.01.2022 Ragwort is one of the weeds we’re trying to get rid of. Luckily it’s not spiky and it’s easy to pull out of the soft dirt in spring. Of course it likes to grow near prickly blackberry and spiky chestnut cases. Plus I was keeping an eye out for leeches and a wary ear out for falling branches... #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat #weeding #ragwort

08.01.2022 Bright yellow in the neighbourhood, taken on Wurundjeri/Bunurong country. Happy wattle day #wattleday2020

08.01.2022 Homeschool muffins on the new deck #covidlife #remotelearning #gembrook @ Gembrook Retreat

07.01.2022 Summer in a basket, or two #growyourown #vegiepatch #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat

07.01.2022 Having a go at preserving apples. Didn’t quite get the air bubbles out of the jars, and the water started boiling near then end of the hour which it’s not meant to do, but they look sort of ok! #preserving #growyourown #harvest #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat #fowlersvicola

07.01.2022 Winter solstice, artwork by @safina.stewart wood stacking by the Hope family #wintersolstice #gembrookretreat @ Gembrook Retreat

07.01.2022 Friends, we are so close! This weekend we finished painting all the internal walls of the Meeting House #meetinghouse #gembrookretreat #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat

07.01.2022 Cathy managed to sneak in a few writing days in the cabin, and she left us a poem. #retreat #writinglife #poetry #davidscabin #gembrookretreat @ Gembrook Retreat

07.01.2022 Samara is looking for another housemate to share with her and Shannon at Blue Tongue House in Gembrook. We are just on the edge of town in a comfy 4 bedroom house. Contact Samara or Gembrook Retreat to find out more! #friendsofgembrookretreat #FRoGR #treechange #gembrookretreat

07.01.2022 These days- wet leaves, baby mushrooms, persimmons to sell, hole in the wall, window in the wall, sun through the clouds #gembrookretreat #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat #autumn @ Gembrook Retreat

06.01.2022 Waratah stenciling #gembrookretreat #waratah

06.01.2022 Good morning #beautyingembrook #gembrookretreat #earlywinter #wurundjericountry

06.01.2022 Want to come and retreat with us? The cabin is available for booking from 27 January onwards, email us. More details on website: gembrookretreat.org.au #retreat #gembrookretreat

06.01.2022 Prayer flags in Maggie’s garden from our Gratitude station as part of the Work That Reconnects contemplative walk on New Year’s Eve. Thanks to those who came, it was a special time. We’ll do it again! #workthatreconnects #NYE2020 #contemplation #friendsofgembrookretreat #gembrookretreat

05.01.2022 Would you like to rent a room in Gembrook? Blue Tongue House is 500m from the centre of Gembrook, we have 2 spare rooms available to rent, sharing the house with Samara. Funds will support the work of Gembrook Retreat. You don’t have to be involved in our Retreat work (but you are welcome to!) Contact us for more info! #gembrookretreat #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat

03.01.2022 Weeding the orchard and meeting some workers of the soil #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat #weeding #minibeasts #gembrookretreat

03.01.2022 Garlic harvest! #friendsofgembrookretreat #FRoGR #homegrown #gembrookretreat

03.01.2022 Remembering those who are grieving today. Thanks Cathy for the poem in our guest book #grief #poetry #gembrookretreat #FRoGR #friendsofgembrookretreat

02.01.2022 FRoGR work today was fruity! 3 workers who collected fallen apples to feed to the chooks and prevent an influx of wasps, a harvest of plums in 2 colours, and our apricots which had some skin problems this year but will hopefully still make yummy jam. Join FRoGR, details on our website, or contact us! #harvest #growyourown #friendsofgembrookretreat #FRoGR #gembrookretreat