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COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD
Welcome to Shearwater’s Community Noticeboard – a place to share information about events, activities, workshops and more. Shearwater provides space for the following notices but does not necessarily endorse or guarantee these goods or services.
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COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD
How to put up a notice
If you are a local not-for-profit community group, listings will be free (by prior arrangement).
For all individuals and businesses, the cost of advertising is as follows:
- Classified line ad $5 per fortnight (no images) or $20 per term. Maximum length 50 words.
- Display ad $10 per fortnight or $40 per term (jpg format preferred).
- Ads for services are on a per term basis only.
Payment can be made at the Shearwater Office, over the phone (02 6684 3223) or by direct deposit to this account:
Acct Name: Shearwater the Mullumbimby Steiner School.
BSB: 032573
Acct: 175875
Please provide remittance via email when payment has been made to finalise your booking.
All enquiries to: newsletter@shearwater.nsw.edu.au
Announcements
Accommodation Available. Our beautiful 3 bedroom eco home in Ocean Shores is avail for holiday rent this summer. 25 Nov – 29 Dec. 5 weeks. Private garden, plunge pool, well ventilated, cool with high ceilings and fans. Carport. Ideally, 4 week minimum stay. $1200/wk. 0431585183.
Accommodation Available. Large 4-bedroom house near Shearwater for sub-let in 2026. Our beautiful character home on 5 acres will be available from 14th Jan 2026 – 12th October 2026 (9 months). furnished or unfurnished, as you wish. 4 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom, plus outside bath, pool, creek, firepit, bbq area, x2 living spaces, modern kitchen, indoor fireplace, rainwater, fruit trees, reverse cycle aircon, appliances. 600 m from shearwater, quiet side, walk to school. 950 per week inclusive gas, pool and lawn maintenance. Email phoebe.torzillo@gmail.com
Accommodation Available. A room with a private bathroom to rent long term in a three bedroom house on land in Durrumbul. Call/text 0400 440267 for more info.
Accommodation Available. Ocean Shores – Room to rent in quiet share house for one lady. Available now or in a few weeks time. Beautiful bedroom and ensuite bathroom and share living, kitchen and large back deck area. You would mostly have the house to yourself as I would only be there approx 4 days each fortnight. $300 per week includes bills. Julie 0411583376
Accommodation Wanted. Hello, we are a family living on our certified organic farm in Mt Molloy, Far North Queensland and we are now hoping to relocate to Mullumbimby for our 2 youngest children to attend Shearwater. Our two eldest children loved their Steiner school years and went through Chrysalis Steiner School in Bellingen from Kindy to Year 8, when we lived and farmed in Thora Valley. We moved to our FNQ farm 9 years ago and our 2 younger children have been in a combination of home schooling and part time attending a lovely, tiny local school in a nearby village. We now hope to offer them a Steiner education – especially for high school – and more socialisation within the vibrant Mullumbimby community. We know the Mullum area quite well and are searching for a home. We will return to our FNQ farm during school holidays and have others living on the farm to help care for things in our absence. We have a little caravan we could set up on land in Mullum, are happy to rent a cabin.. .whatever works. We would also love to share our beautiful FNQ property (110 acres with a permanent creek) for holiday stays. We plan to move to Mullum early next year in time for the start of the school year. For the first year, it will be only myself (mum)and our 9 year old daughter. Dad will follow next year (2027) with our 11 year old son. Our son will be in Year 6 at our local school next year and has been voted school captain – he does not want to pass up on this! So, for 2026, mum and 9 year old daughter are seeking a home for during the school term time. If you have any opportunities or suggestions, at least for a place for us to land and get started, please do let us know. Very much appreciated! Thank you, Amla amlarosedana@gmail.com
Accommodation Wanted. Family of 5 moving from the cold country near Armidale (and Armidale Waldorf School) to Mullumbimby and we need your help finding our new rental home. Looking for a 3-5 Br, 2 bath home from the last week of June. We’re excited for our kids to go to Shearwater and to connect to the local community 🙂 Please call or email Hamish on 0417477440, hamishrossbrown@gmail.com
Accommodation Wanted. Seeking a rental home for our Shearwater family. Trustworthy, reliable and friendly, we will look after your home as if it were our own. Looking for a 2 bedroom home in the Ocean Shores/Brunswick/Byron coastal areas for $750 max per week. Preferably with a fenced yard. Call/text Anastasia 0481213910.
Volunteers Needed – Help Support a Local Refugee Family! We’re looking for kind-hearted drivers to help a newly-arrived refugee family get to their TAFE English lessons and occasional appointments. If you have a bit of spare time and want to make a real difference, we’d love your help! To join our support network, please message Carly, our driving coordinator, on +61 459 616 236. We’re part of Northern Rivers for Refugees – come be a part of something good!
Nanny available. Hello lovely community of Shearwater. My name is Feather, and I have been involved with Shearwater since 2016. I am sure over the course of this time, I have taught your wonderful children.
I have been working with children both in formal and informal settings, educational and personal situations for over 20 years. I have a Diploma of Steiner Education as well as a post grad teaching degree. I am looking to do any kind of casual nannying, or part time, weekdays after school and evenings and any days or nights on the weekend. Please get in touch if you need my assistance. Feather 0435895879
Musical Instruments
Free pianolas. The School is farewelling its collection of three lovely pianolas. Please call the Office on 6684 3223 if you are interested in taking one. You will need to arrange your own transport. They are very heavy.
Cello for sale. Arco 3/4 size in very good condition. Bought new at Animato Strings two years ago. Contact Karen 0405 033 701.
Cello for sale. 3⁄4 size Hidersine~Vivente cello. “Created for the ambitious beginner, Hidersine Vivente Cello outfits offer high-quality tonewoods and genuine hardwoods that will happily see students through their first few grades in style.” Professionally set up by trained luthiers at Simply for Strings, Brisbane. In excellent condition from non smoking home. Comes with Larsen strings, hard styrofoam case, new rosin & polishing cloth. $1600 ono. Contact Hedonna 0448250300.
Cello for sale. Beautiful (as new) Arco cello 1/4 size. With bow, prelude strings (these are higher quality strings than what it came with) and case (some of the outer material has come off on one side, but it still works as a case – it is free with the cello). We bought the cello new in 2020 from Animoto Strings. Cost $1315. The luthiers told us it improves with age. Selling $870 firm. It’s in excellent, as new condition, Strings, pegs etc are perfect and it’s been kept in tune as it’s still played. Our son played it for 3 years and we hoped our daughter would but she hasn’t fallen in love with cello, so sadly it’s time to move it on. The case is free because it is a bit tatty – the outside fabric is broken. See photos. Email me if genuinely interested at emma.mariette@gmail.com.
Violin for sale. Beautiful Animato violin for sale. Size is 3/4, Selling as now it’s too small for my son. It comes with an almost new bow, a tuner and resin. It’s missing two strings that are easy to purchase. $250 ono. Call Celine 0468313921.
