Bundagen acknowledges that we live and meet each other on Gumbaynggirr Country, which nourishes and sustains us.

Bundagen pays respect to the people of the Gumbaynggirr Nation and to their Elders past, present and emerging, and recognises and honours their continuing connection to Country and Culture.

OUR COMMUNITY

Bundagen is an intentional community established in August 1981 with three guiding principles:

• social harmony;
• environmental responsibility;
• and economic independence.

We are a rural land sharing co-operative and wildlife sanctuary. We see our community as having essentially a caretaker role for this piece of coastal land and aim to create only low impact development. Regeneration of native vegetation in environmentally fragile areas is a focus, as is an emphasis on organic gardening.

THE LAND

Bundagen Co-operative owns and manages a total of 313 hectares of private property on the mid-north coast of NSW, just south of Coffs Harbour.

Bongil Bongil National Park forms all our boundaries including a headland and ocean beach. Bundagaree Creek runs through part of the land and we have two freshwater lakes.

A percentage of our land has high environmental value, approx 50% of which is protected and managed under a formal Conservation Agreement. Our land sits within the Gumbaynggirr nation.