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WWOOF Australia Insurance

Membership of WWOOF for WWOOFers

Membership of WWOOF Australia is your introduction to our listed hosts. We hope it will be a gateway for you to some valuable experiences. Your WWOOF Membership includes an Accident Insurance cover if your membership number begins with the letter "i".  See below for details.

To become a member you need to purchase a copy of our Australian WWOOF BookYou can order a copy of this list from our website, or join at one of our Sales outlets.

The Australian WWOOF Book is both a detailed host guide AND YOUR membership booklet. Please keep it safe and do not give it to anyone else as it contains the private details of WWOOF hosts, printed exclusively for the use of WWOOF members

 

 

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Insurance for WWOOFers

WWOOF Australia membership includes a small accident insurance policy for members who have a membership number beginning with "i" (for insurance). This insurance covers these members if they have an accident while they are WWOOFing on registered WWOOF Host properties within Australia only. 

You will find the details of the WWOOF insurance policy on the inside front cover of your WWOOF book, including the policy number and the contact details in the event of needing to put in a claim.  In all cases WWOOF Australia will need to verify with the insurance company that you are a registered WWOOFer on a registered WWOOF Host property at the time of the incident relating to the claim and the Host will need to verify that the accident occurred during a WWOOFing activity. 

For more information read the Product Disclosure Statement This document is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. You will need the Acrobat viewer to view this files. which can be downloaded free of charge from Adobe 

Note: This policy is very basic (up to AUD$10,000.00 cover) and would be unlikely to cover all medical expenses in the event of an accident, it does not cover WWOOFers in the event of illness. We strongly advise WWOOFers to ensure they have adequate medical cover to suit their needs. Ambulance transport in Australia is VERY expensive & the WWOOF insurance policy only covers road ambulance transport up to $3000.00.  Air ambulance transport is not covered and if used in an emergency, this can cost tens of thousands of dollars so it is vital to have separate insurance cover for this.  

Dear WWOOF,

In late 2009 a WWOOFer injured his hand while at my place and the injury resulted in $5000.00 of surgery and hospital care. I was really impressed with the responsiveness of the WWOOF Insurance scheme, something I had considered "Micky Mouse" until I needed it. And I was even more impressed and reassured by the support of you people in the WWOOF Office.

Thank you!!!

Ian, WWOOF Host SA036 March 2011

Dear WWOOF,

Thanks for everything you have done for me! The [insurance] money is on my account and really makes my life and travel a lot easier. My recovery is going slow, but I am recovering and we will be able to enjoy our further travels. We will definately have to come back to Australia, we missed out a lot. But we had a very good time, and many good memories too!... I had very good experiences with WWOOF Australia and the way you handled things after the accident made it even better. Thanks again!!

Rianne, WWOOFer i11/82347 July 2011

 

French WWOOFers raising a pole

 

 

The Pole raisers at rest

 

The Oyster catchers

WWOOFers harvesting Oysters

Hello from the Team at WWOOF Australia!

WWOOF Pty Ltd, (A.C.N. 085-920-690)

2166 Gelantipy Road, W Tree, Vic 3885 Australia

E-mail wwoof @ wwoof.com.au (no spaces)

Phone (03) 5155-0218 Fax (03) 5155-0342

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See the Wwoof Australia Privacy Policy

 

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