For you and your family if Bamboo, Alternative Energy and a Laid-back Lifestyle is of interest. This is a unique, once in a lifetime opportunity only a 30 minute drive from Bellingen! The offer consists of a 1/12th share in the "Bishops Creek Community", a 1,200 acre (485 hectare) multiple occupancy (MO) surrounded on three sides by World Heritage Wilderness National Park. The shareholder has an exclusive use of 2 hectares around the home site and shares the rest of the land as tenants in common. You and your family will love the rainforest walks, the crystal clear and pristine permanent creeks with fabulous swimming holes. The dwelling ("le shack d'amour") is off grid, solar powered featuring NBN, Foxtel, a hot drum wood fire + solar hot water and composting toilet. In addition there are substantial bamboo outbuildings (four bay carport and Sumatran style Bhatak, Wwoofer accommodation and workshop). You will find all of this secluded in a hidden valley, totally surrounded by 2 hectares of bamboo groves, native forest, and fresh country air. The property is close to Orama primary school and Chrysalis, Steiner school. It is the home of Bamboo Bellingen (also known as Big Arse Bamboo). The groves consist of established, giant clumping, tropical bamboos with endless potential for the sale of a variety of Sustainable Bamboo products limited only by your imagination. Poles for construction, bamboo shoots, plant propagules for online sales, square bamboo, bamboo garden chips and seed free leaf mulch, bamboo biochar and value-adding with a variety of unique bamboo items for a market stall. Bamboo Planters being the biggest seller so to make this easy, there is a market trailer, tipping trailer and chipper available with the sale. You will get deep, fertile alluvial soil plus abundant water - up to 2,000 mm/year of liquid sunshine resulting in some culms reaching 30m+ in height. Giant Bamboo varieties include both large, and small leaf Dendrocalumus Latiflorus, Bambusa Oldhamii and most importantly, Dendrocalamus Asper Niger (BLACK ASPER) commonly known in its native country as 'petung hitam' or just HITAM, the Bahasa Indonesian word for the colour Black. BLACK ASPER is the world's biggest black! A highly sort after Bamboo from the island of Java, currently listed as a threatened species due to its popularity with makers of fine BLACK BAMBOO FURNITURE. You will inherit more than 75 clumps - some with culms up to 65cm in diameter! Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, this sustainable forest was planted around the year 2000. No pesticides, herbicides or irrigation needed. Self-mulching, easy to propagate and maintain. All the hard establishment work has been done. This represents an amazing opportunity for bamboo enthusiasts interested in sustainable living! In short, this is your ideal global pandemic hideaway! 1/12 Share of 1,200 acres called Bishops Creek Off grid in all respects Water power self sufficient Laid-back lifestyle 30 minute drive from Bellingen The dwelling ("le shack d'amour") is off grid Solar powered featuring NBN, Foxtel Hot drum wood fire + solar hot water Composting toilet Substantial bamboo outbuildings Four bay carport and Sumatran style Bhatak Wwoofer accommodation and workshop Secluded in a hidden valley Totally surrounded by 2 hectares of bamboo groves Native forest, and fresh country air Close to Orama primary school and Chrysalis, Steiner school Home of Bamboo Bellingen or Big Arse Bamboo Established, giant clumping, tropical bamboos Poles for construction, bamboo shoots, Plant propagules for online sales Square bamboo, bamboo garden chips Seed free leaf mulch and Bamboo biochar Value-adding with bamboo items for a market stall Market trailer, tipping trailer and chipper Deep, fertile alluvial soil plus abundant water No pesticides, herbicides or irrigation needed Self-mulching, easy to propagate and maintain All the hard establishment work has been done Amazing opportunity for bamboo enthusiasts Your ideal global pandemic hideaway!