Dear Friends of Appin Hall, we are seeking your support to help establish the Foundation’s presence in Gippsland by way of building the new facility/healing centre for disadvantaged children and their families in the high country north of Traralgon. Preparation is underway to identify various components of children’s needs, community awareness, health organisations, government and Councils across the region.

What a delight to be convening Appin Hall’s first AGM in Victoria, having sailed across Bass Strait to relocate the Foundations operations in a central location to invite children and their families Australia-wide. Thank You to all our friends and volunteers who assisted us with this recent leg of the journey.

In April, we held a Camp for children affected by drought conditions in the north/west corner of Tasmania. We were horrified by the enormity of the farming families plight to rise above devastation and the hardship of their damaged land and severe financial crisis leading to depression, despair and the gravity of suicide in their community.

“After 20 years of living in paradise, I have come to understand that everything is about energy: how we power our homes, the cars we drive, industry, the foods we eat – even our thoughts! At Appin Hall we have worked in harmony with Nature to develop a special dream and to build a principle of worth to be enjoyed by so many. Through energies, such as vision, compassion, human understanding, collective goals, goodwill, care and love – these attributes were not only infused in the land and bui...