Arana Hills

Hello, I'm Nick, an independent investigative, photo and video journalist that works from home or on the street, and often going to do long form stories around the Land. (I report mainly on First Nations, West Papua, Palestine and frontline civil and environmental resistance). I am First Nations heritage, which is important to me, and 18 other bloodlines around the world. I live with managed disability and immunocompromise so I hope you will be disability respectful. I am passionate about the things that matter, but I also know how to connect to the land on which we stand, and enjoy life in balance through music, art, photography and connection with nature and friends.

I am looking for someone who lives ethically & still wants a better world. Someone friendly that will say hello and be up for chats when appropriate. Someone community minded, but also values own space and independence. I enjoy deep yarns, but also am totally respectful of the need for quiet. I believe in respect, compassion and consent in all things, and love to have a cooperative, consensus driven living space.
I am looking for a non-smoking, non substance abusing housemate. No heavy/day drinkers please. Friendly and comradely, but with our own lives. Not seeking an intimate partner. I am 48, so I would prefer someone between 35 and 55 – but I am open to intergenerational housing for the right person – and I have good uncle energy for my younger friends. Someone that respects and defends all flavours of the humans that respect others. Someone that believes in community care, mutual aid and disability friendly. I'm LGBTIQA+ friendly, and one that doesn’t have a problem with having a partner stay occasionally, with respect to each others needs for peace. I get on with most people, but please no racists, conspiritualists or antivax people.

Someone that has their own life and work, and can reliably pay all the shared bills ahead of time, especially rent. In past houses we have always built up a few weeks ahead of rent in the house account – just in case of bank or payment failures, emergency or illness, but this can be negotiated..

Its an old house, so somebody who is happy to split the housework for a clean space, and help with garden maintenance (though I often do that as meditation to switch off from my work brain).

Someone who respects quiet time, but also is happy to share a meal, a drink, a table and a yarn, and an occasional weekend fire or music out the back with friends (and of course, this by negotiation as its home for both of us).

A shared space where you can be yourself.

No owned Pets, just many friendly wild creatures that share the yard in companionship. (we have friendly maggies, turkeys, dragons, Tawny frogmouths, Kookaburras (big babies), King Parrots and many many others. You are welcome to have an inside cat (or two) or other clean inside pet (no dogs due to no fences) an this is pre-approved (generally, you will have to inform on the application), but has to be an inside, desexed cat due to our amazing wildlife and Moreton Bay council policy – we have a large wire planthouse/ cat run in the backyard, but you will need to make it cat proof and be aware of our resident hawk and eagle).