What is your suburb? We will show you what is spare nearby.
Local swaps, no money
Swap what you grow with the neighbours who'd love it.
SwapHarvest connects growers, beekeepers, cooks, and preservers across Australia. List your surplus, find what your neighbours have spare, and arrange a friendly swap. No money, ever.
Email and a suburb. That's all we need to get you started. About a minute.
Bring your spare lemons, eggs, or seedlings. Take home something from a neighbour who's growing what you're not.
Quietly Australian, quietly small
Three things worth knowing before you sign up.
Data lives in Sydney
Our database sits on Australian servers with Supabase. No third-party tracking.
Your address stays private
Pickup is suburb-level. Your street address never leaves the page you typed it on.
Built by Daniel in Ourimbah NSW
One person, one kitchen table, one growing community. If something breaks, the email at the bottom of every page reaches him.
How it works
Four small steps, from glut to good swap.
- Step 1
List your spare
Photograph your produce, eggs, or seedlings. Add a quantity and a suburb.
- Step 2
Browse neighbours
Browse a map of nearby growers and cooks. Filter by category and distance.
- Step 3
Propose a swap
Suggest what you'd swap. Chat about pickup. Agree a time that suits you both.
- Step 4
Swap in person
Meet at a friendly spot in your suburb. Swap goods, share growing tips.
Some examples from the Central Coast
Set your suburb above to see real listings within 30 km. For now, here is what neighbours have been sharing.
- ProduceOurimbah
Backyard Meyer lemons, big bag
Tree-ripe, picked this morning.
- Quantity
- 4 kg
- EggsWyong
Free-range eggs from our chooks
Mixed brown and blue.
- Quantity
- 1 dozen
- HoneyErina
Spring honey, small jar
From a hive in the bushland.
- Quantity
- 500 g
- PreservesGosford
Plum jam, small batch
Made with backyard plums.
- Quantity
- 4 jars
- SeedlingsTuggerah
Tomato seedlings, mixed heirloom
Roma, Black Krim, Tommy Toe.
- Quantity
- 6 seedlings
- ProduceLisarow
Zucchini glut, take some
Help, we cannot keep up. Take a few.
- Quantity
- 5 kg
Why SwapHarvest
Three principles that shape every decision in the product.
Hyperlocal
SwapHarvest is built around suburbs and short trips. You'll see what's spare within a comfortable cycle or drive: 10 km by default, 30 km at the cap.
No money, ever
Every swap is goods for goods. No payments, no gift cards, no clever workarounds. It keeps the platform simple and the spirit generous.
Food not waste
Glut harvests, surplus eggs, and a kitchen full of preserves are wins, not problems. SwapHarvest helps your spare reach someone who'll cook it up tonight.
Common questions
Short answers to the things most people ask before signing up.
What is SwapHarvest?
SwapHarvest is an Australian community swap platform where neighbours exchange surplus homegrown goods, with no money changing hands. Goods for goods, one suburb at a time.
How does pickup work?
You and the other person agree on a friendly spot in your suburb (a front yard, the local park, a community centre). The chat stays in-app until you both settle on a time.
Is my address public?
No. Listings only show your suburb. Behind the scenes we use your postcode and a centroid (a rough geographic centre) to work out distance to other listings. Your street address never appears.
What about food safety?
You're responsible for what you list and what you accept. Keep things fresh, label allergens honestly, and don't pass on anything past its best. The community guidelines have more detail.
Can I list bulk produce?
Yes. Glut weeks happen. Pop the whole lot up with an accurate quantity (say, ten kilograms of mandarins) and someone with a juicer or a chook flock will likely jump on it.
Do I need a garden?
Not at all. Beekeepers, preservers, bakers, foragers, and home cooks are all welcome. If you grow, gather, bake, or brew, you've got something to swap.
Got something spare this week?
List it in a couple of minutes. Find a neighbour. Swap on the weekend.