A Theravada Buddhist monastery of the Thai Forest Tradition.
Tan Ajahn Dtun
Annual Visit 2026
Monday 16 March – Tuesday 7 April
See below for the full itinerary
Working Bee
Saturday 14 March 2026
Volunteers are welcome to join our Temple Working Bee on Saturday, 14 March 2026 to help with cleaning and gardening.
Your support is greatly appreciated.
Forest Cloth Offering
Saturday 5 April, 2026
On the occasion of Tan Ajahn Dtun’s visit there is an opportunity for lay supporters to participate in the Forest Cloth Offering. It is a time to offer cloth for robes and other necessities to support the monastic sangha. Activities include a shared meal, auspicous chanting and a Dhamma talk.
Tan Ajahn Dtun
Annual Visit 2026
Itinerary
The travel itinerary for Tan Ajahn Dtun’s annual visit is as follows (subject to change)
Monday 16 March
Thai Airways morning flight TG461 to Melbourne.
Collect rental cars. Accommodation at Nigrodharama Forest Monastery. (5 consecutive nights)
Thursday 19 March
Visit Vimokkharama Forest Hermitage, Kallista, Victoria at 3pm.
Saturday 21 March
Drive to Canberra. Overnight Canberra at Meriton Suites.
Sunday 22 March
Drive to Port Macquarie. Accommodation at Flynns on Surf Beach. (3 nights)
Monday 23 March
Meal at Wat Buddha Metta, Kempsey. Accommodation at Flynns on Surf Beach.
Tuesday 24 March
Meal at Wat Buddha Metta, Kempsey. Accommodation at Flynns on Surf Beach.
Wednesday 25 March
Drive to the Gold Coast, overnight at Meriton Suites, Surfers Paradise.
Thursday 26 March
Visit Dhammacakkha Forest Monastery. Overnight Gold Coast at Meriton Suites Surfers Paradise.
Friday 27 March
Return to Port Macquarie. Accommodation at Flynns on Surf Beach. (2 nights)
Saturday 28 March
Meal at Wat Buddha Metta, Kempsey. Accommodation at Flynns on Surf Beach.
Sunday 29 March
Drive to Sydney. Overnight Sydney at Meriton Suites, Coward St. Mascot.
Monday 30 March
Drive to Seymour. Accommodation at Nigrodharama Forest Monastery.
(8 consecutive nights)
Day visits to other monasteries throughout the week.
Friday 3 April
Visit the Buddhist Society of Victoria. Talk at 5pm.
Sunday 5 April
Annual Cloth Offering Ceremony at Nigrodharama Forest Monastery.
Tuesday 7 April
Return to Bangkok. Thai Airways, flight TG 466
Established in 2019 by the renowned Thai meditation master Tan Ajahn Dtun, Nigrodharama Forest Monastery is a branch monastery of Wat Boonyawad in Thailand and is based on the mode of practice of Ajahn Mun and Ajahn Chah. It comprises 40 acres of serene natural bushland in a remote and quiet farming zone area in Hilldene, 100km north of Melbourne.
This website is operated by lay practitioners in support of the monastery and for the benefit of those wishing to participate in the sangha community.
“That which thinks is not the mind;
rather, it is that which does not think
– that, is the mind.”
From: The Autobiography Of Luang Por Akaradej Thiracitto Bhikkhu (Ajahn Dtun) Wat Boonyawad, Bo Thong, Chonburi