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Over the years we have had to rely on farm sitters if we wanted to get away from the farm. It has been a very enriching experience. Our first farm sitters came from Alstonville in NSW. Ewen and Karen flew over to Western Australia. We lent them a car , introduced them to the animals, […]

  Laura spent her gap year in 2008 working on a cattle station in W.A’s Kimberley. It had a big impact on her and gave her a love for the north of Western Australia.In her words… “Now unable to return until I complete my studies I would like to share that feeling that so many […]

My daughter, Laura, has a real passion for the land and a real love for writing poetry. I have her permission to post her poems on my website. They link well with my love of our rural life. Hard to Not Look Back Down upon a grassy bank, beside a flowing creek sits a girl. […]

As a rural woman born and bred to farming, who was lucky enough to marry a farmer and continue the rural experience as her life long journey, I get great pleasure from the advent of social media that allows us to share, experience, compare and learn from others in similar situations. It gives me great […]

November 2013. The days are getting longer, the countryside is turning from green to golden. The crops are ripening and the men are very busy getting machinery ready for harvest. This is our life. Long days and hard work but with lots of rewards. Working together as a team, sharing the ups and the downs. […]