Our Hobby Farm - 623 Cedar Creek Road (Cedar Creek, via Samford)

This beautiful property had an orchard and Cedar Creek ran along the back boundary of the property. The grass was so lush and we had 10 head of cattle there at one stage.

There was a huge stand of bananas, amongst which grew cherry tomatoes, passionfruit and chokos and the chook pen was behind that. Near that was a huge tamarillo tree with beautiful fruits.

Happy hens

Our belted galloway cattle resting in the shade.

It was a veritable botanical garden, with many different varieties of trees and plants. Some of the fruit trees were lychee, mango, jackfruit, limes, lemons, grapefruit, oranges plus custard apples, tropical apples, jaboticaba and some stonefruit.

A massive brushbox tree, prized for its beautiful timber. This tree had been hit by lightening many years ago and still survives strong and tall today.

The dam had turtles and fish and was a haven for ducks and water birds. The water lillies were beautiful when they were in full flower. Purples and golds amongst all the green.

The creek was a beautiful spot, with tumbled stones and cool water which was very good in Queensland's hot weather. There was around 200m of creek on the back boundary of the farm. After the rains, the creek would 'cleanse' itself with the water flowing very fast from the mountains down towards the sea and you could hear it rushing away.

A new baby Belted Galloway

Our Belted Galloway cow gave birth 15 minutes before this photo was taken. A little bull calf. Mother and son are doing well chomping away at their Yugar retreat.

Our Animals

Skye, was the pup of our Golden Retriever Lulu. Her dad was the black labrador next door! She now lives with Nanna & Grandad and my sister and her family in Queensland.

Our goats were hand raised by the previous owners of our house at Camp Mountain and were so friendly. They all had personality and were hilarious to watch especially when they started playing. They would actually place "chasey" and would jump up on old tree stumps and play "King of the Castle" knocking each other off. I wonder if that's where the name "kids" came from, watching them play around like children.

The Belted Galloway cow and her calf were born at our friends' property where they have been happily living, chomping away on some in the greenest grass in Queensland! Apparently getting quite fat too! I always thought they resembled pandas with their black and white stripes and really long eyelashes. The Belted Galloway cows make great mothers.