The goats, the gardens, and us

About the Farm

A working farmlet with a soft heart. Old gardens, a curious herd, and two people who fell for the place.

The farmlet

Grown since 1948

The gardens here were planted long before we arrived, and they’ve been quietly getting on with it ever since. Ancient blue gums and blackwoods, old English farm buildings, moss on the branches, daffodils that come up every spring without being asked. It’s the sort of place that makes you feel like you’ve slipped back into a slower century.

We look after it now, and mostly that means listening to what it wants. We farm sustainably and regeneratively, which is a formal way of saying we try to leave the soil better than we found it. When you stay, you’re part of that too.

A person's hands gently cupping the head of a cream-coloured goat, against a dark background

Goat Cuddles

Fire Pit Nights

Misty Paddocks

Date Night

Quality Time

Whimsical Moments

Slow Picnics

Milky Way Skies

Dawn Chorus

Goat Cuddles

Fire Pit Nights

Misty Paddocks

Slow Picnics

Milky Way Skies

Slow Mornings

A person in a hi-vis jacket tipping feed from a blue bucket while six miniature goats crowd around, including a shaggy brown goat, a black kid, and several cream-coloured goats
A black goat with grey markings on its face, photographed in profile against a pale background

The goats

Our Australian miniature goats

They are, without question, the highlight of every stay. Our herd is friendly, curious, and entirely convinced you’ve come to see them (they’re not wrong). You’re warmly invited to join the morning or afternoon feed, get properly acquainted, and have a cuddle if they’ll allow it.

Kids arrive on the farmlet each year from August through to November, so if you time it right there’ll be wobbly-legged babies finding their feet in the paddock. It’s as lovely as it sounds.

Everyone else

The rest of the crew

The ducks, chooks and guinea fowl roam free and go where they please, which is sometimes right up beside your cottage. Orla, our beagle, and Shinobi, our Maremma guardian dog, patrol between the homestead and the yard and may well come and introduce themselves. Nobody here is short on personality.

Come and meet everyone

The herd is expecting you.

Bring an appetite for goat cuddles. There’s no shortage.

Hideaway Farmlet