Hi. We have had our 70 acres for 5 years now. Both husband and I were raised on large properties and we decided to buy a hobby farm to raise our children . My parents have 6000 acres two hours away and we often lend a hand there still. 

Hi all,

Another newbie here, from South-West Victoria, completing on 5 acres in the next month and then the hobby dream begins!

Rough plan:

Yr 0 - Chooks (start 5-10 then increase to 20), install multiple large growing beds

Yr 1 - Sort out pasture on paddocks and observe land for a season cycle

Yr 1 - introduce some hives to the property

Yr 2 - plant mixed orchard on now fertile land (thanks chooks!) - and Hops!

Yr 3 - introduce a few lambs to the pasture to fatten up, and more bees!

Hi there, I am brand new to this forum but am looking at purchasing a property of approx 100 acres in gippsland VIC and wanted to know roughly what the cattle to acres ratio would be.  The property is a mixure of rye and native grass along with some couch grass.. 

Hello all!!  Very exciting times as we have recently purchased our first small farm in Bungandarra, Yeppoon! It is jut vacant land at the moment so we literally have to start from the ground up so any advise/info you can give would be extremely helpful :-)