Hi Guys,

Im an absolute novice when it comes to farming, although i have an endless desire to make this new venture of my working life work and prosper.  I would love to link up with other small farmers in the local area (Sunshine coast in QLD) to learn and talk about what the fundamentals are in starting a farm.  Seeing how a successful small farm is run is one of my first steps.  We are looking at farming a variety of animals, so we can produce great organic food for the local community.

Hi and I'm one of those excited farming people.

Hi, Brian and I own a 160 acre property in the central tablelands of NSW. The property is called NYRANG, near Molong. We are not farmers but are very keen to learn and embrace everything rural. At the moment we run 30 beef cattle. We also have a guy who is setting up a pastured raised egg business for us (he has experience in the industry). Thanks Susan

Hi

My wife and I are so new to farming we don't have a farm yet.

Our daughter has purchased 142 acres near Marmor (45k south of Rockhampton) and is planning to stay for many years, and we will be retiring there in a year or two.

Her plans are to keep her two horses in the front 20 to 30 acre area with the house and run 12 to 20 cattle on the rest, of which half is hills and trees.

Hello all,

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!

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 :-)