Deep Lead Bore supplies irrigation water from 380 feet below— warm!

‘Zack’ is getting a little older so jumps in the back of the ute for a rest!

The Lucerne/ Passpallum in its first cut—the grass will die off as it gets hotter—we just put the first cut into silage wraps 4’x 4’ - tons of energy!

‘That’s a full grown cow in that grass!

Simon calibrating the drill for our new stand of lucernce!

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Freshly sown with 595 lucerene

Some small square of lucerne

The promise of rain—but it passed us by.

Professional Photography for the new Elgas Brochure (our farm featured along with 11 others)

Mamma keeps a watchful eye out for the kids

‘The Castle’ homestead built by Mr. Rake in 1885 ish—one of the first in the area.

We had one good crop of oats in the drought due to poor spring rains (or none at all). This is Algerian oats. 200 5’x 4’round bales off 16 acres.

One of our first big consignments of organic small Lucerne squares leaving for Yass (New South Wales)

Our first group of beef cattle in 2004

A paddock that used to be just dust is transformed (the castle in the background)

Steers graze in barley and lucerne

Another new day

After we cut silage the cows graze the check banks off