Em Nau Farm BLOG

We have just celebrated 12 months on the farm and in March last year I wrote:

We have now been on Em Nau for about six weeks and we have been extremely busy with repairs, new construction, more repairs and stopping the driveway ending up in the paddocks. Like most of the east coast of Australia, Em Nau farm has not been immune to the torrential rain that has fallen.  Over the past six weeks we have had to resurface our drive way at least twice with a third time looking likely.  The gradient of the drive way and the lack of maintenance of the spoon drains has caused mass erosion and more than a little fun when driving up to the gate.

Well it hasn’t been much different over the past month.  The only exception is the driveway only got washed away once in the past couple of weeks and the spoon drains are better maintained now.

Reflecting back on the last 12 months it has been a rollercoaster of a ride.  We went from four cows to twelve with a few sad losses along the way (Laverne, Cookie, Bob, Olive and Joe) plus the sale of Blaze, Daisy and Lulu.  We went from no goats to seventeen (and the prospect of a lot more in the coming months as the does all kid).  An ebb and flow of chickens as they hatch and dispatch.

We have also learned the noble art of snake wrangling, as well as the myriad of skills necessary to keep the farm running and its buildings maintained.