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13/08/2024
Annnnd another ready to go ❤️🥚
13/08/2024
It’s been a loooooong while but we finally have eggs again - yippee!!!
We take huge pride in our eggs. They are free range, 100% organic, our grain is also vegetarian which means they’re not being fed other animal offal, they’re just free ranging on our chemical free/organic property and eating all the wonderful insects and worms they can find.
Pretty sure you won’t find higher quality eggs ❤️ Please ping me for more info 😉
06/02/2024
Finally used the Landy for what it was designed for: transporting horses! 😂
26/01/2024
Today we welcomed our newest family member ❤️ So grateful for such an incredible little soul ❤️
21/01/2024
🥵 How hot is it? 🥵Soooooo hot that even our horse was suffering so we had to bath her in a nice cool shower and put out the industrial fan. The heat and humidity in Brisbane today is something I’ve not experienced in a very very long time 🥺
13/01/2024
When u just need to rest and your horse is the closest thing 😊❤️
12/11/2023
Our baby’s best impersonation of a joey 🥰😄
26/10/2023
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Please make sure you always know the source of your food: buy organic or biodynamic, support your local small holders, visit the farms where your food is produced, grow it yourself but please stop buying from the big supermarkets as they support these practices and the ongoing cruelty…
Egg-laying hens are highly social animals with complex cognitive abilities, who value their lives like we do. Chickens possess the ability to distinguish 100 faces of other chickens, and form complex ...
17/10/2023
Not much of a harvest, but a super delicious meal with fresh caught fish and herbs none-the-less 😄 And 100% organic of course! 💚
01/10/2023
When your incredible niece is the headline act for the NRL finals 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 You absolutely killed it Ruvarashe!!! Such an incredible performance to watch. Can’t wait to see you perform at QPAC next year! ❤️❤️
01/10/2023
When your niece is the headline act for the NRL Grand Final ❤️❤️❤️
The cast of Tina - The Tina Turner Musical recreate the iconic performance of their musical's namesake 30 years later at the 2023 NRL Grand Final Subscribe ?...
01/10/2023
And then there is also an exhibition happening for the incredibly talented Beverly Tainton at Wild Canary. I did my best to capture my favourite piece but sadly my iPhone doesn’t do it any justice. This is the most stunning work and the colours are exceptional ❤️ Enjoy a day trip to beautiful Brookfield and come home with a stunning piece of local art, plants, giftware or even a bouquet of flowers, while u enjoy something from the incredible bistro menu ❤️ PS don’t forget about ARTMONEY which means you just have to hand over 10% of the purchase price and head home with a piece you can pay off over time - perfect! ❤️
01/10/2023
I don’t know what I was thinking about the current exhibition at QGOMA. In fact I thought I was going to be disappointed as I can find modernism quite lacking at times or quite the opposite, and incredibly egocentric, however I was truly blown away. The level of detail was mind blowing and in my own mind, I just couldn’t register that Zavros’s pieces were oil paintings and not photos. It was a case of severe cognitive dissonance which thankfully, was alieved by the odd painting where it appeared he’d deliberately allowed us to distinguish between his photo realism and artistic portraits. Days later and I still can’t wrap my head around the level of detail. It’s truely awe inspiring. As for the incredible eX de Medici, again another wow. This time it was about the level of devotion to her craft in terms of the incredible beauty the artist brings to the canvas all the while ensuring the duality of the content. It’s mind boggling to think of how long it must take to produce a single one of her pieces let alone an entire exhibition. If you’ve not been yet, do get to this one before it closes. These incredible artists’ work will blow you away and for me, challenged my perceptions of modern art ❤️
26/09/2023
Suffice to say, Seventeen Seventy is the WORST possible place in the world to visit. Seriously, DON’T go here! 😆
06/09/2023
GLUTEN
Really wonderful article by my favourite Naturopath on gluten and with some brilliant options to traditional grains...
Years ago, when the gluten-free diet was new on the scene in clinical practice, I would roll my eyes at the idea of the then seemingly way-off assumptions that so …
07/08/2023
The benefits for teenage boys and homeschooling/distance Ed?? Flexible learning which enables them to get outside, exercise and do the things they love to do, get rid of pent up energy, engage in the wider world around them, get the synapses firing and growing and regulate in tune with nature ❤️
03/08/2023
Special moment from today ❤️
30/07/2023
It’s cake baking time again! I so love baking and I never expected that! 😄 It’s really a lovely creative process ❤️ #100%organic
03/07/2023
The other part of our life is this ❤️
24/06/2023
When boredom strikes….bake! 😆 Have had the most wonderful crop of oranges this year and had some almond meal in the fridge, so an organic orange and almond cake it was….then I got all creative and made a yummy topping from our wee crop of Jaboticaba berries which went so perfectly with the sweetness of the cake! Soooo much fun and super yummy 🥰Recipe on Thermomix however I used quite a bit less sugar and substituted it with coconut sugar and I used our glassed eggs as the girls aren’t laying atm which was interesting to experiment with as they were around 12 to 18 months old. They were runny but perfect in every other way 😊
24/06/2023
Sometimes we all need a little break and there is no better place to escape it all, than at Ingenia Byron Bay. This has to be one of the most beautiful parks in Australia for so many reasons but the main one being the divine walk through the wetlands to the beach. The whole time you’re at the park you’re at one with nature due to the beautiful energy, the glorious trees and the constant birdsong. If you’ve been coming here as long as I have, you’ll know they’ve put a lot of time, effort and obvious passion into bringing this old girl back to life. The updates have been done sensitively and without throwing the baby out with the bath water. There’s also a lovely cafe on site so you never have to leave the park. Bliss 💓 Can’t wait for our next stay! PS I almost forgot to mention the amazing service and the lovely locals! Seriously, stop and have a chat as you wander the grounds and meet a stranger/new friend 😊❤️
14/06/2023
We are having a wonderful crop of oranges and bush lemons this year. So grateful for fresh, organic juice each day!! ❤️
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The local cockies have discovered the seeds on our tree in the back yard 😄 #hillsendkitchengarden #cockatoo #birds #wildlife #farmlife
🐓 SCRATCH TIME 🐓
🐓 SCRATCH TIME 🐓
I love watching our feathered friends messing about in the garden 💜
Currently pulling out the old bromeliad bed to redo with a mass of agapanthus so they’re having a ball in the leaf litter and fresh dirt 😄
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Python
🐍 SNAKE SEASON 🐍
Yep the pythons are back! Hopefully we don’t loose too many chickens to these guys this season. Happy to have them around to control the rats but they’re also a concern. At the end of the day I’m always happy to see a python rather than the browns and red belly’s 😰
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QLD Flooding
‼️ QLD FLOODWATERS ‼️
Well today has been interesting that’s for sure. This was the view from the end of our driveway and this is the creek that flows at this time of the year in the gully along one of the perimeters of our property. I feel so fortunate to have such a tree filled gully at this time of the year because I know that those incredible root systems are helping to hold everything together and prevent any land slips.
The local roads are flooded and the rain hasn’t eased at all and will likely continue over the weekend so we are watching the situation carefully, especially as the situation may worsen.
We watched so many people drive through quite deep and rapidly flooding waters (not like ours here in this video) today and it was really concerning to see.
Please take care everyone and as they say, “if it’s flooded, forget it”, back your car up and find another route.
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🌵 DRAGON FRUIT 🌵
The local European honey bees were hard at work this morning pollinating the flowers. Not long now till we will have a feast of delicious dragon fruit! 😍
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🦉 GOODBYE BORIS 🦉
🦉 BOOBOOK OWL update 🦉
Goodby Boris! It was so lovely to have had the pleasure of your company for that short time and I’m so glad you’re now in the hands of the amazing staff at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary ❤️
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Baby chics ❤️
🔶TURN UP THE VOLUME 🔶
We had some babies born this week - so exciting!! 🥰
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Someone very happy to be back up in the back paddock where the feed is! 💚
So blessed to be able to call this home ❤️ So blessed to be the custodians of all these incredible trees ❤️ Mornings here are just so special ❤️ #thehiddenlifeoftrees #custodians #queensland #farmlife
HillsEnd is where we call home and has been a dream of our family for many years. The home is surrounded by beautiful eucalypts, birds, native wildlife and the odd visiting dear. The name HillsEnd is an homage to the wonderful Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top Farm in the UK. Her love of farming, animals, naturalist endeavours and the beautiful images of her books inspire our work around the property, our drive to harvest our own produce and protect the land we are now custodians of. I dare say there are few people who didn't grow up reading her books or having them read to them as a child. For us, Beatrix’s world and work inspires a life of simplicity in being in constant contact with nature and a deep respect thereof.
HillsEnd was purchased in November 2019 and our garden has been growing slowly since then. Over time we plan to increase the number of garden beds, fruit trees and fowl on our small house plot. The majority of the land however will be left for the native fauna to enjoy, find a home in and increasing the number of native flora for them all to enjoy. Our plans for the future include going off-grid: establishing appropriate water storage, a grey water system and a solar farm amongst other environmental endeavours.
Our current menagerie includes:
5 Belgium D’uccles (Ethel and adoptees Laurell & Hardey and Abbot & Costello),
Ricky (Baker) a cute little adopted white rooster of unknown breed
2 Pekin Bantum chickens (Violet and Snowball)
a hive of Tetragonula Hockingsi native bees,
an Alexandrine who goes by the name of Banjo (Patterson)
a cute little white adopted Cockatiel by the name of Henry (Lawson),
William (Shakespeare) the Shetland,
Molly the adopted Hanoverian Warmblood mare,
2 adopted goats by the name of Daisy (the boy) & Billie (the girl) of unknown breed
2 sheep who go by Lavern & Shirley (Lavern is a Damara and Shirley is a Dorper)
6 heritage breed chickens and 2 roosters (who provide our eggs). Fredrick is the prime rooster and takes care of his girls while our newest member Einstein is still getting to know everyone. Our breeds are currently Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red, Wyandotte and Silkie.
We are also fortunate to enjoy a small herd of deer who visit quite regularly along with the usual locals such as snakes, bandicoots, frogs, birds and European bees.
We truely love our animals and love being able to help animals in need of a home. We are currently almost at capacity however, there’s alway room for one more :)
Our little garden is primarily driven by a desire to reduce our footprint on our precious planet. We don't use any commercial pesticides, herbicides or fertilisers. Our garden is lovingly tended, hand weeded and receives home grown compost and worm castings. Our stock predominantly comes from Eden seeds (or similar), gifts/cuttings from family and friends and seed saving from organic produce. We hope over time to locate amazing old varieties that grandma use to grow in her veggie garden so if you have any seeds/cuttings you’d like to share or swap, we would LOVE to hear from you!
Our home kitchen garden is a family passion and we each spend time trying to increase our knowledge about gardening and the growing of fruit and veggies from those who have spent the better part of a lifetime doing so. Thankfully we have the guidance from Aunty (ABC’s Gardening Australia) and dear friends and family who thankfully know far more than we do and are happy to share their knowledge with us.
Since moving here we have been working hard on our kitchen garden, fencing for the animals, growing our furry/fluffy family and thankfully we sometimes have excess produce which we share with others as we can through our page, our local community pages and the local Brookfield Food Swap mornings. When we do have excess produce, we will post on our wall so you can see what is available and when. If you’re interested, please let us know so we can have your fresh picked produce waiting for you!
In the mean time, please enjoy our page and all the goings on around the farm :)
