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The farm through the seasons.

The property, the cottages, the animals, and the valley around us — bit by bit, year by year.

The Property

Forty-three acres of quiet.

Stacked firewood on the verandah rail
The front garden, lamp posts and lawn
Garden statues among the lilies
Lawns and lamp posts in the home garden
Rhododendrons in flower below the ranges
The bee hives in the long grass
The track winding into the trees
The driveway curving through the garden
Home Farm from the air, tucked into the ranges
Autumn maples along the driveway
The formal garden under a big sky
Conifers and rhododendrons in the garden
The signpost to Home Farm HQ, White Rose Cottage and The White House
A vintage car parked under the autumn trees
Frost on the hedged garden beds
Clipped hedges and gardens in morning light
A rainbow over the gums
Weeping trees in the garden on a misty morning
King parrots visiting the verandah
Camellias in flower by the paddock
Paddocks and the ranges beyond
The gravel drive sweeping past a red Japanese maple
A timber porch framed by tree ferns
A rainbow over the forest from the deck
The formal garden under a stormy sky
Snow on the farm
White Rose Cottage

Edwardian charm, sleeps ten.

White Rose Cottage through the garden
The verandah under spring blossom
Leadlight windows above the kitchen sink
The lounge with open fireplace
The lounge and open-plan living
Dining room with pressed-metal ceiling
A sitting corner in lamplight
The bathroom with spa bath
The four-poster bedroom
A queen bedroom with garden windows
A bedroom with reading chairs
Clawfoot bath in the main bathroom
A garden path under the arch
The kitchen bench and stools
A rose arch in the garden
White Rose Cottage across the lawn
A daybed in the garden room
Twin bedroom
The kitchen with tiled splashback
White Rose Cottage
White Rose Cottage
White Rose Cottage
White Rose Cottage
White Rose Cottage
White Rose Cottage
White Rose Cottage
White Rose Cottage and its fire-pit courtyard
White Rose Cottage
White Rose Cottage
White Rose Cottage
A writing desk by the window
White Rose Cottage
The lounge in afternoon light
A bedroom with French doors
The four-poster bedroom at White Rose Cottage
The clawfoot bath
Tiles and taps in the kitchen
Bathroom basin detail
A mantelpiece detail at White Rose Cottage
Lamplight in the dining room
An antique sewing table by the window
White Rose Cottage in spring blossom
The cottage gables through the garden
The White Rose Cottage sign on the pergola
A cottage window above the flowerbeds
The White House

Room for the whole group.

A light-filled bedroom opening onto the garden
Bedroom with a view to the garden
A bedroom with queen and single beds
Bedside by the garden window
A queen bedroom with mirrored robes
Queen bedroom under a tapestry
One of the three bathrooms
The dining table at The White House
Artwork in the hallway
The lounge with its wood heater
The kitchen sink looking out to the lawn
Dining by the garden window
The kitchen at The White House
A twin bedroom
Twin bedroom with garden views
The family room opening onto the deck
A twin room with garden outlook
Twin beds by the window
Outdoor dining on the deck
The covered deck looking out to the garden
Lounge and dining on the deck
The deck lounge, looking into the garden
The lounge, fireplace and garden views
A reading corner by the window
The paved courtyard
The bunk room off the courtyard
The White House from the front lawn
The White House sign through the hedge
Kitchen bench by the window
The annexe with bunks
The White House
The White House
The White House
The White House
The laundry
The Animals

The lambs, the donkeys, and a goat or two.

Elizabeth feeding the lambs
Two of the farm's gentlest residents
A goat with a mouthful of hay
Matthew with the alpacas and sheep
The farm cat sunning on the verandah rail
Sheep grazing among the lavender
Elizabeth with the donkeys and sheep
A donkey up close
A goat and donkeys at the paddock fence
A king parrot riding on a black lamb
A lamb trotting across the lawn
The Valley

The view from our back fence, and beyond.

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Snow at the Mt Donna Buang summitSnow at the Mt Donna Buang summit
The Mt Donna Buang lookout towerThe Mt Donna Buang lookout tower
Hot air balloons over the valleyHot air balloons over the valley
Healesville SanctuaryHealesville Sanctuary
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The Yarra Valley RailwayThe Yarra Valley Railway
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Skydive Yarra ValleySkydive Yarra Valley
Tree-fern creeks in the rangesTree-fern creeks in the ranges
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The Grand HotelThe Grand Hotel
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