Project Beginning
Early 2011 me and Westpac purchased this 70 acre property as a family farm and project site with the intention to create a demonstration site based around Permaculture design. After several years doing overseas aid project work I finally came to the conclusion that aid work as rewarding as it was not going to pay for my future plans. The thought to create a project where others with interest in learning and sharing their skills relating to sustainability came as a more realistic goal to satisfy my desires to teach what I know and learn.
As it would turn out, the property is in the immediate area to where my families original clan had settled. This only became apparent after I had settled the contract to purchase and had moved in. Looking back on this, I recall the sense of connection to the land or the sense of coming home when I first arrived to view the place.
The property has in the past been a sheep and cattle raising farm. It is somewhat dry with an annual rainfall of 300mm - 600mm. When looking for land I purposely sought drier, poorer type land so I could research and implement water harvesting strategies across the site.
As it would turn out, the property is in the immediate area to where my families original clan had settled. This only became apparent after I had settled the contract to purchase and had moved in. Looking back on this, I recall the sense of connection to the land or the sense of coming home when I first arrived to view the place.
The property has in the past been a sheep and cattle raising farm. It is somewhat dry with an annual rainfall of 300mm - 600mm. When looking for land I purposely sought drier, poorer type land so I could research and implement water harvesting strategies across the site.
