Rain, Rest & Returning to Rhythm

The weather has finally turned, and with it came some much-needed rain. You can almost feel the land exhale.

With the change, a few crops are now finishing up — including the flower patch, which has carried us beautifully through the warmer months.

The timing couldn’t have been better for a short getaway.

With the cows recently dried off, I saw a small window of opportunity to get my farming males off the farm for a few days.

A couple of phone calls later, we found ourselves just 12km south of Winchelsea, tucked into a cottage surrounded by bush.

Country Wide Cottages, part of the Otway Harvest Trail, was just right — simple, quiet, and exactly what we needed.

Three nights away, a change of pace, and space to reset.

Back on the farm, life didn’t pause.

Calving has begun, and we’re grateful to have someone reliable holding things together while we stepped away.

It’s never easy to leave, but sometimes it’s necessary.

Today it was straight back into it — kitchen and patch, preparing for tomorrow’s trade and dinner.

And as always, there’s a bit happening.

What’s coming up at the barn

Patch to Plate Dinner

Tomorrow, Saturday night

Cottage pie & apple crumble

$35 per adult

A few spots still available

Fermenting Workshop

Sunday, 17 May | 2–4pm

Sauerkraut, kombucha & milk kefir

$75 per person

Sourdough Bread Making Class

Monday, 18 May

In Warrnambool

King’s Birthday Monday Brunch

9am – 12pm

$30 per person

A little rain, a short rest, and now back into the rhythm — grounded, refreshed, and ready for what’s next.