To my ears, ‘bucolic’ sounds like a pneumonia-type disease or the name of a murky green-brown colour. Read more
I love little bottles of complimentary toiletries. So for the last six months we have been researching and sampling a range of organic Australian products to find the best for our guests.
Our big beautiful flora friend is now listed on the National Register of Big Trees. Click the image to see its listing.
Derek McIntosh loves trees. Especially big trees. He appreciates them so much that he has developed the National Register of Big Trees. Read more
Local Hero Cliff Hargreaves
With decades of dedicated litter-picking under his belt, Cliff Hargreaves of the Sunshine Coast has well earned the title of Local Hero. Generous of spirit, sprightly of gait and with a real twinkle in his eye, Cliff has spent many years giving back to his community. Read more
September 2010 was the wettest September on record for Deepwater and most of the northern New England tablelands. Paddocks that have been dry and brown for years now look like rolling hills of emerald green. Read more
Music (left) and Abby (right) settled right in
Until recently the wild horses in Australia’s national parks were culled. Nowadays a number of Brumby rescue organisations are capturing the horses in a humane way and then taking them to Brumby rescue reserves. Read more
Tor Cottage - NSW Country Getaway award winner
Steve and I are pretty chuffed with ourselves. We’ve only been open a bit over a year and already Tor Cottage has been awarded the title of Best Country Getaway in NSW by the national boutique accommodation booking site, Take A Break. Read more
Some of the birds that have been seen around Anketell Forest.
- Powerful Owl
- Wedge Tail Eagle
- Letter Winged Kite
- Square Tailed Kite
- Boobook Owl
- Whistling Eagle Read more
There are miles and miles of private walking tracks on Anketell Forest, nice wide tracks kept clear through regular maintenance by Steve and our friendly yellow D4, Dolly the Dozer. My job is to read books and drink tea in the sun on top of boulders follow and catch up every now and again in the ute cleaning up the odd rock and log along the way. Read more