Welcome To Our Farm
You are staying on a farm that inspires people, builds biodiversity in the environment and focuses on healthy sheep.
We hope you enjoy the wide-open skies, the tranquillity and nature’s song as much as we do.
Country & Custodianship
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we live and farm. This land is on the southern edges of Barapa Barapa country, with Dja Dja Wurrung to the south.
Explore The Landscape -
Walking and Wildlife
Feel free to swim or fish. Remember to not put European carp back into the waterways
Look out for snakes during the warmer months.
Please leave gates as you find them.
Loddon River
Over 4km of river frontage to explore. As the river twists and winds look out for wildlife especially at dawn and dusk.
12 Mile Creek
2 km of peaceful creek frontage to wander or sit quietly.
Home to native wetland fish.
Farm Paddocks
We are a working farm and the paddocks in between the waterways are used for grazing sheep.
We appreciate your help in not disturbing them especially if there are lambs present. Always be aware of where your dogs are.
While visiting, you may see or hear :
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Voted as Australia’s most under-rated native animal, the rakali is relatively common in our waterways. There is a resident rakali near our Loddon River site. Stay quiet and you will more thatn likely see it swimming from bank to bank.
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Live in family groups that consist of a breeding pair and young from previous breeding seasons. A group may consist of up to fifteen birds. All members of the family group remain close to each other when foraging. The Grey-crowned Babbler is a noisy and gregarious bird, usually found in small groups of four to twelve, and is often seen on the ground or in low trees. It is sometimes called the Yahoo bird, after one of its calls.
Grey-crowned Babbler populations have declined throughout their range as a result of land-clearing practices that leave habitats fragmented. When groups become isolated, numbers decline to a level where they cannot continue to successfully breed. Habitat degradation is also a factor in declines, with fuel-reduction burning, grazing, weed invasions and removal of timber decreasing leaf litter build-up, which then reduces the amount of invertebrate food available. Eastern populations are near threatened, while they are classified as endangered in Victoria and South Australia. It is locally extinct in the south-eastern region of South Australia. Overall populations have declined by 95% since European settlement
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With the use of e-DNA testing, the evidence of platypus has been detected in the 12 mile creek. This is the most northern point of where platypus has been detected. We have yet to see one but keep a look out
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Our Wetlands
In 2023, we began restoring floodplain wetlands along the Loddon River system.
The River Red Gum Wetland
Near the Loddon River
The Grassy Wetland
Near the 12 Mile Creek
Our Goal
Our goal is to rebuild wetlands into our floodplain landscape.
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We are excited to share our wetlands with you.
In 2023 with the help of Barapa Barapa and the Wetland Revival Trust we built 2 wetlands at Riverside. These wetlands are symbolic of the type of wetlands that would have been present in the Loddon River floodplains before the inclusion of weirs, levee banks and dams.
The River Red Gum wetland close to the Loddon River is home to magnificent and ancient River Red gums. With the re-intorduction of water and the planting of riparian and aquatic plant species we are creating a flourishing healthy wetland. There is now a diverse array of Frogs, insects, birds and plants
Closer to the 12 Mile Creek is the Grassy wetland – built on a natural depression in the landscape this is similar to the wetlands and swamps that would have dotted the floodplain landscape as the water flowed out from the Loddon River. These areas would have been refuges for wetland fish, water birds, reptiles as the water receeded back to the river with the dry seasons. We are aiming to build habitat so that Brolgas and Bitterns can return.
Our floodplains which reach well over 20kms east ward consisted of chains of ponds and waterholes. Deep enough to stay full of water for long periods and provide habitat during times when there was no flooding. T
Flooding would have occurred every 2-3 years. This regime would have maintained healthy hydrology and provided a landscape with a diverse range of plants, animals and insects.
We are aiming to restore more wetlands and waterholes in our landscape so that when floods do occur, water will be slowed and captured in the landscape. This will not only provide a sponge-like effect for our soil and increase moisture in the soil but it will also allow more animals and plants to flourish for a long period of time.
We hope we can build habitat corridors so the Grey Crown Babbler, our wetland fish, brolga and other native species can return and flourish.
Fire & Emergency
Emergency — Call 000
Vet Clinics
Border Veterinary Clinic — Kerang
(03) 5452 2094
92B Bendigo Road, Kerang VIC 3579
Boort Veterinary Services
(03) 5455 2031
56-62 Godfrey St Boort Vic 3537
Does Not Operate AH
Local Towns
Support our small local communities
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About 20 minute drive
Well stocked IGA – open 7 days a week but only to 2pm on weekends
Arnold family Butcher: Award winning butcher – international awards for their sausages, ham and bacon
Godfrey & Bear – fantastic coffee and excellent breakfast. Check FB for opening hours
Yung Bulug Aboriginal Artefacts Museum - Learn More
Lake Boort – located in the centre of the town, the lake provides the opportunity for swimming, water skiing or just cooling off.
Lake, great coffee, award winning butcher, Yurug Balung aboriginal museum
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20 minute drive
Visit and Walk up the Hill or Parkrun around its base on Saturdays
Friendly pub
The Coffee Bank - Homemade pies, sausage rolls and pasties. Excellent coffee.
Walk the hill, friendly pub, home made pies
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30 minute drive
Larger town of around 2000 people with 2 supermarkets, pubs and cafes
Billy the Bean near the carpark at Woolworths offers amazing toasties and delicious coffee.
Kerang is gateway to the lakes and wetlands of the Northern river system. Visit Lake Meran, the Ibis Rookery, Lake Charm or head to Cohuna to visit the famous Ramsar Gunbower wetlands and creek.
Gateway to the lakes and wetlands
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All 3 towns (Boort, Pyramid Hill adn Kerang) offer Parkrun on Saturday mornings. Either run around the lake, run around the hill or travel along the banks of the Loddon River.
Boort, Pyramid Hill and Kerang offer parkrun
