What's New at Narraburra Farm - Life, Livestock & Loving It

What’s New at Narraburra Farm — Life, Livestock, & Loving It

Hello from Narraburra Farm, Kooroongarra! It’s been a busy and beautiful season for us lately — there are new calves, community events, beehives humming, and long afternoons among the Highlands. We’re excited to share what we’ve been doing, and what’s coming up, so if you’re planning a visit or just love hearing farm stories, here’s what’s happening.

1. Newbulls, Newlife & Highland Cattle Adventures

We’re thrilled to report that calving season has begun. We had our first silver dun calf born last week, and what a beauty!

We were also proud to showcase some of our Highlands at local shows this year. Eidheann “Ivy” of Narraburra and Mathan “Mattie” Ban of Narraburra both brought home ribbons from the Millmerran Show, Toowoomba Royal Show, and Redcliffe Show. These wins are not just a highlight for us, but a testament to the strength and beauty of our Narraburra Highlands.

2. Busy Bees & Sweet Rewards

The bees have been having a productive stretch lately. Our #NarraburraHoney is buzzing more than ever. We’ve loved seeing frames of honeycomb, jars of golden goodness, and the buzz of bees working among the blossoms. #GarraGold

3. Farm Tours, Farm Stays & Community Nights

Our farmstay has been buzzing with visitors. Elveden Homestead continues to be a favourite with families and groups who love the charm of the old farmhouse, while our quirky “Kenny Chesney” caravan along the creek has been especially popular with couples looking for a unique and peaceful getaway. It’s been wonderful to share these spaces and see guests embrace country life.

We recently opened up more tickets for our farm tours — folks have been coming out to share in a day of life at Narraburra, learning about the animals, paddocks, and farm rhythms.

4. Restoration Projects & Old Treasures

One of the projects close to our hearts is our little old church building that’s been sitting idle for about forty years. We are currently looking for someone to help restump it, breathe life back into its structure, and resurrect this small treasure. ⛪️

There’s something special in restoring old places — they carry stories, echoes of past lives, and a sense of continuity. We can’t wait to share it once it’s standing strong again.

5. Scenes from Daily Life

Mornings here lately have been crisp, sometimes a bit frosty — there’s a magic in seeing the mist on the paddocks, the chickens scratching, Highland cattle wandering through dew.

The scenery continues to be our muse, and the sunsets over the rolling paddocks have been especially beautiful.

What’s Coming Up

• More farm tours and open-days so you can see behind the gate, meet the animals, taste our honey, and just breathe out.

• Progress on the church restoration — updates, photos, maybe even some local heritage days.

• Fresh stock as our Highlands grow; baby coos all bring fresh energy.

• Produce — eggs, lamb, honey — always rolling out when seasons allow, and we’re plotting what’s next in the veggie garden too.

  
  

Thanks & Invitations

Thanks to everyone who has visited, followed online, shared a kind comment, or picked up a jar of honey. YOU help to make Narraburra more than just farm—we feel connected to community, to land, and to those who appreciate it all.

If you’re curious about what a farm stay here looks like, want to bring kids, dogs, or just escape city buzz, we’d love to host you. Keep an eye on our Events page for tour dates, and be sure to check the gallery for recent photos — nothing beats seeing it with your own eyes.

Catch you at the paddocks, with bees on the wings, Highland cows grazing, and life in that sweet country rhythm.

— Sam & Steve Wakerley

The Church

Our tiny 115 year old church is coming along slowly but surely. The external painting was finished last month, and we put the original sign back up. The sign was refurbished by Millmerran Men’s Shed.

Next up we’ll look at stabilising and restumping, getting the grass growing, and putting in some gardens and fences. Then we’ll start on the inside….

Check out the before and after pics!

Where is Narraburra? Who are we? What is going on in the Garra?

Narraburra was once a 3,000 acre property located on the edge of the old township of Kooroongarra between Millmerran and Inglewood. Nowadays the township is abandoned [edit: watch this space!] and the property has been cut up over the years and sold off. In October 2020, we purchased what remains of Narraburra...121 acres including homestead, cabin, an awesome shearing shed, a couple of huge hay sheds and an old dairy. There’s five good sized dams and the property is divided into a number of paddocks consisting of one sown a number of years ago to bambatsi and the remainder native pasture.

We’re not sure what we will do with the property just yet. In the future we might do farm tours or camping.

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We have 5 horses (including a miniature horse and a Shetland pony), 4 steers, 7 chooks, 1 rooster and our old dog Stig the staffy. We’ve recently adopted Shelly the Sheep!

We are learning as much as we can about the land, the country and regenerative agriculture. Hopefully we can make a difference on our little patch of the earth. We do have hundreds of native trees across the property, but as with most grazing properties, lots more have been cleared. So we’ve replanted about 30 native koala food trees, with 40 more to go in the ground shortly. And in April 2021 we started our first bee hive.

It’s pretty dry country, although responds quickly to rain, as we’ve experienced already. We are surrounded by properties growing sorghum and barley as well as cattle and dorper sheep.

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The sunsets are amazing and the area is known as “Big Sky Country”. Thanks for following this page and our journey....This is seriously the best thing we’ve ever done!!!

#narraburra #kooroongarra