On the weekend we spent some time with OHs parents in the Sunshine Coast. On Saturday night we went to a small town called Kandanga and watched a movie about Joel Salatin and his farm. The local coop also put on a curry dinner, which was really nice. The movie was a bit preachy and didn't really teach us much, but we will probably check out some of his books and see what he has to say. We also had a discussion about what our long term plans are and if we want to band together and have a bit of a farming enterprise. It seems we are all on the same page, and we are super excited for the future.
The main idea is OHs mum and stepdad buy a property and we rent a house or something on the property and do farming things. We are all hard workers so I think it could work out really well. So, on that train of thought, we went to look at a property on Sunday morning. Even though they aren't in a position to buy yet, we thought we'd scope out what's out there at the moment. This one had been on the market for a while so we thought why not.
Well, it was perfect. Under an hour to my work, established fruit trees, lots of empty land, plenty of water and a nice house. If they can't get this one (which is likely), this property is going to be hard to beat! We are going to pretend that we do own it and make a bit of a permaculture/long term plan for a bit of practice.
Last week we bought a bread maker off gumtree. We finally had a chance to use it last night and OH made a loaf of bread with butter in it. It's very good for the first try. What a good buy! And now we wait for the lovely property to hopefully sit on the market for another 6 months (I wish!).
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