We have just celebrated our first year here at ‘Hill House’. It’s been a great time, highlighted by meeting new friends and settling into the community, as well as having lots of visitors. We also got our beautiful smooth fox terrier, Willow, who has kept us busy. The daunting unknown of looking after 20 hectares has now become more a familiar reality, as we find out what is achievable here, but there will be many years to come of trial and error to try achieve a more sustainable future here.
The main thing is we have loved it here and have no regrets moving from life in central Sydney, as have all our old and new friends who have relocated to the region.
Every morning we wake up to the most beautiful scenery, our noise background is birdsong, insects and frogs, and at night the stars are brilliant, which I think are the things that capture best the difference from the built-up streets, constant low rumble and always lit sky of the city.
As there is a lot to write about for anyone maybe interested in doing the same sort of move, I will break the anniversary posts into a few subjects: gardening of course, and chickens, but also a creature feature of the wildlife surprises and apprehensions.
The photos below show the way we are steadily pushing back the grass and lantana.
