A space aspiring to bring all the best parts of life on the land into the urban jungle.
One tenth of the Australian population live in a township of less than 10,000 people (ABS, 2018). These townships are categorised as ‘small towns’. Small towns are the lynchpins of Australia’s heartland and regional Australia is responsible for 67% of our export earnings (Regional Universities Network, 2020). Living in a rural areas comes with many …
In the September school holidays I drove over 4,500kms to visit my friends in the bush. From Mount Isa to Hughenden and everywhere in between, I spent nearly 2 weeks soaking up the red dirt. 50 hours in the car certainly allows for a lot of thinking time. As I watched the landscape change from …
I’m a dreamer. There’s no doubt about it. I have small dreams (like have an epic veggie patch) and dreams that are so large, that I sometimes wonder how I conjured them up. As well as being a dreamer, I have an air of almighty confidence. I whole-heartedly believe I can achieve my dreams. That’s …
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This banana bread is low in refined sugar and super easy to make. The inclusion of chia seeds adds a punch of fibre and the dark choc melts adds a little touch of decadence. Being the dairy farmer's granddaughter that I am, I have to take this opportunity to promote purchasing and consuming milk that …
It’s no secret that I adore my bosses from last year. They are two of the greatest people I know and form a formidable team. It takes kindness and warmth to open up your home to a complete stranger and allow them to play a pivotal role in your family. Yet, both my bosses did …
I sort of created this recipe by accident. I set out to make pumpkin bread, but had extra dried cranberries so chucked them in too. I then substituted a few ingredients to my usual recipe and hey presto! Here we are... Sugar free, packed with nutrients and great fresh or toasted, this is the recipe …
I spent 2019 living on a remote cattle station in North-West Queensland and it was the grandest adventure. I lived about 60kms from my closest town and spent my days educating 3 sisters who were enrolled in Distance Education. When we weren’t in the schoolroom we were riding horses, feeding animals or helping in the …
Hi, I’m Hannah! I’m a city kid by geographic location but a country kid at heart. I grew up holidaying in western Queensland (Australia) and gallivanting around my family’s dairy turned cattle farm in the Gold Coast Hinterland. Red dust runs deep in my veins and despite growing up in suburbia, it’s at my maternal …
The Urban Farmhouse 