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Our History
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| Tamandco Farm Homestead |
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Before Tamandco
We bought our first property in February 1988. 1.6 acres of steep bushland with 'landslip'
status and severe undermining caused by water seepage coming from overlooking properties. We attempted to keep poultry
and for a while even had a horse or two there.
6 years on, reality had finally set in as to
the limitations of the property. The slope of the block was increasingly difficult to work due to the land slip
and soil erosion and attempts to top dress and oversow the pasture were wasted as our expensive pasture mix washed
down hill with the first heavy rain. It was impossible to keep a horse on the place as the ground was continually
caving in beneath their weight, as a result of water seepage problems from higher up.
With our first child starting to walk, and nowhere
for him to safely play outside, we finally came to accept that the property was never going to be able to support the
sort of lifestyle we were after so decided sell up and move on.
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| The original homestead |
Tamandco Farm
We bought Tamandco farm in 2003 after signing up for
the mortgage of a lifetime, literally. Interest rates were low, and we hadn't allowed any room for movement.
We planned on adopting a lifestyle that was not only going to benefit us mentally and physically, but financially as well.
We wanted to become self sufficient.
The current homestead was build by our neighbour's father having raised
his young children in the old cottage. He worked in the local timber mill, using draft horses to haul the huge logs.
The impression of the stable's foundations is still evident and will serve as swales for our citrus orchard.
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| The old cottage is vaguely visible to the left of the 'new' house. |
Our neighbour subdivided and sold the property some years back, resulting
in the 3.5 acres that we now own, plus 2 more blocks of similar size, including his own. The new owners carried
out many improvements which have given the homestead it's 'character' look of today.
We've yet to discover much about this old place and are regularly
uncovering remnants of the old times. Listed below are a few items that have been of interest to us.
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| Remnants of the old Rover |
- The original cottage was home to a timberworker and his large family.
- Draft horses were stabled in the area below the vegie garden and
used to drag the large eucalypts from the location they were felled to the mill.
- The old Rover dating back to pre war times, now resting half buried in the bank of the creek, was used as a paddock
bomb.
The slab from the shed that housed the gantry used for hanging carcases remains
as a reminder of the self sufficient lifestyle of the farmers of that era.
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