Our Farm

48 acres at Tylden, in Victoria's Macedon Ranges.

The 3 Bears

In September 2018 we purchased our stunning 48-acre farm in the Macedon Ranges, with the intention of slowly developing it into a working farm and a shining example of ethical food production, native revegetation and regenerative agriculture.

Then life happened. 😉 The premature birth of our beautiful daughter Leela, the 2019 bushfires, and finally Covid-19 — which ended Tim's work in the events industry — motivated us to radically accelerate our plans. We've been farming in earnest since 2020, and we've never looked back.

Today the farm runs a small herd of South Devon cattle, a couple of thousand Brave Hens in mobile caravans, and 16 alpacas who consider themselves management. We're 100% committed to animal welfare and ethical farming — every creature and plant here is given the respect and care it needs to thrive.

Tim and Madeleine laughing in the paddock with baby Leela in Tim's arms, the South Devon herd at the hay behind them

The mobile hen caravan and flock on the hillside at dusk, with the dam and reservoir glowing under a golden sky

Cattle first, chooks second, better soil always

Our rotation is simple and very old: the cattle graze a paddock down, and our clucky ladies follow a few days behind in their caravans, scratching through the manure, feasting on the bugs and fertilising as they go — chicken paradise… YUM! Then everything moves on and the pasture rests, regrows and comes back stronger.

No paddock gets hammered, the soil builds year on year, and the animals do the work they were designed to do. It's farming that leaves the place better than we found it — which was the whole point of buying it.

The security team

Sixteen guardian alpacas patrol the hen paddocks, backed up by solar-powered electric netting, fox lights and automated caravan doors. Foxes are cunning; alpacas hold grudges. The hens sleep well.

The freshly shorn guardian alpacas — including a woolly brown cria — keeping watch beside the quad bike

Take a look

Sunrise from above: the farm's gums and sheds casting long shadows through a blanket of golden fog over the Macedon Ranges

Morning sun streaming through a gum tree beside the farm driveway, long shadows across frosty grass

A double rainbow arching over the farm, with rows of freshly planted native seedlings in their tree guards

A fiery orange sunset mirrored perfectly in the still water of the farm dam

Madeleine on the old David Brown tractor, carting a round hay bale across the summer paddock

Cattle grazing along the fence line while a mob of kangaroos looks on from the golden grass

A towering storm front rolling in over the dry summer paddocks and hay shed

Four South Devon steers grazing shoulder to shoulder in knee-deep grass

Golden evening mist hanging over the farm gate and driveway after rain

A tray of freshly collected Brave Hen eggs in every shade of brown

The whole sky ablaze in crimson and pink at sunset over the paddocks

Five inquisitive steers lined up on green pasture, all eyes on the camera

Taste what the farm produces

Grass Fed Beef Brave Hen Eggs