Accommodation

View of the house with B&B entrance
We are conveniently located in Waimauku – the gateway to Muriwai & the Kaipara Harbour – 30min northwest of Auckland.

Animals

Grey cat sitting on balustrade gazing into the distance
Guests at the farmstay can enjoy lots of cute and friendly farm animals around – Alpacas, cows, chickens, horses, goats, ducks and the cats.

Activities

Whether you would like to explore nature, watch stunning sunsets, relax or be thrillseeking – the area offers something for everyone.
View of the valley with fog lingering over the Kaipara river meandering through the valley

Seasons: Bye Summer, hello Autumn

The seasons are changing. Summer went and Easter and Autumn came around. The valley is filled with fog those mornings, the geese are flying in flocks – not even sure where from and where to.

We also got the digger back into tidy up the areas around the calf shelter for some exciting new arrivals. Soon we will add some dwarf goats to our collection of animals. Just a few more weeks.

We did our traditional Easter egg hunt in the pine patch with family and friends. This time last year COVID-19 was also raging in NZ and we were in lockdown level 4.

We have been starting to prepare for winter to come, firewood was brought up from the valley, the stuff we felled several years ago. Finally made it into rings for splitting and was split by Janus, ready for stacking. It is slowly getting too wet to drive down into the woods and valley.

The haylage for the horses was brought in and stacked, 32 bales should hopefully last until spring. At 30kgs or so per bale, that made almost a ton of feed – no pun intended 😉

Packic wrapped bales with haylage neatly stacked up
Haylage for winter

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