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.
A bunch of ducks in a small patch of shrubs, fenced off by electric fence

Paddock improvement work – part 1

The New Zealand holiday season is here; it looks like everyone has left Auckland in a mass North-South exodus. We are still here and will stay here. After all, it’s nice here.

The break from work-work gives the chance to spend some more time on farm work. Like fixing fences.

The pretty bad electric tape only lasts a few years, so every few years it needs to be replaced. This time, we opted to invest some time into long-term performance and added some high-tensile wires to the mix with proper connectors.

The goats decided to be cheeky again and tested the electric fencing around the shrubs.

They found that the electricity did not work thanks to the old, broken-down tape.

And proceeded towards eating some juicy shrubs, while the humans were not really impressed.

Now the enclosure has been made new and bigger.

Looks like the ducks have figured out that this is a haven from the pushy goats.

A bunch of ducks in a small patch of shrubs, fenced off by electric fence
Ducks in the shrub area

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