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The Cromwell family farming roots go back many generations on both sides of our families, here in Australia and in Canada. Today, with the help of our daughters, Aubrey, Morley, and Bella, we manage 40 acres in the Byron Bay Hinterland using regenerative practices with a focus on unique farm stays and pasture-raised, rare heritage breeds. Our family strives to bring joy and sustainability to regenerative farming.
Our working family farm in Goonengerry offers visitors many wholesome experiences including hand-picking your own produce, interacting with our farm animals, exploring the land and buildings and of course, overnight stays.
We also offer homely getaways in the Clarence Valley - in Wooli, Ulmarra and Glenugie. Head to our website to view all our accommodation options!
Cromwell Farmstays and Getaways
The Cromwell family farming roots go back many generations on both sides of our families, here in Australia and in Canada. Today, with the help of our daughters, Aubrey, Morley, and Bella, we manage 40 acres in the Byron Bay Hinterland using regenerative practices with a focus on unique farm stays and pasture-raised, rare heritage breeds. Our family strives to bring joy and sustainability to regenerative farming.
Our working family farm in Goonengerry offers visitors many wholesome experiences including hand-picking your own produce, interacting with our farm animals, exploring the land and buildings and of course, overnight stays.
We also offer homely getaways in the Clarence Valley - in Wooli, Ulmarra and Glenugie. Head to our website to view all our accommodation options!
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Distinguished and Famous people from Upper Gascoyne
🎵 Peter Salmon
Peter Salmon's working life began on stations at ten in 1943, and he was still mustering in his eighties. Growing up on Country, he learned Thiinma from his mother and grandfathers and Warriyangga from his stepfather. Later he worked with linguists Rosie Sitorus and Jacqui Cook to record language and develop teaching material. By the time of his 2021 Artlands profile, the collaboration had produced more than a hundred hours of recordings and seventeen songs. The songs gave language work a particularly lively form, carrying knowledge through music alongside the recorded conversations of a lifetime spent in the Upper Gascoyne.
🐑 Lachlan “Locky” McTaggart
Locky McTaggart's family connection with Bidgemia Station began when the McTaggarts purchased it in 1946. He took over management in 1977 and bought the property with his wife Jane the following year. Station responsibilities ran alongside nearly four decades in local government: he joined Upper Gascoyne council in 1978, served a long term as deputy president and became shire president in 2015. On his retirement in 2017, the shire acknowledged work extending into pastoral organisations, regional roads and community life. The story spans both running a family property and the persistent practical business of serving a remote district.
