Once Upon A Time

Red Rabbit Farm was once a fully operational fruit and berry farm, under a different name. We purchased this beautiful 25-acre property eight months after the devastating bushfires swept through Cobargo over New Year 2020. It is a wonder the old mud-brick house was still standing. Most of the fruit trees were gone, along with the buildings that had once been used to store fruit and farm equipment.

Along the long eastern boundary of our property, we share a fence line with a wonderful woman who has dedicated her 100 acres as a nature preserve in perpetuity. A beautiful creek winds its way through the trees along the southern and eastern edges, with friendly farms sitting up on the embankment and more open land to the north.

We are nestled among soft, rolling hills in what I believe to be the most picturesque part of Australia. Not that I’m biased.

Maxie always enjoys being up on our hill, watching anything and everything going on.

Moving here so soon after the bushfires, there was very little wildlife around, and almost nothing for them to eat. We put out bird seed and water bowls, and I still remember how exciting it was when our first two birds visited.

In 2026, this wildlife oasis is flourishing. We have recorded 36 species of birds, many nesting in the boxes we hung in the trees after so many natural hollows were lost in the fires.

Two mobs of kangaroos now call our property home, along with red-necked and swamp wallabies that we see every morning and evening. After dark, we often spot wombats emerging from their burrows along the creek’s edge, and of course there are always a few rabbits and foxes about as well.

Watching Mother Nature heal herself has been a very special experience.

I’ll share that story in more detail another time.