Wollombi Valley
To understand our small farm, you need to get your head around Wollombi Valley. This remote, naturally beautiful valley has been largely left behind by time. Once the major hub on the only road north out of Sydney, it was essentially superseded in regional relevance almost before it got going. Steamships made it redundant, followed by the road and ferry north over the Hawkesbury River at Brooklyn.
Today, it spans around 170,000 acres of very sparsely populated small farms and natural bushland, with just two tiny villages. This area is, in turn, completely surrounded by an even larger expanse of national parks and state forest.
This makes Wollombi Valley both within 2–3 hours of six million people, spread from Maitland to Newcastle to Sydney, and isolated at the same time.
Little Valley Farm surrounded by large tracks of natural bushland
This makes Wollombi Valley both within 2–3 hours of six million people and isolated at the same time.
Wollombi Valley foreground with the Ocean, Central Coast and Sydney (top right) in the background. Image: Google Earth.
Our relative isolation (45 min to large shops, petrol stations and conveniences) means people have to plan. It is not like the “Hunter Valley” in your imagination with rolling hills of Vineyards - our landscape is dominated by rolling hills of eucalyptus trees and narrow valley floors defined by creek lines.
A typical view of Wollombi Valley, narrow valley floors with small farms and rolling hills. Sunrise over LVF back paddocks in Spring.
Wollombi Village, “meeting of the waters” bounded by two creeks. An area important to First Nations people and early Australia’s colonial settlers.
Come with a very light agenda - spend time with friends, get offline and do nothing - that’s what we do best.
Wollombi Valley’s unique history and enormous swathes of natural bushland make it an incredible place to unwind and relax. Come with a very light agenda - spend time with friends, get offline and do nothing - that’s what we do best.