Brookmount Retreat

ACTIVITIES

Feeding the lambs
With the sheep
Around the farm
Mountain bike riding
Visiting with the horses
Feeding the chickens
 

Brookmount Retreat is a perfect stopover for groups on bikes travelling north, south, east or west through Walcha. Walcha is at the crossroads of the Thunderbolts Way (Armidale / Gloucester) and the Port Macquarie (Bendemeer / Wauchope) Road. Just 10 minutes from town on a bitumen road (with .5km dirt) we offer locked garage security for your bikes and very welcoming comfortable beds plus a good hot shower for your comfort.

 

Brookmount Retreat is ideal for families wanting to experience the farming lifestyle.

There is plenty of open space for children to ride their pushbikes safely and enjoy the freedom of being on a farm. They can help feed the chooks and collect the eggs. If anyone is wanting to see what happens on the farm, there is always room for a gate openner when John, Liz or Kate go out to the paddocks.

Brookmount is the home to the GIENNA Superfine Merino sheep stud as well as our commercial sheep and cattle breeding enterprises. Springtime (October) is the time for our new baby calves and lambs. The horses on the property belong to our daughter Kate who is a keen camp drafter.

Things to do on Brookmount:

  • Mountain Bike Riding (we are part of the October Walcha Mountain Bike Teams Challenge)
  • Bush Walks
  • Eel Fishing
  • Yabbying
  • Bush BBQs

We are in close proximity to:

  • magnificent gorge country, with its spectacular Apsley Falls and Tia Falls
  • Riverside - at the bottom of Apsley Gorge
  • Walcha township with its Art Gallery Walk, Historical Museum & Craft Shop
  • Trout Fishing (October to June)
  • Walcha golf links
  • Walcha Dairy (by appointment)
  • great bird watching locations
  • horse riding facilities located at Uralla.
  • 45 mins to Armidale and the University
  • 1 hour to Tamworth and the Country Music Festival .

 

Brookmount Retreat is also ideal for couples. The location of the cottage offers peace and serenity if you are wanting to get away from it all or wanting time to regroup. The warm verandahs and the cozy lounge room with the inviting comfortable chairs encourage you to stop, relax and curl up with a good book You can do your own cooking or dine at our high quality eateries in Walcha and at Walcha Road.

 

 

FARM CALENDAR

Throughout the year we have set times for handling the stock for production. The main months for sheep work are:

  • January - stud ram sales
    • lamb weaning
  • February - sheep sales
  • March - pre joining crutching
  • March/April - sheep classing
  • May - sheep joining
  • July - pre shearing crutching
  • August - shearing adult sheep
  • October - shearing hoggets (last years lambs)
    • stud ram classing
    • lambing
  • December - lamb marking

There is ongoing maintenance of the property throughout the year so there is always something happening that guests can join in with.