I've just found this website and am looking forward to talking to people on here.
I've just made an offer on a lifestyle property outside of Oamaru and am looking forward to relocating there.
I used to own a small lifestyle property in New South Wales - I had 2 pet sheep and 3 horses (and stables and a 40 x 20m sand arena) but I had to sell up when I moved to NZ nearly 8 years ago.
Now I've reached the stage in my life when I can stop working fulltime, cash in my Aussie Super and enjoy life in the country where I won't have to keep an eye out for, tiger, brown and red belly black snakes!
Cheers
Helen
Living on a 7 acre property near Oamaru I currently have 5 wonderful Standardbred horses, 8 alpacas, 6 former battery hens, 1 labrador and 8 cats. I eat only plant based food and love trying new plant based recipes. Retired from the paid workforce in December 2019 and have never been busier!!
welcome Helen55 good luck on getting your patch of parradise down Oamaru way
Welcome to the LSB cyber family , lots of helpfull people on here and lots of knowledge .. look foward to having you onboard
5 retired Greyhounds ( Bridgette , Lilly, GoGo,Sam and now Lenny) 15 friendly sheep all of whom are named and come when you call them , 2 goats, Mollie and Eee Bee :
Olive trees , .. old bugger doing the best he can with no money or land
I'm hoping to be there near the end of March. I've got a conditional offer on my house and am keeping my fingers crossed that the purchasers have no problems getting finance.
Helen
Living on a 7 acre property near Oamaru I currently have 5 wonderful Standardbred horses, 8 alpacas, 6 former battery hens, 1 labrador and 8 cats. I eat only plant based food and love trying new plant based recipes. Retired from the paid workforce in December 2019 and have never been busier!!
Well,the contract on my house is now 'unconditional' - that's great news for me
Living on a 7 acre property near Oamaru I currently have 5 wonderful Standardbred horses, 8 alpacas, 6 former battery hens, 1 labrador and 8 cats. I eat only plant based food and love trying new plant based recipes. Retired from the paid workforce in December 2019 and have never been busier!!
All the best for your life in Oamaru. It's great there. Good climate (although a bit cloudier of late than it usually is!). We are just inland from Oamaru and love it.
Congrads on house, and your new life in the country. We have been lifestylers for about 8 months now and are loving it. I am glad we don't have to worry about the snakes here.
I've got 5 more days at work and then I can start having a big clean up here and get readyto head south.
Living on a 7 acre property near Oamaru I currently have 5 wonderful Standardbred horses, 8 alpacas, 6 former battery hens, 1 labrador and 8 cats. I eat only plant based food and love trying new plant based recipes. Retired from the paid workforce in December 2019 and have never been busier!!
Well, the dream has come true and we got the keys to our new home on Thursday. It's all very, very exciting. The weather has been very kind to us and everyone is making us feel very welcome.
Living on a 7 acre property near Oamaru I currently have 5 wonderful Standardbred horses, 8 alpacas, 6 former battery hens, 1 labrador and 8 cats. I eat only plant based food and love trying new plant based recipes. Retired from the paid workforce in December 2019 and have never been busier!!
Hope you are settling well, put the jug on and take a look around! (Not a snake in sight).
Laurette, mother to Eamon (16), Sebastian and Cheve (angel cats) Henry and Bellatrix cats, Sadie and Billy Bob(dogs) Rocky, Lola and Hersephone (rainbow goat) (Goats), Sparrow and Esme (cows), 6 chickens , 6 Khaki campbell ducks, tadpoles and goldfish.
Legreer;364104 wrote: Great you will be an hour away from me what are you going to have on your property???
Hi there.
I'd like to have a horse ( I used to have horses in Australia) and some chooks (this place used to be a poultry farm so it has more chook houses than you can imagine!) and maybe some alpacas. I don't eat meat so don't want to have something that would go on a one way ride to the 'works'.
Living on a 7 acre property near Oamaru I currently have 5 wonderful Standardbred horses, 8 alpacas, 6 former battery hens, 1 labrador and 8 cats. I eat only plant based food and love trying new plant based recipes. Retired from the paid workforce in December 2019 and have never been busier!!
helen55;364087 wrote: Well, the dream has come true and we got the keys to our new home on Thursday. It's all very, very exciting. The weather has been very kind to us and everyone is making us feel very welcome.
welcome Helen55 
