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Mary’s Farm Cottages, Kukerin

Mary’s Farm Cottages, Kukerin

The people behind the paddocks

Downderry Wines, near Narrogin

Passionate local families share the challenges and joys of working the land, welcoming visitors to delight in a genuine farmstay experience. By DANIELLE AUSTIN

W ith the sun rising over fields of flaxen wheat, throwing golden rays over the vast pastureland and lighting up the earth, it’s easy to see what drew Erin and Damien Clark to the Golden Outback. There’s a stillness in the morning air, a buzzy quietude of stirring animals, faint bleats of the flock of sheep in the far distance. The pair are owners of Mather Farm , a hobby farm and farmstay experience in the Wheatbelt’s Kellerberrin. Having grown up on a hobby farm in central Victoria, Erin always knew it was a lifestyle she’d one day return to, but it took falling in love with their 1950s Kellerberrin farmhouse, and the charms of the Wheatbelt region, before she and husband Damien took the plunge to settle in remote Western Australia in late 2022. “We’ve fallen in love with the wide open expanse of the Wheatbelt, and want others to do the same. Mather

their property. The pair are passionate about sharing an understanding of seasonality with guests, allowing them to soak up what the land has to offer throughout the calendar year. “I’ve learned it’s not until you stay in a single place, and mark the passing of

Farm became the place for us to connect with family, friends and the land,” says Erin. Connection to land has become even more important to the duo since their move, and has become something they’re excited to share with visitors to

Mather Farm, Kelleberrin

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