Nicol Family Farm

Nicol Family Farm Located in Bombay NSW, Nicol Family Farm is a haven for native animals and plants.

In early 2020, just after the fires, and as COVID quarantine was kicking in my dad took be out to the Cumberland State F...
01/01/2025

In early 2020, just after the fires, and as COVID quarantine was kicking in my dad took be out to the Cumberland State Forest Nursury to pick up one of my favourite plants, Angophora hispida.

I have grown one of these at every house I have lived in over the past 30 years. It has the strong smell of honey, beautiful buds and flowers and grows easily from seed.

In summer they are always covered in Fiddler Beetles (Eupoecila australasiae) and I have been waiting for almost 5 years to see if they will turn up in Bombay.

A few weeks ago, I noticed flower buds on both of the hispidas I planted, and today (New Year's Day 2025) I was delighted to see that the flowers have opened and at least one Fiddler Beetle is here to enjoy the nectar.

Angophora hispida is not endemic to Bombay, but there are reports of Eupoecila australasiae in Bungendore and the ACT.

Tomorrow I will be sure to report the sighting on iNaturalist.

A Raspberry Pi and one of the kids old Snowball USB microphones and we now have a Birdweather.com node listening for bir...
12/12/2024

A Raspberry Pi and one of the kids old Snowball USB microphones and we now have a Birdweather.com node listening for bird calls and using AI to identify each species.

It's crazy that you can do this with $150 of hardware.

26/11/2024

We have over 5km of internal roads on the property. Thanks to Hydrocon for quarrying some gravel from one of our hills and building us a new road to the homestead.

Since the 2019 fires the only Banksia species present on our property is the Hairpin Banksia (Banksia spinulosa).We have...
08/07/2024

Since the 2019 fires the only Banksia species present on our property is the Hairpin Banksia (Banksia spinulosa).

We have a large diversity of forms, but on an early morning walk an outlier caught my eye, on closer inspection it was a purple form of spinulosa.

In October of 2023, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) ran a story about this find.

In 2024 there were only two flower spikes on the plant we have named Palerang Purple but we were chuffed to see that the flowers were still purple, and that the 2023 flowering was not an anomaly.

We are also ecstatic to learn that IndigiGrow Native Bushfoods & Plants have managed to strike four of the cuttings they collected.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/purple-banksia-spinulosa-native-plant-discovered-braidwood-nsw/102951088

08/07/2024

A mob of Eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) graze by our western dam. Featuring a large male and his "mini me".

08/07/2024

A pair of Red-necked wallabies (Notamacropus rufogriseus) practive their mixed martial arts by our western dam.

08/07/2024

Female Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) with joey feeding by our western dam.

08/07/2024

A Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) emerges from its burrow in the Tree Ferm area of the property.

There is an extensive burrow network in this part of the property. The burrow entry shown in this video is commonly flooded.

Address

742 Little Bombay Road
Braidwood, NSW
2622

Telephone

+61432148740

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