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The Cromwell family farming roots go back many generations on both sides of our families, here in Australia and in Canada. Today, with the help of our daughters, Aubrey, Morley, and Bella, we manage 40 acres in the Byron Bay Hinterland using regenerative practices with a focus on unique farm stays and pasture-raised, rare heritage breeds. Our family strives to bring joy and sustainability to regenerative farming.
Our working family farm in Goonengerry offers visitors many wholesome experiences including hand-picking your own produce, interacting with our farm animals, exploring the land and buildings and of course, overnight stays.
We also offer homely getaways in the Clarence Valley - in Wooli, Ulmarra and Glenugie. Head to our website to view all our accommodation options!
Cromwell Farmstays and Getaways
The Cromwell family farming roots go back many generations on both sides of our families, here in Australia and in Canada. Today, with the help of our daughters, Aubrey, Morley, and Bella, we manage 40 acres in the Byron Bay Hinterland using regenerative practices with a focus on unique farm stays and pasture-raised, rare heritage breeds. Our family strives to bring joy and sustainability to regenerative farming.
Our working family farm in Goonengerry offers visitors many wholesome experiences including hand-picking your own produce, interacting with our farm animals, exploring the land and buildings and of course, overnight stays.
We also offer homely getaways in the Clarence Valley - in Wooli, Ulmarra and Glenugie. Head to our website to view all our accommodation options!
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Distinguished and Famous people from Nerang
🌾 Arthur Earle
Arthur Earle bought a cattle property near Nerang in 1964 after years in Queensland’s pastoral industry. As the Gold Coast expanded, he acquired and developed neighbouring land, while a disused railway quarry became another successful enterprise. His interests eventually included the Allambe memorial park and funeral business. The local story reflects the rapid transition from rural holdings towards a growing urban region, with opportunities recognised in land and materials others had passed over. Earle’s substantial Nerang association began in working agriculture and broadened into development and community business life.
🪵 William Duncan
William Duncan was a Scottish-born timber getter associated with the early colonial cedar industry around the Nerang River. Work in that landscape depended on locating suitable trees, cutting and moving heavy timber, and finding routes towards transport and markets. His name is preserved by William Duncan State School, whose emblem combines the river, cedar trees and hinterland mountains. The association connects a local institution with an earlier working landscape, before the Gold Coast became identified primarily with beaches and urban development. The timber industry was one colonial chapter on country already known and used by Aboriginal communities.
