Our Tree Change continues with a Puggle

Welcome to our first post for 2024. It's already shaping up to be a big year for us as we move forward in our tree change journey. We started our tree change during COVID by looking at moving away from the corporate world and city life to a farm lifestyle in the country. In 2021 we found a small property in the foothills of the Girraween National Park in Southern Queensland to purchase and a year later we are still working fulltime and adapting to the country lifestyle including fresh farm grown produce, homemade jams, seasonings and salts. Hopefully 2024 will be the year we sell our business on the Gold Coast and make our little farm our prime focus and our income stream as we head into our retirement years. This will be the year we prepare for farm animals, there's a lot to do there. We do have a century old stable, but it is in no way a place to house animals given the state of disrepair. Paul is 70 and I am almost 60 so it will be an interesting journey. If you are thinking about a tree change and don't know where to start, why not follow our journey, our successes and of course our mistakes. We are always open to advice, hints and tips from our followers across our social media channels. (Yes we are learning that too). 

So here's a little story of a baby echidna (Puggle) we found a few weeks ago. Paul found him in the paddock a few weeks back and brought him back to the house for safety as mum was nowhere to be found. We contacted WIRES and delivered him to a wildlife carer as we are not equipped to look after orphaned animals just yet. We were advised he was 4 months old and was probably waiting for his mother to return, (Their mums leave them for weeks at a time) but he was still too little to look after himself at that age. He is in good hands and hopefully he will be returned to our farm when he is old enough. 

What beautiful little animals these are. This little guy was so calm and who could resist those cute little eyes. His little claws were quite developed and his bristles were already starting to thicken and harden like an adult. I consider us very fortunate to see such beautiful wildlife here and will share our encounters in our posts on a regular basis. If you have found a baby echidna, we would love to hear about your experience with these little fellas. 

 

 

 

 Paul with the Puggle.