A Gypsy Cob for Morvern Valley

Gypsy Jewel arrived to a flurry of excitement at Morvern Valley. Every animal large and small came and stood in a line along the fence to get the best look at the new family member. We kept her separate in a paddock for the first week so she could calmly inspect her new surroundings! Now she has joined in with the others and all is harmonious!

Gypsy Jewel is a purebred Gypsy Cob Mare – 5 years old, purchased from The Hunter Valley from a dedicated Gypsy Cob Stud. This breed is hard to find in Australia and is highly sought for their calm and gentle nature.

They are a pony size Draft horse with long flowing manes and tails and feathered fetlocks. They became a firm favourite with the Romany Gypsy people to drive their gypsy wagons who bred them down in size. Jewel is the traditional colour – Piebald which is a stunning mix of black and white. Welcome to Morvern Valley Jewel!

Molly Charms Morvern Guests with her gentle manner

Some goats are just plain naughty but we have been lucky here at Morvern Valley with our Molly.

She even has been rewarded with her very own little house!

Molly happily stays in the paddocks, and shyly follows the guests around and just wants to be involved. She’ll come up and stand quietly beside you.

Lovely Molly loves Lucerne Hay, and her goat pellets too!

Did you know Cows and Goats both have 4 stomachs?

Announcing our Great Morvern Valley Guest Photo Competition

So let’s get first to the exciting bit – the PRIZE!!!

The Winner will receive a free Standard 3 Night Weekend Stay at Morvern Valley worth up to $837 in the Cottage of their choice. That’s a return visit……totally for free!

Photos from New Guests and Past Guests to Morvern Valley are all welcome. You can enter with as many photos as you wish (more chance to win!). Photos need to be nice and large (at least 2 MB) and will be used by Morvern Valley if chosen. Simply send them to our email address at morvern@bigpond.com

So if you think you are a bit of ‘a fox with a camera’, whether you just use your IPhone, or have full fancy camera kit, we want to see your experience, and find the essence of Morvern Valley.

Grinning kids, the animals, a funny moment, the cottages, arty shots, family gatherings, collecting eggs, down at the creek, on the tractor… Literally anything taken inside, or outside at Morvern Valley.

A Selection of the Shortlisted Best Photos will be published on our upcoming Guest Photo Pages at the end of each month, – so you will know when you are in the running!!! How EXCITING!

Good luck towards the win, Get Snapping, Entries Start NOW!!! – close 31st December 2017 and the Best of the Best will then receive the prize!

Look who’s coming to Morvern Valley Farm Stay!

Since just before Christmas we have been excitedly awaiting our Miniature Cow. Just perfect for our farm Mini Galloways are known for their quiet docile nature – perfect for a farm stay where you have young children and even guests past 90! They will stand quietly while you pat them just loving the attention.

They come in a variety of colours, but are quite rare in Australia, we even had to ‘preorder’ our baby! We are so lucky as the calf was born the perfect colour we had hoped for, Julie’s favourite – fluffy white with black tips, just gorgeous and cute even when fully grown.

We are not sure of the exact date but we are looking at Curly’s arrival to be in Winter when Curly is old enough to be weaned and able to be separated from his Mum. The quality stud we are getting Curly from has been cuddling and hand feeding him daily since birth, knowing he was needing to be extra kindly and friendly for our farm stay.

Strawberry is Here!

Toffee has given birth to a gorgeous tiny foal – another chestnut called Strawberry. She is just 33 cms tall. Toffee is a wonderful mum, the foal is drinking well, cantering and trotting around like a tiny, confident racehorse. Chocolate – the proud dad – stays close and involved.

With lambs born – another due, and little Strawberry it is shaping up to be a wonderful spring at Morvern Valley.