KESTREL NEST

From the owners:

Ecotourism Australia Nature Certification.

Off-grid and off-line
Solar panels, battery storage
Recycled building materials
Timber from fallen trees on Highfield
Double glazed windows and insulation
Eco sewerage system
Composting facilities
Who Gives a Crap toilet paper
Low tox cleaning products
Small-scale farm transitioning to regenerative farming
2/3rds of property protects critically endangered habitat
Adding paddock trees
Adding vegetation corridors
Protecting and planting areas of important habitat
Farm produce with low food miles
Carbon positive farm

Our Conservation area which comprises 2/3rds of Highfield is registered with the following bodies.

Land For Wildlife

Wildlife Land Trust

Biodiversity Conservation Trust

In 2010, the property was purchased by the Nature Conservation Trust of NSW (subsequently taken over by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and their Biodiversity Conservation Trust) to establish a conservation covenant on the remnant box-gum woodland that covered two thirds of the property. Funding for this came from the NSW State Government as an ‘offset’ for the woodland that was destroyed to make way for the Tarcutta By-Pass on the Hume Highway.

In 2013 Highfield became our home. To acknowledge the critically endangered habitat protected here, we re-named this place Highfield Farm and Woodland.

Features for your stay

1 Queen bed
2 Single beds
Studio/open plan style
Wood heater inside
Fire pit outside
Well-equipped kitchen
Handmade toiletries
Wide verandahs

Kestrel Nest EcoHut is beautifully positioned between The Snowy Valleys and Gundagai regions which means you are spoilt for choice for activities.

If you don’t want to venture too far from your luxury eco hut, there are farm tours and mapped bush trails that leave from your front door. Explore the local conservation areas and learn about the owner’s sustainable farming practices.

With pretty rolling country-side, tumbling waterfalls and gold mining heritage, the region is steeped in natural beauty and history.

There are bush and bike trails, and local produce including apple and berry orchards, nut and olive groves and Trufferies!

There are also beer, cider and wine makers, and vineyards with views! Cafes and restaurants, cellar doors with tastings.

And of course, you can’t forget the infamous Sugar Pines and Snowy views.

From the owners:

Ecotourism Australia Nature Certification.

Off-grid and off-line
Solar panels, battery storage
Recycled building materials
Timber from fallen trees on Highfield
Double glazed windows and insulation
Eco sewerage system
Composting facilities
Who Gives a Crap toilet paper
Low tox cleaning products
Small-scale farm transitioning to regenerative farming
2/3rds of property protects critically endangered habitat
Adding paddock trees
Adding vegetation corridors
Protecting and planting areas of important habitat
Farm produce with low food miles
Carbon positive farm

Our Conservation area which comprises 2/3rds of Highfield is registered with the following bodies.

Land For Wildlife

Wildlife Land Trust

Biodiversity Conservation Trust

In 2010, the property was purchased by the Nature Conservation Trust of NSW (subsequently taken over by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and their Biodiversity Conservation Trust) to establish a conservation covenant on the remnant box-gum woodland that covered two thirds of the property. Funding for this came from the NSW State Government as an ‘offset’ for the woodland that was destroyed to make way for the Tarcutta By-Pass on the Hume Highway.

In 2013 Highfield became our home. To acknowledge the critically endangered habitat protected here, we re-named this place Highfield Farm and Woodland.