Ian’s Six-wheeler turns off the highway onto Yeomans Road
Beginning our Yeomans Adventure T Lucas Ihlein
oday Ian and I embarked on our first adventure into Yeomans-land. I took the train to Penrith, where Ian picked me up in his macho ute (6 wheels!), and we headed north to Nevallan. We didn’t really know what we’d do when we got there – and in fact, we didn’t really end up doing much at all. Just nosy-ing around really. As we drove north, Ian filled me in. Nevallan was one of Yeomans’ experimental properties, where he tried out some of his Keyline farming techniques. The Yeomans family doesn’t own the land any more – and I’d heard somehow that it was slated for redevelopment. But when we got there,
Large dam at Nevallan 4
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we could see that it was still recognisable as having been seriously Yeomans-ised. There’s a large dam at the bottom of the hill along Yeomans Road [bottom left]. You can also see a string of trees, just above the line of the dam [right]. On Google satellite, the treelines look quite striking [bottom right]. The whole landscape had a friendly feel. I don’t know why. Maybe something about the rolling hills, the groomed lines of trees, the cheerful cows. We decided to push on up and visit the homestead, see if we could find out more. Up the top of the hill, we found an old farmhouse. Nobody was there but a barking, harmless pooch. We drove on to the yard – still nobody. And then on the way back, we saw a ute approaching.
String of trees above the dam at Nevallan
Google satellite image of Nevallan <http://bit.ly/14WhdxD>
Published: 10 Jun ‘11