Our journey with Mini’s started many years ago when we were living on a 30 acre property and I was looking for a project. I’d bred horses but that’s a mugs game, however I loved the anticipation and expectation around a new baby animal and watching youngsters grow and thrive. I saw an ad in … Continue reading Winswood Miniature Herefords

We moved to our 60 acre property in 2003 from 14 acres, so more cows were on the agenda. Initially we ran agistment cows to help pay the bills.  We also bought cattle as weaners, kept them for 12 months and then sold, mostly doubling our money, happy days. The focus was always Friesian Hereford … Continue reading Benscroft Miniature Herefords – the story so far…

How did we end up with Miniature Herefords, well it is a rather funny story indeed. We were heading into semi-retirement with a bush block to develop and an idea to get cattle in due course, Charolais, beautiful but big cattle. While sitting in an apartment in Sydney we started playing with names for the … Continue reading Miniature Herefords at Sandrian Park

Tasmania is a large island off the south-east corner of Australia and this is where Boomer Creek Farm is found.    Boomer Creek takes its name from the common reference to a male kangaroo as a “boomer” owing to a booming noise heard as it bounds across land at speeds of up to 70 kmph (40 … Continue reading Profile – Boomer Creek Miniature Herefords