Courses
Sharing our passion through workshops is such a rewarding part of what we do! Our workshops focus on knowledge sharing and making connections. So far we have run courses on keeping backyard chickens and setting up with dairy goats.
We have other workshops in the dreaming pipe-line, like cheese making, soap making and growing food and flowers.
Watch this space …
The Venue
The building we now refer to as the schoolhouse was established as the “Cobbobra Public School” in 1884 by the (then) Department of Public Instruction at the cost of between 800-1000 pounds. Cobbobra was written up in The Bega Gazette (4 April, 1885) as “one of the many small hamlets, centres of rural population … making slow sure progress in our midst, and forming the nucleus of future important townships.” The occasion of this article was to report on a picnic that was held on the 26th March (1885) to celebrate the school’s opening. The picnic was deemed a great success with over 200 people turning up!
The Venue
The building we now refer to as the schoolhouse was established as the “Cobbobra Public School” in 1884 by the (then) Department of Public Instruction at the cost of between 800-1000 pounds. Cobbobra was written up in The Bega Gazette (4 April, 1885) as “one of the many small hamlets, centres of rural population … making slow sure progress in our midst, and forming the nucleus of future important townships.” The occasion of this article was to report on a picnic that was held on the 26th March (1885) to celebrate the school’s opening. The picnic was deemed a great success with over 200 people turning up!
(11 October 2026)
Keeping healthy, happy & productive house goats
Steve and I are so excited to be hosting our next goat workshop! Over the duration of the day you be introduced to all you need to know to ‘kick-start’ your dairy goat keeping journey. You’ll learn the basics of dairy goat keeping, including understanding goats, nutrition, health, general husbandry, breeding, kidding and dairy production.
The day is designed for those thinking of starting a small herd of ‘house goats’ for personal use or those relatively new to dairy goat keeping. We will cover the basics of keeping happy, healthy and productive dairy goats. We will commence the day ‘getting to know’ goats, learning about social structure and goat psychology and what different breeds offer. We will discuss the dos and don’ts of food, shelter and fencing options, common health issues and routine ‘maintenance’ requirements. Then for the fun part: breeding, kidding and dairy production!
We will make the day as ‘hands-on’ as possible. You will interact with our goats (does, bucks and kids), look at our set-up, mix different food rations, get up close and personal with a doe’s udder, watch Steve demonstrate hoof maintenance, work with electric fencing, bottle feed goat kids and more.
Sunday 11 October 9am to 4pm at Schoolhouse Farm Verona, Bega Valley, NSW.
Scrumptious morning tea and lunch included.
Cost : $250pp
Small group – hands on learning – limited to 10 places. Workshops fill very quickly so please book soon!
The one room school, with associated headmaster’s (sic) residence, remained operational until 1952, after which time a school was established in the nearby village of Quaama.
The original schoolroom is where our courses are run; it still holds all its original charm.
What People Have Said About Previous Courses
Thanks also for providing the yummy food, hot coffee and tea. An amazing effort by an amazing team. We met some beautiful local people as well.
Looking forward to future workshops!
Not only was the workshop informative, for me, there is no better way to spend time than being with chickens or with people who love to talk about chickens.