Parma Farm - The Corn Loft

It's very disappointing to read such an unhappy review. The Sydney Morning Herald headline over these days was "National records melt in 'prolonged spell of heat' with more to come". It was almost unbearably hot anywhere but the beach. We have always relied on fans which are perfectly adequate in normal conditions. However we have an air con installer coming to the farm tomorrow. I am surprised to read that it wasn't clean. We have great cleaners though prior to this stay I cleaned it with a friend as our cleaners were unwell. I think of my self as very clean, and my friend is obsessive but it looks like we missed some stuff. We have recently installed new carpet in the bedrooms which I do not believe would have had any dog hair. The rugs in the other rooms can be a bit more difficult to get everything out of but they are always thoroughly vacuumed. The property is a 100 acre active farm. We have a small herd of belted galloway cattle, an appropriate number for the land size, which we breed. There are cows, a bull and calves. A new calf was born 2 days ago which I was able to pat while it's mother looked on. We also have chooks and a small orchard. Yesterday we actively herded the cows into the cattle yard to tag the new calves, and seperate the older ones. Some times the work required looking after the stock and maintaining the farm feels like too much activity! When the cows are in the paddock that includes the lake it is their source of water, and they love to cool off in there when it's hot. Unfortunately they do wee in the pool sometimes. Given we are beef growing farm we do not have the luxury of blocking a whole paddock off from the stock. Despite the odd cow wee, the lake is not dirty, it has a fine mud floor which means the water is brown. It's not especially inviting for swimming, though some guests do. It is fun for kayaking or paddle boarding which our kids love. Until now I've only every heard it called beautiful. We are always trying to improve and usually find people love staying on our farm.