Discover Ipswich Visitor Guide 2025

Twigley Farm

and rustic charm just waiting to be polished back to life. The outhouse, once used for showers and amenities for farm workers, now houses a fresh and gleaming country bath house complete with clawfoot tub, wildflower surrounds and rural views. Guests can enjoy the tub before retreating next door to their private glamping tent known as the Forager, complete with its French provincial bed and chic furnishings. There’s a barbecue and a fire pit where couples linger watching the sunset give way to a starry sky. Sheds have been transformed into event spaces, an elaborate chook house has been completed along with vast vegetable gardens. And then there’s the jewel in the crown, Linning’s House, the lovingly restored three-bedroom Queenslander which group bookings of friends and families and bridal groups can enjoy in its entirety, from the wrap-around verandah to the beautifully styled interior and a vast back deck overlooking a century-old fig tree and farm lands. Linning’s incidentally pays homage to the street address named for the five generations of Linning family who have called the property home.

International travellers, as well as locals, have been falling for the charms of picturesque Twigley Farm where glamping under the stars, a lavishly renovated homestead, event spaces and a cute as a button bath house are just some of the drawcards. Arriving at Twigley Farm, just 45 minutes from Brisbane CBD, visitors are greeted by the happy anticipation of pure, uninterrupted relaxation. This is, quite simply, a peaceful and whimsical country hideaway, with repurposed farm buildings amid the rural countryside. It wasn’t always this way. When the current owners, Paul and Amanda, found the 20-acre property in early 2020 it ticked a lot of boxes on their checklist but they knew there would be work to be done to unearth the overgrown and time-worn gems. There was only one thing to do, so Paul and Amanda along with their daughter Caitlin and son-in-law Jamison, rolled up their sleeves and got stuck in. The location was perfect, at least it was once tonnes of buried plastic had been removed from the land. The farm buildings had good bones

Watercress Creek Olives and Limes

Watercress Creek Farm is nestled in the rolling hills at Pine Mountain. This on-farm visit showcases the paddock to plate experience for individuals or groups. Stock up from our Farm Shop. Sample the country hospitality with a simple picnic in the grove. Family groups relax in the grove with a grazing platter or ploughman's lunch. Coach groups regularly visit and enjoy Devonshire Tea in the grove. Events include the open day in November, Mother's Day and Father's Day family functions and our annual Watercress Creek Olive Festival. ARROW-POINTER Watercresscreekolivesandlimes.com.au Location-Dot 53 Bryces Road, Pine Mountain QLD envelope blmahon53@gmail.com

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