Nordale has been in the Cole family since 1921. Originally taken up by Scotts Grandfather, Roy Cole, as a soldier settlement block and passed through to Scotts father Barry and then onto Scott. The original block was enlarged when Scotts Uncle Harold Cole purchased adjoining land after selling his settlement block in Ashford so that he could be nearer to his brother.
The family have applied very traditional farming methods with focus on cerial crops sheep lambs and wool.
Over the 100 years of ownership the family have experienced the many ups and downs of farming. The crippling droughts and devistating floods , the wool booms and busts, the prosperities and heartaches of the grain market fluctuations and the upward and downward spikes in the sheep and lamb prices.
Exactly 100 years after the Cole family first settled on Nordale Scott and I purchaed the property next door, Camp Hill so we could move aside and make room for our son Jack to take the reigns as the 4th generation of the family to farm the beautiful deep rich bassult soil and carry on the traditions of producing award winning lambs.
By sharing our story I hope that it will be preserved for future generations of the Cole family to enjoy and be encouraged to live the farming values of the last 100 years
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