By Matt Bailey 22 July 2025
As of May 2025, Greylands has signed up to take Sydney University vet students for cattle farm placements.
By Matt Bailey 22 July 2025
There has been a recent series on the TV channel NBN bringing back to life some of Singleton's history, including the st  eam train days. The above video is some of the footage of the Hunter Valley steam train aired on that NBN series. After seeing some of the series, Ian recalls, regarding his father Allan Bailey's farming days at Greylands, "I can remember as a small child, going up to the station to watch our cattle from Gunnedah arriving. Unfortunately one beast went down and had to be winched out. The cattle were mustered out to Greylands!" The shortest distance by road currently, from Singleton railway station to Greylands is 26km, so it would have been even further than that to muster the cattle around the edge of the Singleton township and across the Hunter River before following the road out to Greylands - not a short muster. Cattle also used to be sent by steam train to the abattoir at Waratah, Newcastle.
By Matt Bailey 10 February 2025
An aggressively growing pest that unfortunately thrives in this climate.
By Matt Bailey 10 February 2025
He lived an amazing 38 years!
By Matt Bailey 2 February 2025
When Goorangoola Creek becomes a raging torrent.
By Matt Bailey 21 January 2025
A story of survival against all odds at Greylands 
By Matt Bailey 15 December 2024
A natural solution to improve soil, pasture and water quality and 'goodbye bush fly’
By Matt Bailey 29 November 2024
Greylands cattle yards - a solution for boggy yards in wet conditions.
By Matt Bailey 17 November 2024
Seeking water for the next drought
By Dorothea Mackellar- posted by Matt Bailey 16 November 2024
an iconic Australian poem, dear to us at Greylands

Cattle yards renovation

Matt Bailey • July 22, 2025

Updating cattle yards to meet our cattle yard work needs

The main working cattle yards were built over 100 years ago in their current location. Various parts of the yards have been replaced over the years. Initially this was with wooden post and rail.  The newer style cattle yards are now metal and are very strong and durable, galvanised to protect against rust.   We are in the middle of removing the majority of the remaining wooden yards, to be replaced with metal panels, cemented in place.   With the removal of the majority of the yards during a period of heifer calving presents some challenges, but we now have a second working cattle crush at out loading yards. This has been our backup to be used for any calving difficulties while the main yards are completed.  There will be several new pens added that will make the big cattle work days more straight-forward.   More to follow once it is completed in the coming weeks ....

Below is a video of the yards just prior to the current renovation, with a mix of metal cattle race leading up to the cattle crush, along with some of the original hardwood posts and rails.