Best Hobby Farms for Sale: Farmbuy.com Buyers' Guide

Best Hobby Farms for Sale on Farmbuy.com

If you're looking to escape the crowded cities and take advantage of the remote working opportunities brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, buying a hobby farm for sale may be right for you. Hobby farms are blocks of land primarily used for residential purposes. Farming may occur on the blocks but is usually conducted on a small scale, more as a recreation activity than for serious commercial gain. 

Farmbuy.com has a great selection of hobby farms for sale to choose from here.

When you start looking for a hobby farm for sale you need to make a short list of your key selection criteria. Be clear on the region, the climate, the acreage and the budget before you start your search. If you're a first-time farm buyer, be sure to check out our beginners guide to buying a lifestyle farm or farmlet for some helpful tips.

When you've begun looking, remember that hobby farms for sale can be categorised under various different names. Many agents and vendors categorise these properties as a lifestyle farm or farmlet, so be sure to include these categories in your searches.

There are limitations on what you can earn for tax purposes from a hobby farm so make sure you visit the ATO if you plan to produce anything in volume.

Below are some of our favourite Australian hobby farms for sale to help you get started!

Hobby Farms For Sale: 133 Onslow Thompson Road, Tamworth, NSW

Perfect balance of lifestyle and income

Lot 90, 133 Onslow Thompson Road, Calala, offers the perfect balance of income and lifestyle. Located just five minutes to Tamworth or three minutes to AELEC, this hobby farm for sale includes:

• 24.5 hectares or 60 acres* of alluvial river flats
• Stunning views overlooking the surrounding mountains and Tamworth
• Building entitlement and power closeby
• Main well with 70 MEG irrigation licence plus an extra 70 MEG licence carried over water from the previous year, equipped with a pump and three-phrase power
• Underground mains with 12 hydrants
• 15 acres sown to lucerne with approximately 6-7 cuts a year at around 60 bales per acre per cut
• 18 x 9 x 5m high recently built hayshed close to the building site
• Goonoo Goonoo Creek frontage the width of the block
• A stunning irrigation block perfect for the lifestyle buyer that is looking for an extra income.

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Hobby Farms For Sale: Lot 1, 616 Hopkins Point Road, Warrnambool, VIC

Warrnambool’s penultimate landholding

Enjoying the high point of one of the area's most revered locations, this hobby farm for sale is privileged by its dramatic south-west borrowed landscape and incredible 360-degree views across the Southern Ocean and surrounding country side.

In a world of its own, this perfect 38 acres (approx.) of the south-west's finest rural land boasts lush rolling paddocks, an abundance of underground water and blissful private surroundings.

The property is subdivided in to five main paddocks all with concrete water throughs, steel cattle yards an amazing 30m x 15m Colourbond shed 4.8m height at eaves, solar power of 9kw and 25kw of lithium battery storage, 2 x 24,000-litre rain water tanks complete with all new fencing.

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Hobby Farms For Sale: 557 Barbagallo Road, Aloomba, QLD

Acreage south of Cairns

Looking for somewhere to get away, this rural property for sale boasts approximately 115 acres of farm land and 28 acres of rainforest with two small permanent creeks. There is a small three-bedroom home built at the front of the block with elevated land to build a new house and shed.

While there is no mains power, here is a Lister diesel generator or stay off the grid and set up your own solar system.

There's more than 500 metres of river frontage for the keen fisherman; plus a great opportunity to run some cattle, horses or replant the farm for sugar cane.

With bitumen road access it's only 15 minutes to Gordonvale for schools and shopping.

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Hobby Farms For Sale: 30 Dananbilla Drive, Young, NSW

Stunning Wambanumba Range views

This is a fantastic family home, gardener's paradise and a hobby farmer's dream all rolled into one.

Ideally located on the eastern side of Young, only seven minutes from the CBD, this 68.46-acre hobby farm for sale boasts a magnificent four-year-old modern family home with multiple living spaces and plenty of room for your growing family.

The property is situated in the exclusive "Dananbilla Estate" with stunning rural views overlooking the Wambanumba Ranges; and sits on 67.46 acres of land divided into three main paddocks, rolling hills plus timber range ideal for camping and motorbike riding, tree lined driveway, and stunning views in every direction.

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Hobby Farms For Sale: 271 Pierrepoint Road, Tarrington, VIC

Historic homestead and vineyards

Perched high on the south-eastern aspect of Mt Pierrepoint between Hamilton and Tarrington, this rural property for sale combines an enviable lifestyle proposition with established commercial enterprises. With approximately 16 acres of mature vines, a cellar door sales facility and a thriving bed-and-breakfast business, "Pierrepoint" offers a range of opportunities close to a thriving regional centre.

Set in an attractive European garden the homestead (circa 1907) is of symmetrical design and contains five bedrooms, three bathrooms, central kitchen and both informal and formal living areas.

A renowned cellar door sales facility overlooks the chardonnay vines and the surrounding lawns provide for functions of up to 200 people.Wrapping around the cellar door is the vineyard with 6ac Pinot Gris, and 5ac each of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vines. "Pierrepoint" wines regularly gain ratings in the 94-96 range by noted wine judge James Halliday and the vineyards have an enviable reputation for the quality of their fruit.

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