“We could see the work ahead of us, but we also had a vision.
hen the O'Neil family first found their “little piece of heaven”, others weren't quite so convinced. “I remember the day we purchased the property,” recalls Jen O'Neil. “There was little point in showing it to family and friends because all they could see was an old cow paddock surrounded by large tea-trees. It was quite unappealing in many ways. They didn't see the view of the rolling hills behind the scrub or the potential to turn the wetter part of the property into ornamental lakes. People didn't see the beautiful Casuarina and ancient paperbark trees that were among the scrub
