• Whurra Mundi Homestead - Cummins, South Australia
• Coastal Dreaming - Seaside Retreat - Ceduna, South Australia
• Rockview Homestead - Buckleboo, South Australia
• Bushman's Hut - Darke Peak, South Australia
  Brought to you by Mike and Tessa Wake of Aussie Homesteads

• Smoky Bay Seaside Cottage - Smoky Bay, South Australia
  Brought to you by Marls & Jon Shipard

History of the Wake Family
   
In 1865 the Wake Brothers, Jesse, Edwin, Mark & Laban immigrated to Australia settling at Kangaroo Flat just north of Adelaide.

Edwin first came to Eyre Peninsular in early 1882 and settled at Elbow Hill where he and his wife Caroline raised 14 of their 16 children that survived in “Wakeleigh Homestead”.

They had, as Frank Masters in his book 'The Saga of Wangaraleeddie' wrote ‘Had eight stalwart sons' and in 1905 they had twelve hundred acres under wheat, possibly one of the largest areas for one family in the district.

Now the descendants of these brothers are farming all over Eyre Peninsular.

It is the network of farms at Darke Peak (Bushman’s Hut), Cummins (Whurra Mundi Homestead), Buckleboo (Rockview Homestead) and Seaside Rests (Coastal Dreaming at Ceduna and Smoky Bay Seaside Cottage) that has inspired Mike and Tessa Wake to share these with all folk through www.australianhomesteads.com

Fly/drive to Ceduna, Port Lincoln or Whyalla and take in as many of these homestead experiences as you have time for.

Enjoy Agricultural Tours with legends and local identities. Link into local tour operators re Whale Watching, Gawler Ranges and Swimming with Dolphins and Sea Lions.

Web site: www.australianhomesteads.com

Mike & Tessa Wake Tel. 0418 989 636