Discover how Noughts & Crosses began. From a failed Yallingup property purchase to finding 89 acres in Metricup, Chapter 2 shares the story of family, faith, a wedding beneath a 200-year-old marri tree, and the leap that transformed a blank paddock into the future home of Noughts & Crosses Farm Stay in Margaret River Wine Country.

Before she became Farm Manager, Asher was simply a puppy with very big plans. Every dream has a beginning, and ours started with what felt like an ending. In 2017, life took an unexpected turn. My husband, Sean, left his job after standing firm against company corruption. It was a decision we knew was right, but it came at a cost. With our income suddenly uncertain, we faced difficult choices and ultimately sold our much-loved 6x3 family home in Perth, where we had raised our