LATEST NEWS
Help save Ferdinand from the sales!
🚨 URGENT FUNDRAISER – HELP SAVE FERDINAND 🤞 We are urgently fundraising to help save Ferdinand, a 6-year-old bull currently located within 2 hours north of Brisbane. Ferdinand is on a property where he only has until 26 February to find a new home. If a safe placement isn’t secured by then, he will be…
URGENT RESCUE – Pepper, Poppy and Nutmeg
Update: Pepper’s Surgery Planning Underway 💛 We have an important update on Pepper. Pepper is heading in for specialist x-rays so our avian vet can finalise a surgical plan for her corrective procedure. If imaging confirms what we are hoping, surgery could take place as early as next week. This is a critical and time-sensitive…
Help Us Protect Our Cattle From Summer Flies 🐄🪰
Because comfort, health, and preventative care matter Summer flies are relentless—and for cattle they’re far more than a nuisance. Constant biting causes pain, stress, skin damage, hair loss and open sores, and increases the risk of infection. Fly pressure also disrupts grazing and rest, impacting overall wellbeing. Preventing this is a critical part of providing…
Our Favourite Places Raffle
Win $250 to Spend at Our Favourite Places THIS RAFFLE HAS BEEN DRAWN AND THE WINNER NOTIFIED. YOU CAN SEE THE DRAWN VIA OUR FACEBOOK PAGE! 🎟 Get Your Tickets Now Welcome to the Our Favourite Places Raffle — your chance to win $250 to spend across a handpicked collection of favourite places, brands and…
🥂 WIN a $500 Rogue Bistro Voucher!
TICKETS SALES for the Rogue Bistro raffle HAVE NOW CLOSED. Thank you to Rogue Bistro and to all those who purchased tickets in the raffle. We have been advised that the winner had a lovely dining experience at Rogue Bistro. Get ready, food lovers — we’re thrilled to announce our latest (and most delicious) raffle…
Rocky’s Life Saving Surgery
💚 Help Us Save Rocky 💚 👉 Donate Here Rocky has been part of our sanctuary family for a few years now, and he’s such a gentle, beautiful soul. Since his arrival, we’ve been keeping a close eye on his inner eyelids, which each year—especially during the hotter months—become red and swollen. Recently, we noticed…
🌿 Reignite Retreat MiniVenture Raffle
ONLINE SALES FOR THE REIGNITE RAFFLE HAVE NOW CLOSED – Thank you to Reignite Retreats for your support!!!! We’re excited to announce an incredible opportunity to WIN a wellness escape for two while supporting the rescued residents of Cranky’s FARM. ✨ The Prize A twin-share spot at the Reignite Retreat MiniVenture™ in Noosa📅 5–7 December…
Trivia Night 2025
🎉 Cranky’s FARM Trivia Night Fundraiser 🎉 Saturday 20 September | From 6:30PM Northern Suburbs Bowls Club, Wavell Heights Get ready for a night of laughter, brain-teasers, great prizes, and compassionate community spirit — all in support of the rescued residents of Cranky’s FARM! Join us on Saturday 20 September for our biggest fundraising event…
Lorenzo is fighting for his life and he needs all our help
Help Us Save Lorenzo – Our Precious, Elderly Donkey Lorenzo is no ordinary donkey. He’s a gentle soul in his late 30s – a remarkable age for a donkey – and a cherished member of our sanctuary family. For years, he’s brought quiet joy and calm to all who’ve known him, his presence…
JAZZ NEEDS A SHELTER
Thanks to community support we have committed to giving Jazz a forever home at Cranky’s FARM. Jazz has lived a hard life, ultimately resulting in her loosing one of her eyes and suffering reduced body condition. Our aim is to give Jazz the best life we possibly can. We believe to achieve this Jazz…
LORENZO – THE SADDEST DONKEY
On Sunday, 20 June 2023 we were asked to take a senior donkey who was suffering from laminitis. His person was moving overseas and couldn’t care for him any longer. Of course we agreed and went to pick him up. Lorenzo was very scared to get on the float, not to mention that…
Summer’s Fight For Life
Below is the story of how Summer came to be in our care, what has happened to her since, where she is at now and what we need to do to help her fight for her life. Summer’s story is sad and all too common. How non-human animals are left without proper care…
LITTLE EDDIE’S STORY
Eddie was born on a cattle breeding property in September 2022. The farmer found him the next morning laying at the bottom of a hill in a puddle of water. They noticed Eddie has broken skin at the top of his tail and was showing signs that he may have slipped down the hill…
MEET CRANKY
"He would change our lives forever"
Cranky arrived at our property with two other dairy steers in February 2010. They had spent the first three months of their lives as part of a mobile petting zoo. Unfortunately, what people don’t realise, just like we didn’t, the lives of the cute baby animals they pat and cuddle at petting zoos are typically short lived.
THE RESIDENTS
Ferdinand
Pepper, Poppy, Nutmeg and Dill
Ollie and Mia
Gloria
Bunny
Lilah
