The conditions that apply when you buy an animal from us — deposits, what happens at handover, transport, paperwork, and what we do and don't promise. Written plainly, because a term you can't understand isn't much of an agreement.
Last updated 19 September 2026
These are the conditions that go with every animal we sell. We have tried to write them the way we would explain them to you at the gate, because terms nobody reads protect nobody. Paying a deposit means you are happy with them. If we agree something different with you in writing, that agreement wins — and the terms that apply to your purchase are the ones in force on the day you pay your deposit.
Prices are in Australian dollars and include GST, and you will get a tax invoice.
A price we have quoted can change until a deposit is paid. Once you have paid one, the price is locked in.
A deposit of 10% holds the animal. From the moment it lands, that animal comes off the market — we stop offering it, and we say no to anyone else who asks about it.
That is why we ask you to treat a deposit as non-refundable if you change your mind. It is not us being difficult; by the time you do, we have usually turned other people away.
If we are the ones who cannot go ahead — the animal dies, is injured, turns out not to suit what you wanted, or we withdraw it for any reason — then it is your call: a full refund, or move the deposit onto another animal.
Either way, the deposit is part of the purchase price and not an extra on top. And none of this affects your rights under Australian Consumer Law — see section 12.
We ask for the balance in cleared funds before the animal leaves us.
Ownership passes to you once we have been paid in full.
Risk passes when the animal is loaded — onto your float or the carrier's truck. From that point it is your animal, including on the road. It is worth thinking through what happens if something goes wrong in transit before the truck turns up, and we are happy to talk it through with you.
We will agree a collection date with you when you buy. Sometimes that is straight away, sometimes it is months away because a calf is not weaned yet.
We are happy to hold a paid-for animal for a couple of weeks past the agreed date at no charge. If it stretches much beyond that we may need to ask for agistment, and we will tell you the rate beforehand rather than spring it on you.
If an animal is still here two months after the agreed date and we have not heard from you, we may treat the sale as cancelled and keep the deposit. We will always email you before it comes to that — and honestly, we would much rather sort out whatever the hold-up is.
Every animal leaves drenched and vaccinated, with the dates written on your paperwork.
Cattle leave NLIS tagged, and we take care of the NLIS transfer and the vendor declaration. That side is our job, and we will walk you through yours.
Where interstate movement needs a health certificate, testing or an inspection, we will organise it. The cost of that one sits with the buyer.
You are very welcome to come and inspect the animal, or send your own vet, before collection — at your cost, and we will have the animal ready for you.
We tell you everything we know about an animal: temperament, quirks, health history, anything that has ever gone wrong. If we know it, you will know it before you pay.
These are living animals, and there are things nobody can honestly guarantee:
None of that is us wriggling out of anything. If something is genuinely wrong with an animal, section 12 applies — and before any of that, we would simply rather you rang us.
Registered animals are bred and recorded under the Valinor Estate prefix.
Whether an animal is registered, appendix or unregistered is stated when you buy, and it makes a real difference to the price, so please ask if you are not sure which you are looking at. We would always rather answer the question twice.
On a registered animal, the breed society's transfer fee sits with the buyer. We lodge the transfer once the sale is complete and that fee is paid. How long the society then takes is up to them rather than us.
Transport is the buyer's to arrange and pay for.
We are glad to recommend carriers we trust, help you get a quote, and we will load for you. The transport contract itself is between you and the carrier, so we are not able to take responsibility for a carrier's delays, handling, or anything that happens on the road.
We send animals to every state. Western Australia and Queensland have extra entry requirements and longer lead times — nothing difficult, just worth planning for, and we will walk you through what is needed.
Before an animal leaves here you will need:
We do not sell animals to live on their own — not cattle, not goats, not sheep. It is the one thing we will not budge on, because a lone animal is a miserable one. If it only becomes clear after a deposit that an animal would be going somewhere by itself, we will refund you in full and part on good terms.
Visits are by arrangement — partly because this is a working family farm with children in it, mostly for biosecurity. We are just as happy to do a video call, and most buyers find that tells them more anyway.
If you are coming out, we will ask about recent contact with other livestock and may ask you to take a few simple precautions when you arrive. Our biosecurity page explains what we do and why.
Please tell us, as early as you can. Email hello@thattinyfarm.com.au and we will come back to you quickly.
Most problems with livestock are fixable, or at least explainable, and they are far easier to sort out in the first week than the first month. We would genuinely rather hear from you than have you struggling on quietly.
Nothing on this page excludes, restricts or modifies any consumer guarantee, right or remedy you have under the Australian Consumer Law, and nothing here is meant to.
Where a consumer guarantee applies to something we have sold you, you are entitled to a remedy under that law, and that entitlement cannot be signed away by anything written here.
Beyond what that law requires of us, our liability for any one animal is limited to the price you paid for it.
These terms are governed by the law of Victoria, Australia.
Any of this unclear, or something here that does not sit right? Just ask — we would rather talk it through before you buy than afterwards.
hello@thattinyfarm.com.au
That Tiny Farm, Freshwater Creek, Victoria