Australian farmer builds firewood empire after agricultural setbacks

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Peter Chauncy left law school to manage his family's farm in New South Wales following his father's death.
The property subsequently faced severe damage from bushfires and a major drought during the 1980s.
Chauncy transitioned from selling livestock to door-to-door firewood sales to sustain his family financially.
The operation scaled into a multi-million-dollar enterprise that distributes firewood across four states.
The business currently produces one million bags of firewood annually.

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“I’d come home to help out while he was ill, thinking he would recover, and, of course, he didn’t. Then I decided to stay on”
[1]The Times of India2h agoOpen at the quote ↗
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…on their sheep and cattle farm at Canyonleigh. With his father falling sick, they had no choice but to ask Chauncy to lend a helping hand. The idea was to help the family and then resume his studies in the city. “ I’d come home to help out while he was ill, thinking he would recover, and, of course, he didn’t. Then I decided to stay on ,” Chauncy told the broadcaster. But the tragedy had only begun. This was in the 1980s. Then a bushfire swallowed the 670-hectare farm. After that, when the farmland was about to recover, severe drought hit all of…
“We went into a four-year drought, which I believe was worse than anything we’ve seen since”
[1]The Times of India2h agoOpen at the quote ↗
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…the broadcaster. But the tragedy had only begun. This was in the 1980s. Then a bushfire swallowed the 670-hectare farm. After that, when the farmland was about to recover, severe drought hit all of eastern Australia. “ We went into a four-year drought, which I believe was worse than anything we’ve seen since ,” he recalled. By this time, the family had already gone through serious financial difficulties. But Chauncy wasn’t ready to give up. “I was going broke … I wasn’t going to give in.” So, at 30, Chauncy started selling…

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