Some of you might consider a tree change as being more rewarding than being beaten like a dog.
Dan, Jillian and four-year-old Madison have given up many conveniences they enjoyed while living in Brisbane to pursue a simple life as pig farmers at Forbes Creek in southern New South Wales.
"I knew nothing about pigs, I knew nothing about farming," Dan Head said.
A far cry from agriculture, Dan's background was as a pilot first in the Australian Air Force and then for a regional airline.
But when Jillian suffered post-natal depression after Madison's birth, Dan's perspective on life changed.
"Jillian got really sick and was hospitalised," he said.
"It made me realise I wasn't particularly happy with what I was doing, I wanted to do something I felt was a bit more real."
That "something" turned out to be pig farming.
Without any prior farming experience, the family packed up and moved closer to Jillian's family to embark on a simpler way of living.
"As a pilot, I had a pretty decent income, we had a very expensive car, boat, lived in the city doing all sorts of things and didn't really think anything about it.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-...armer/12038862