Going to the farm to get a Christmas tree to decorate was a special thing to do as a family activity and many people hope the tradition will continue when the new owners take over.

The farm was recently put up for sale but hopefully trees will still be sold more for many more Christmases to come.

The farm was established by Mark Cameron, with support from his family, and he has many great memories of people coming to buy their Christmas tree at the farm.

“We have people who have come here as kids and are now back as adults getting their Christmas trees,” he said.

“People come with their grandkids and come up and have a picnic sometimes.

“What we get from our customers is that it’s a charming thing to do and it’s in a happy environment to be in, which is indicated on our Facebook page with all the likes we have on it.”

Putting the farm on the market was not any easy decision but is something Mr Cameron had to do.

Four-years-ago he fell off his horse, hurt his back and the injury is starting to hamper him.

“I want to enjoy life before the pain starts to get severe,” he said.

He hopes the new owners will carrying on the tradition.

“I hope they do continue it for the local community,” he said.

“It was interesting when Ben from Integrity was putting up the for sale signs and I drove up the road and saw them. It like ‘oh’ this is reality and we have signed on the dotted line.”

He would be willing to show the new owners on how to run the farm.

Mr Cameron is not holding his breath - but many people hope there will be at least one more Christmas.

Much of his sweat, time and energy has gone into setting up the farm.

The Camerons came to the farm 1988 and nothing was established on the property so the option to create something special was theirs for the taking.

Of the 107 acres around 35 to 40 acres was dedicated to Christmas trees

“After going up to the Southern Highlands and buying Christmas trees up there I thought if they can do them up there then I can do them down here,” Mr Cameron said.

“I still do Christmas trees down here and now nobody does it up in the Southern Highlands anymore.

“We would be one of the few Christmas tree farms in NSW if not in Australia.

“We get people from Sydney coming down and a lot of locals.”

The trees are a minimum of four-and-a-half years when they sell them, about 12-months old as a seedling when planted and shaping starts after about eight months once they have been planted and shaped two to three times a year.

“So I am pretty quick at it because I have literally shaped 1000s of them,” he said.

“I can walk up to a tree and it will take me 30 seconds to shape but some of the new workers I have with me it takes them three or four minutes.

“There is a lot of little techniques that I have discovered over the years.”

He got ideas on how to shape and run the farm by looking at Christmas tree farms in the United States.

For sales details go to www.southcoastregister.com.au click on the green Domain green icon and head for the Integrity section on page eight.