"Trudy was a bit of (a) greenie, the farm had no power it operated off grid, and we planted exotic fruit trees which she cared for," said Paul Drobnick.
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"She loved the farm, the garden and the animals," he added.
Mr Drobnick was speaking about his daughter Trudy Dreyer.
Tragically 49-year-old Trudy along with her 48-year-old partner Tim Ogle were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide at her farm house in Doyles Creek near Jerrys Plains on Thursday afternoon.
Police investigators suspect Mr Ogle killed Trudy before turning the gun on himself.
The police attended the isolated farmhouse after a travel agent raised concerns about the couple's welfare as they had failed to board a plane for an expensive holiday to South America.
Mr Drobnick and his wife Dorothy who have lived in Singleton since 1995 have been in shock since they were informed of the couple's death.
"We don't believe this has happened to our beautiful daughter," he said.
"We want to grieve but we can't because its so hard to understand and accept Tim did this," he said.
Trudy and Tim worked together at Mount Arthur open cut mine and Mr Drodnick estimated they had been together for about nine months.
"He had a place near Cessnock but he stayed at the farm because it was closer to his work," he said.
"Dorothy and I thought he was the right person for Trudy who had endured two failed marriages that proved financially costly to the family.
"Trudy worked hard to support her two children and pay the mortgage on the farm - now its all gone."
Mr and Mrs Drobnick both suffer from serious illness and following the death of their daughter are now planning to leave Singleton - a town they moved to when they left Queensland in search of a better future for themselves and Trudy.
The pensioners haven't the financial resources to pay for her funeral but they are hoping Trudy's 19-year-old son who was living in Nambucca Heads will be able to arrange everything with their assistance.
Trudy was a qualified psychologist having studied at Queensland University and worked for a time with the Corrective Services department assisting inmates including those at Cessnock.
"She was left with two young children and a mortgage and that's why she went to work in the mines," her father added.
Mrs Drobnick cried saying she cared for the two children including the now 16-year-old daughter while Trudy worked.
"Its was tough on Trudy being a single mother especially as her son suffered from autism and really struggled at school," she said.
"It was one of the reasons she bought the farm in the hope he would like being out there."
Mr Drobnick said the farm was home to a variety of livestock including cows, sheep and his wife's alpacas.
"We are ill but we want to go out to the farm and take care of everything that Trudy loved - she grew avocados out there and vegetables," he said.
The 150 acre farm backed onto the Wollemi National Park and Trudy had owned it for six years according to her parents.
The Drobnicks have many questions they want answered about their daughter's death which they find inexplicable as she was about to go on a wonderful trip, she was now financially secure and the future looked bright.
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