Footy legend Buddy Franklin reveals he's found a new passion for INSECTS
Lance Franklin has opened up on a newfound hobby he and his wife Jesinta have happened upon.
It appears the pair, who live on the Gold Coast, are planning to keep a colony of bees.
The Hawthorn great made the revelation on his podcast, the Buddy & Shane Show, with his co-host, Shane Crawford explaining how he'd spent his weekend watching several games of local and senior football.
He also revealed he went to watch his son play this weekend for the Blues and had sent a text to Franklin asking him if he would like to join him to 'pop his head in' and watch the match, stating that it wasn't far away from his home.
However, the former Sydney and Hawthorn great explained that he had a 'busy weekend' with Crawford then delving into why he was so busy.
'You said you had a few things locked in,' Crawford began to probe.
It comes as Jesinta and Lance have opened up on their plans to start a farm at home
'One of them, which I saw on your beautiful wife's socials yesterday, and I thought you were mucking around when you sent me the message, so what was the message you sent me?'
'I did a beekeeping course, which was incredible... that was my weekend!' Franklin replied.
His wife, Jesinta took to Instagram on Sunday to post several pictures of what appeared to be the couple harvesting trays of honey from several bee hives at the Gold Coast Amateur Beekeepers Society in Nerang.
Clad in beekeeping suits, they collected honey trays, while Lance was also seen scraping the golden nectar from one tray into a bucket of honey.
She captioned the Instagram: 'New level unlocked' adding several bee emojis.
'My Dream weekend.'
'It was incredible. Me and Jesinta did it. We spent a half-day Saturday and then a half-day Sunday...'
'Buddy the Beekeeper,' Crawford interrupted.
The couple had admitted that they were looking to sell their $11million mansion last year
'Buddy the Beekeeper,' Franklin responded. 'But no it was incredible. Bees are just an amazing thing really, what they do. To get the opportunity to do that course, was incredible.'
Franklin then opened up on his ambitions to grow his own honey and have his own beehives.
'We will,' he explained.
The Hawthorn legend and his wife Jesinta have been looking to sell their $11million mansion in Queensland in recent years.
It comes last year after the 2010 Miss Universe Australia winner, Jesinta, had revealed that they were planning to live off-grid after famously smashing record house price records when they acquired the sprawling Reedy Creek home for $8.75m in 2022.
But they are now planning on giving the farming life a crack.
'We are looking at so many properties, we spend our weekends out in the country, driving and looking for land,' she told Daily Mail Australia at the end of 2024.
'We haven't found the perfect spot yet, but I feel like we're getting close.
But the former Miss Universe Australia winner explained that they were yet to settle on the right plot of land
'It's really important to get the right piece of land for what we want to do and it's really exciting.'
She added that they want to build a luxury farmhouse when they do eventually land on a site for their potential new home in the countryside.
'We'd like a luxury farmhouse, barn-style with lots of veggie gardens,' she explained.
And it now looks as though once they do finally find their new abode, the pair could look to start a colony of bees and make their own honey.
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