Friday was my window for shopping! What a hectic day. I had a deadline of 6pm to get back into my place as floodwater still abounds and night crossings are dangerous. Having been over at the main homestead for nearly three weeks I was really looking forward to getting home. The trouble with heading over the [...]
Well if anyone had told me a month ago that I'd be hitting day 9 of being 'home alone' on the property I wouldn't have believed them. However here I am with more rain over the weekend and yet another run down the Whalan Creek the lead of which should reach us tomorrow. David of course [...]
At this point I would dearly love to be telling everyone that the flood water has receded and that it has stopped raining. Unfortunately, neither has occurred. Much of northwest NSW and southern QLD are in the grip of another impressive rain band which means it's gumboot and dri-as-a-bone weather, still. With the property effectively [...]
Today the water dropped a little further and with the decrease came the mosquitoes, big, brown blood suckers to be exact and know doubt they will be followed in a couple of days by sandflies. With the water receding came the news of more predicted rain which didn't exactly bring smiles however it's a wait [...]
Today was chopper day. The get up in the air and see what's happening variety. My Dad went up first and checked some of our western country. I then retraced his steps and went further afield. Every flood is different. We can try and gauge levels and by extension predicted land inundation however our records [...]
With more heavy rain predicted from this afternoon onwards you really do have to wonder what the rain gods are playing at. Okay so we had ten years of drought during which time most of us bush bound inhabitants retreated to daily prayers and the shooting of crowing roosters (bad luck in a dry time) on [...]
One of the joys of bush living are the unexpected challenges that arise from time to time. You have to think of life in the outback that way otherwise at times you'd probably go stir crazy. Who would have thought for instance that last weeks weather band would have developed into a frog fest following [...]
Don't you just love puppies. These little guys belong to a neighbour and I couldn't resist visiting them. They are the result of an 'unplanned' pregnancy. Although the mother was locked up her interested 'cousin' couldn't help but dig down three feet beneath the chicken wire caging to say hello. There are actually six of [...]
Ah summer. The season beckons like a water bag on a hot day. Yet out here in the sticks not for the us the Gidget-esk hurly-burly of beach, babes and boys. Out here it's flies, dust and heat. Heat of the 40 degree plus kind where grown men seek the shade of wilga trees and [...]
Over the last ten days we've been getting stuck into some early branding. It's perfect weather for it and with harvest delayed until the end of this week it's good to get some of the branding done before we hit those lovely 40 + degree days in December. This year we're giving the calfs an [...]