It was back to the yards today to sort through another mob of cattle and truck them back to the main homestead yards. Spring - the blink and you'll miss it version we get - arrived about ten days ago. On saturday we hit highs of 30 degrees so summer is with us already. With [...]
Part of the levee went at our place yesterday pm. An 80 metre wide wall of water spilled over the furthest levee from the house. David was there at the time but thankfully got out of the way. Fields 14/15 under water but totally replaceable in comparison to safety of David and the men who [...]
I love this human take on the natural world! Imagine powerful superwomen taking over society. Over generations they fine tune their vision, set out rules of behaviour, roles and functions until suddenly there is a complete female-dictated order. In this world it is likely that a Queen rules and she may well be the only [...]
Usually by end September the 'shorts and sock' tan is already happening however with the arrival of a series of northwest cloud bands over the last two months the temperatures have stayed at a balmy 25 degrees. It's a marked change after so many years of drought. The stock feed is lush, the dams are [...]
If I were a dog I know where I'd be today. I would be lying at the back of the homestead garden beneath the shade of a stately gum tree. It's the kind of tree you walk toward with a smile on your face. Its bark is smooth and silvery white in the morning light, [...]
$25.00 gives you an hours plus ride down the Daintree River. With a choice between 2 metre waves on a dull grey sea or a chance to see a croc, David & I slipped across the wet metal floor of the low slung boat in our quest to see as much as possible on our [...]
With further predicted rain dissipating into the atmosphere today, we now have a clearer picture of the flood situation. Our cottage is protected by a levee bank, so even with the Boomi River only 25 metres away we're safe, access however is a different story. My great aunt and uncle were stranded here on this [...]
Coal seam gas. It's cleaner, safer and less expensive however it's also causing problems. The QLD/NSW border roughly straddles an area known as the Great Artesian Basin. This geographic formation is characterised by the subterranean water it holds. The same area arguably comprises some of the richest agricultural land in Australia and a series of interconnecting [...]
Many areas within NSW have been drought declared for longer than most of us on the land and in regional areas would care to remember. Our area is no exception however we have been fortunate to have had seasonal patches of rain during the last two years: making the period survivable. Leading up to Christmas last year things were becoming decidedly [...]