We are here...
With the folks getting a little long in the tooth it was time to help out with a few of the things that needed to be done.
First thing was the cattle work, well there is a fair bit to say about brahams as a breed....bottom-line they are mad.
We managed to sort through things and got the ones we wanted to send to the market tagged, branded and penned up.
We had major issues with one that managed to escape last time there was a truck heading to the sale yards, not this time.
Once the truck had left it was time to brand the remaining calves with the help of the kids, all and all a good success. (sorry for the angle)
Next job, lets clean up a few things over at the other house, well things were pick up and disposed of quickly before dad could stash it away, Matthew (nephew) was worked very hard along with the kids. Dad has done a great job putting up slats around the bottom, a few more to do but work in progress. Managed to clean things up and burn a lot of stuff that was just rotting away in the weather. The place looks a lot cleaner and even managed to get a couple of pics from the drone.
Also managed to get over to the main house without hitting anything, landing was not as good as it should have been but no damage.
It seems like after 3 good days in sunny Queensland, things are about to change......rain is forecast for the next 4 days so a little burning off was called for. Has been a while but with a little breeze though managed to take off well. Really would have been good to do some more but as it happened the rain arrived, not very much but enough to stop any further fires.
A few more days spent doing odd jobs and putting up a few sheets in the other house.
Tim, Sandy and Jeanie came down from Gympie for lunch on Friday, Jeanie's French Bulldog Sophie came for the visit and the kids drove her mad, she finally managed to give them the slip just long enough to acquaint herself with Mrs Chook, no harm done but a few tail feathers were removed and Sophie was in trouble.
We had major issues with one that managed to escape last time there was a truck heading to the sale yards, not this time.
Once the truck had left it was time to brand the remaining calves with the help of the kids, all and all a good success. (sorry for the angle)
Next job, lets clean up a few things over at the other house, well things were pick up and disposed of quickly before dad could stash it away, Matthew (nephew) was worked very hard along with the kids. Dad has done a great job putting up slats around the bottom, a few more to do but work in progress. Managed to clean things up and burn a lot of stuff that was just rotting away in the weather. The place looks a lot cleaner and even managed to get a couple of pics from the drone.
A few more days spent doing odd jobs and putting up a few sheets in the other house.
Tim, Sandy and Jeanie came down from Gympie for lunch on Friday, Jeanie's French Bulldog Sophie came for the visit and the kids drove her mad, she finally managed to give them the slip just long enough to acquaint herself with Mrs Chook, no harm done but a few tail feathers were removed and Sophie was in trouble.
Managed to get a hit of golf at Tewantin Noosa Golf Club, was very wet and rained the whole time although is was only 17 degrees so quite pleasant compared to the 1 degrees the guys were experiencing down at the National on the Mornington Peninsula.
We also managed to celebrate 50 years at Benyule with a great feed of King George whiting and Calamari (brought up from down south) as well as some nice Mooloolaba king prawns topped off with a great bottle of Sew & Sew Fiano.
After nearly a couple of well needed inches of rain we took the chance to do a little exploring at Imbil and a bike ride along the old railway track. Everyone ended up coping with the 10km round trip, something well worth doing but would not recommend in summer.
Only a couple of more days then we must continue on heading north.
It has been great spending time on the farm and the kids have had a lot of fun with Granny and Grandad, making bread,
We did also go to the Zoo with them and that was a fantastic day, so good that it will get its own page on the blog, stay tuned.
And one last drive by farmer Emilia
Off to see the whales.......
Updates:
EEC No Emus at the farm or anywhere in between
Total EEC stands at 44
CCC (Charlie Croc Count), Still none
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