The long way down under

Hello all... Ang here with an update .. :-) I cant believe its nearly 5 years since we moved out here to Perth.. and i cant believe its 3 years since i updated the blog! So much has happened but I guess that most of you are on facebook as our friends and know what we have been doing (working, working and growing the farm) however, I did promise a few people that I would do a full update of our recent travels along with photos and its much easier here than on FB..! So, after 4 years of house renovations, well nearly rebuilds rather than reno's and finally completing the 120 sqM of decking (2 years of hard work!) we eventually planned our long awaited trip away, booked 3 weeks off work, the house & ... read more

It’s now been 17 months, since we left UK to start a new life in Australia... 17 months!! It has gone so fast... In that short space of time we have; Gone through a strict selection criteria for a house and subsequently entered into a rather large mortgage.....bought a car, exchanged the car, renovated more than 1/2 of the house, including building an interior wall and knocking down another 3..bought a 2nd car, completely changed the landscape of our land, raised 2 delinquent dogs, bought and sheared 2 alpaca, gone from owning 3 goats to just the 1 rather grumpy billy, then selected a further 6 (pregnant) angora goats, purchased a new pet - details to follow below……had a Christmas in the sun, 2 Easters, seen the kids more than we use to when we were ... read more

Hello all....! First things first........ Its Christmas time, cold? snow? dreary days and dark nights? Not..!!! Its on average 30 Degrees, warm, sunny, the sun starts to set around 8pm, and all we can hear are the birds singing and the frogs croaking... what a way to build up to Christmas!! Must admit, Christmas tme is not the same here as back in UK, its hard to get into 'the festive spirit' when its so warm!! We have been as busy as ever with the house and land, even bought a ride on mower as it was getting too hot and hard to cut the grass with the 'push' petrol model..so much easier! I managed to get Oggy to 'Global Gathering' earlier this month... a full day nearly of dance music, finishing off with Mark Ronson.. ... read more

The days are flying by and we had not realised how long it was since we last updated y'all on the what's where's and so on... Been busy working and plastering, painting the house etc. Theatre room now almost complete with projector and 92" screen, waiting on purchasing the reclining leather chairs to finish off. Lights almost all replaced with down lighters throughout. Games room done. Bedrooms skimmed and painted... Lounge plastered and skimmed... Floors to purschase next and a new kitchen,,, then on to the outside. All in all great progress over the past 3 months. Oggy picks up the digger tomorrow to start some bits in readiness for the alpacas outside, to drill the fence posts holes and start the driveways. The rain has been fairly often throughout the winter months but still reaches ... read more