DAY 412 Well today is Christmas Eve, and even though we are 10,000 miles away from where we started, the hubbub of Christmas is no different. The only major difference is here at Woodstock Farm, Nangus, New South Wales, Australia its 38.3 degree’s and without labouring the point it is baking hot. Christmas Eve in the UK will never be described at baking hot, most probably because home in the UK is wrapped in the middle of Winter whilst, here in Australia our new world is right in the middle of Summer. Though many of our readers will sigh and wish for the warmer weather after being entrenched in snow for a while, here on the farm, they have been in drought for nearly a decade, and all they would like for Christmas is some rain,
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