Blogs from Nangus, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 4

DAY 409 I was up bright and early this morning and went in to the kitchen, it was like the Mary Celeste, as quite as the grave. The kettle was put on and tea was made, I knew this morning that Helen, and Robert were up at Hazeldene weighing sheep ready for market, Helen had told us what was happening so we wouldn’t feel like we have been abandoned. This morning Ross Jilbert from Landmark would be there at 7.00am to verify the count and the weight of the sheep. We have met Ross before a very nice guy who we met the very first day at Woodstock back in February, 05/02/2009 blog day 90 Weigh to Go, well I had said to Helen that I would like to pass my Christmas wishes on to Ross, ... read more

DAY 408 My cold is well and truly coming out now, I stayed in bed until 9.00 but soon got bored and got up. I had some breakfast put a load of towels in the washing machine and did some reading. Helen received a phone call from Jason, but it was for us, Kristy, Jason’s partner was asking if we wanted to go into Wagga with them for some lunch, we thought it would be a great idea to head out for a spell, we had a couple of things that we wanted to do as well so a plan was formed. In the meantime Andy and I put the mattress from the swag bag into its cover and then back into the swag for rolling up, but before we finished Jason and Kristy arrived, so ... read more

DAY 406 We were sitting in the Kitchen at Woodstock, all having tea and toast, Robert had already left for his long day and we were just discussing our possible plans, hoping for a productive day, there was all sorts to be done around the house in preparation for the onslaught of Christmas. Helens mobile phone sprang in to life, it was Robert, Southern Cross Irrigation had informed Robert that his parts were in and they needed collecting, Helen asked if we wanted a trip in to Wagga to do this. “No problem” we said, if we phone Jason we can see if he wants us to take his computer in and drop it back at the computer doctors where we only picked it up from yesterday. Caroline was feeling less than energetic this morning, but ... read more

DAY 404 My plan for the day is to Help Jason and Robert concrete the paths around Merryville, so I was up nice and early and ready to go by 6.15am. Time is of the essence this morning so we really did need to get a wiggle on before the sun became so hot that it dried the concrete out and it becomes impossible to work with. Robert had taken the mixer attachment and fitted it on to the tractor and drove it down the lane and I followed in the Patrol, we all met at Merryville where work was to commence. We had copious amounts of ballast and bags of cement and already the day is turning out to be warm, it was 06.30 and about 26 degree’s already. With the mixer going we started ... read more

DAY 402 It was a peaceful night until about 5.00 this morning when the dogs barked, but that must be because Robert and Helen are up and about. It seems that Andy’s dog whispering may have had the desired affect, although a little bit more work on Tiny wouldn’t go amiss. Andy as usual was out before me, but a cup of tea appeared just before 7.00 for which I was truly grateful, I needed to be up and about early this morning as we are heading into Wagga Wagga, with Helen and a huge list of chores. I got ready, had some breakfast and everyone was ready to go, Andy and I followed Helen in her car as she is dropping it off at the garage today to have the air conditioning fixed, if there ... read more