Blogs from Nangus, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 6

DAY 379 This morning I woke up tired, we have been putting some hard yakka in on the farm, but this is farm life, this is harvest time, it has to be done, however tired everyone is it still goes on. I have a quick cup of tea and Helen and I head off, me in the fire truck and Helen towing the fuel bowser. The header has been working all night, we pass Jason who is going home for some rest, we arrive at the paddock where it had been parked, it is covered and needs to be prepped for the next round. Fuelled up, greased, filters blown out with the compressor, and the whole of the harvester cleaned down as it accumulates so much chaff and dust it is potentially a fire starter on ... read more

DAY 375 Andy brought me a cup of tea this morning, it is 7.00, I wanted to be up in good time as I am going to Wagga Wagga today with Helen to do a bit of shopping, Helen has a 9.00 appointment in town so we need to be leaving Woodstock by 8.15 in order to get there in time. I am up and about, chat to Andy about yesterdays fire, he is enjoying a short time of peace and quiet, i.e. everyone is out and about doing sheep things so Andy is surplus to requirements at the moment, by 8.00 however Jason appears at the door, so it is time to go. Jason and Robert appear and Robert asks if I want to go with Jason and Andy, also that Helen is still too ... read more

Waking up this morning, I felt very thirsty, then remembering the reason why, we had polished off a few bottles of bubbly last night to welcome Susan back to the Woodstock homestead. Fortunately I had taken a glass of water to bed with me last night to quench my thirst. Andy of course was already up, no doubt tippy tappying on the laptop writing up the blog for yesterday, which of course I will be editing and adding my five penneth worth before publishing. Before getting out of bed I reflected on yesterdays journey, no cup of tea was forthcoming from he who normally brings one to me either, so feeling thirsty thought I had better get up and see what the day has to offer. No doubt a quieter day today, a few things to ... read more

This is a confession that has not happened many times in my life. (I over slept) Yes it true, I didn't wake until 7.15 and I was supposed to be feeding the sheep this morning, and my planed rendezvous was 6.00 am in the kitchen. Sh*t! I wandered through to the kitchen mortified by my misdemeanour, to find it empty, Helen’s coffee cup was there half empty. If I wasn’t doing the sheep then I knew it would be Helen helping Robert, Sh*t!! I made myself tea, and stewed in my own juices of guilt, whilst Caroline got up and came in to the kitchen. I explained my disgrace and in a typical Caroline retort said, “Well you obviously needed the sleep”. Helen came back at 9.00 and walked in to the kitchen “Morning” she said, ... read more

Day 96 I woke at 5.45am brilliant I thought, I’ll just have 5 minutes and get up, I re awoke at 6.25 in a panic, I’m late, Robert and myself were off to feed sheep at 6.30. Robert had had a late night and had slept in himself; I was first up, soon followed by Helen and Robert, but no Caroline. Robert asked if I could let Trixie and Wally off today, I went over to their side of the paddock, when they see me they go absolutely mental, so excited they bark and jump around on their chains. I go straight to Jack seeing how he is today and he definitely looks brighter, then everyone has the same amount of fuss. Wally is always so professional in a doggy sort of way; he just cannot ... read more