Blogs from Gympie, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Hello again everyone, Before I begin, it has been brought to my attention that I may have scared a few people (namely my mother) in my blog yesterday. Sorry mum :) I am bruised, infact my entire left breast down to my left bottom rib is covered in the blackest bruise I have ever seen. There are photos of it to prove this :) which hopefully will be up here soon...HOWEVER mummy, I am fine, and this place is damn unreal! So anyway, I got given a job last night. I phoned up a lady called Leanne at Phenros Station in Julia Creek, Queensland. She seemed pretty great and her farm sounded great as well as the en suite, air conditioned room ill get (hehe), theres about 20 other people working on the farm, including an ... read more

Hello again everybodyyy!!! Today has been a freaking day-and-a-half! Seriously one of the most memorable and awesome days of my life so far :) Today started off at 6.30, and we woke up at around 5, yes thats right mum, I was up at 5 happily getting ready for work! We all went down to the farm and got the horses ready for work after a quick lesson on horsemanship, and riding in the Australian stockhorse style! So we mounted up, I was on a little chesnut called 'rocket red' who was just that. After adjusting to the interesting stock horse saddle and the rope rains I was away! So we go out on about a 2 hour treck which included galloping around and generally riding around the outback, all good fun! I obviously had to ... read more

Rains fell on dry lands. Three days of clouds, wind and accompanying cold kept work to a minimum. It first arrived as a fine mist, turning the invisible into the visible; the gossamer threads of geometric designs, the fine clear beads of moisture, the frogs lavishing amongst fresh pools, and the canopies’ quiet with their absent butterflies. It was beautiful as the bush became still and that space for reflection broadened; the birds seeking shelter wherever they could. But soon the change was hard to breathe, uncomely harsh. The sun was missed. The work was tedious and slow. And the extinguishing of our evening fires brought cold food to the dinner table. When the showers came, we discovered our tasks under roof. Laura and I bundled up on the Rainbow House’s veranda and busied our fingers. ... read more

great weekend... whhoooo hoooo... Anzac day was a long weekend. After paying our respects to those who have fought in wars, we headed off on a family holiday to visit friends in Noosa and Gympie. We were able to crash a nice resort. Our friends from Melbourne were staying there. There were no staff to kick us out, so we made use of the spa, pool and bbq area and had a great time catching up with friends. Spa was very relaxing - shame about some kids there that just wouldn't leave us alone ;) Went and played along the Noosa River. We were very lucky that our friends chose to share with us. The weather was so good - wheres the cold gone? That we even got sunburnt! unlucky! After Noosa we headed off to ... read more

We're out near Gympie now, near Cedar something or other! It's cool here, we've done things like pick fruit and veg, help pack up for the market, learned how to make cottage cheese and jams, fruit processing etc.. the people are really lovely and friendly and we've been helping to get stuff ready for the farmers market on sat, when we leave at 4.30am! Alex batted me unintentionally in the head with the handle-end of a shovel this morning, so i've got a lump and am missing a few eyelashes, but with any luck i'll have a nice big black eye to show for it.. or maybe not!! Hopefully we'll get back on the internet soon!... read more