Day 118 of 2024

I took ED's wee dog for a walk as she is away this weekend......

...Look at that long body!!!

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Raewyn

Day 117 of 2024

 
Our attempt at growing Giant Pumpkins...once the plants germinated we didn't really do anything to them, so we were surprised to get one that was pretty big - but not big enough for the competition day on Sunday!

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Raewyn

Day116 of 2024

 

Happy Birthday to my Big Girl.
Two kiddies made sure there was the correct number of candles on her cake!

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Raewyn

Day 115 of 2024

While I was away my young chickens started laying. Being a different breed, it's not hard to work out which are their eggs.....!

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Raewyn

Day 114 of 2024

 

Back to walking my hills again and I caught the sunrise.

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Raewyn

Day 113 of 2024

If you can work this out - a favourite game of Lily and George is to make 'fishing lines', to play with Tammy on the stairs.

Tammy seems to love it as much as they do!

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Raewyn

Day 112 of 2024

One little/big kitten, more than happy to help Ganma unpack.

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Raewyn

Day 111 of 2024

Haha now this is honestly the only photo I took this day, to send to Sue. 

If you look carefully, it shows me in front of the SAME picture as yesterday's duo-selfie.

Yes, I did not leave Australia on Thursday when intended......a gluten event meant I wasn't allowed to board the plane so I had to wait for the next day!

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Raewyn

Day 110 of 2024

One last selfie before we say good-bye at the airport!

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Raewyn

Day 109 of 2024

At Wagga wagga we walked the streets and admired the sculptures and monuments.

This one was a tribute to The Jolly Swagman in Banjo Paterson's Waltzing Matilda.

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Raewyn

Day 108 of 2024

Dubbo Botanic Gardens

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Raewyn

Day 107 of 2024

A day at the Dubbo Zoo.

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Raewyn

Day 106 of 2024

Our last day at Scrub Stitching - fun to lay our work out for a group photo!

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Raewyn

Day 105 of 2024

The theme for this year's Saturday Night dinner was Stars.

Lots of fun!

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Raewyn

Day 104 of 2024

Not the best photo I know, but it will have to do. Saw heaps of Kangaroos this time at Baradine (Scrub Stitching). Getting up early to go for a walk may have helped!

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Raewyn

Day 103 of 2024

This photo may not look very exciting, but to Sue and I, it was!
Every year at Scrub Stitching Chooky's mum Nea makes scones for morning tea.

How exciting it was this year that she also made some gluten-free ones so we could join in! (It wasn't without grumbles on her part but we much appreciated them!!)

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Raewyn

Day 102 of 2024

And Scrub Stitching begins!

28 keen quilters sewing up a storm :-)

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Raewyn

Day 101 of 2024

 

Rural New South Wales.  The Warrumbungles - getting closer to Scrub Stitching retreat!

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Raewyn 

Day 100 of 2024

 

After staying the night at Narrandera, Sue and I checked out the town's water silo.

Gorgeous!

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Raewyn

Day 99 of 2024

We've started our trek north. Compulsory stop being the Ned Kelly, infamous outlaw, 'sculpture' at a bakery at Jerilderie. Made out of bread baking tins!

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Raewyn

Day 98 of 2024

 

I saw Pelicans!! I've always been intrigued by the Pelicans I see on Sue's blog, and now I've seen them myself!

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Raewyn

Day 97 of 2024

We finished our time on The Great Ocean Road, along the bottom of Victoria (I think!).

This memorial was placed here to commemorate the returned servicemen (WW1) who built the road.

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Raewyn

Day 96 of 2024

Still on the Great Ocean Road. Gibson Steps Beach.

To get to the beach we climbed down a step of steep steps on the cliff face. 

(If you enlarge the picture, you can see them about a third of the way along the cliffs.)

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Raewyn

Day 95 0f 2024

 

Arrival in Australia.

The 'Twelve" Apostles, Port Campbell.

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Raewyn

Day 94 of 2024

A great day for flying.
Whangarei to Auckland.

The first leg of my next adventure!

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Raewyn

Day 93 of 2024

Poor little girl had a rocky start to the day... I didn't realise when I let the dogs off that she was still outside, playing in the bushes.

An orange flash sped across the lawn and straight up the apple tree.

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Raewyn

Day 92 of 2024

 

A nice treat - roasted Chestnuts.

With butter and salt, just how Dad used to have them.

The Chestnuts from my childhood used to explode in the pan but these ones behaved themselves in the airfryer.

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Raewyn

Day 91 of 2024

Tammy was quite comfy here, lucky the cushion is nice and big and was quite stable for her!!

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Raewyn

 

Day 90 of 2024

Stocktake day at work!

Lots of counting.

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Raewyn.

Day 89 of 2024

Forming the new driveway for YD.

2 posts along this length were able to be put in using the tractor and post rammer; it couldn't get through our good old Northland clay pan so the rest have to be 'dug' using a water blaster. The water breaks down the clay. It took the MOML an hour to form the previous hole.

Quickset concrete is put into the hole with the post to finish the job off.

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Raewyn

Day 88 of 2024

Odie and his Megaphone.
"Get away chicken, don't peck me!"

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Raewyn

Day 87 of 2024

A lovely day!

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Raewyn

Day 86 of 2024

I was interested to see one lonely beehive left behind...maybe it couldn't fit on the back of the beekeeper's truck?

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Raewyn

Day 85 of 2024

Haha I know I've shared photos like this before but, honestly, the most exciting thing I did was take the dogs for a walk to the river.
(Still drowning in compliance paperwork!)

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Raewyn

Day 84 of 2020

These two insisted we went down to the stream from the hills to do 'Adventuring'.
(This is the stream we draw our farm water from, before it hits the main river.)

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Raewyn

Day 83 of 2024

 Although it's still very dry on the farm, we are getting little sprinkly showers which make the flowers look pretty, if nothing else!

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Raewyn

Day 82 of 2024

I was surprised to see a Monarch caterpillar this late in the season but it looked like it was doing well.

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Raewyn

Day 81 of 2024

I've got a little behind in posting my photos - days spent doing farm compliance paperwork make for uninspiring photos...and once you miss one day, it's easy to get behind!

A catch up is in order.

I'm still walking most days and catching the odd sunrise!

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Raewyn

Day 80 of 2024

"Look, it's the same colour as Me!"

Picking dahlias at ED's.

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Raewyn

Day 79 of 2024

Not a very pretty photo but there is a story behind it.....
I decided to do a different walk - instead of over the road and out towards the runoff as usual, I thought I'd go the opposite way over the bridge and up the back hills. The MOML suggested that if I carried on through the bush tracks, I would end up at the back of the neighbours and I could walk through his place, along the road and back home - a loop walk.

I stood at the top of this steep track, telling myself that if I went down it, I wouldn't want to climb back up it and I'd better be sure I was committed to doing the loop.

So down I went. 

The track I went on ended up in a dead end - totally impassable.

So guess what - I ended up climbing back up this hill - not an easy task!!!

(Apparently I did took a left onto a track that was never finished because of the terrain, instead of a right turn!)

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Raewyn

Day 78 of 2024

 Sunrise.
(Panoramic setting on my phone.)

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Raewyn

Day 77 of 2024

Wee Tammy up to mischief again.

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Raewyn

Day 76 of 2024

The MOML has decided that the calfshed - out of season - is the perfect place for working on his old bikes!

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Raewyn

Day 75 of 2024

One of my Hoyas is flowering!

Nana had them and I remember the flowers well from my childhood, but I've not grown them myself until recent years (when ED got into them).

So this is my first ever Hoya flower!!

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Raewyn

Day 74 of 2024

 

Young Boys and Diggers

A winning combination!

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Raewyn

Day 73 of 2024

 This won't mean anything to some people (not in NZ) but YUM YUM Feijoa season is starting!!
Time to get scooping!

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Raewyn

Day 72 of 2024

Half an hour after parking up and putting the other dogs in their kennels/runs, I spy Emma still on the back of the buggy enjoying the sun, and not wanting to go anywhere!

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Raewyn 

Day 71 of 2024

Saying goodbye to the cottage we've been staying in.

 

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Raewyn

Day 70 of 2024

Another good walk, Busby Head Track.

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Raewyn

Day 69 of 2024

 

The main event of the day was climbing Mount Manaia. The track leads to the base of one of those rocks but we're not 100% sure which one!
A good work out but well worth the effort!

See you tomorrow,
Raewyn