So it’s been 3 weeks in the Outback so far and we finally
met the local Kangaroo, Skippy, such a cliche. She is so friendly and visits us
at the pub beer garden and our own back garden. Here we are feeding her bread,
which has become a daily thing, soon we’ll coax her into the house to watch a
movie.
It was Liv’s Birthday last Thursday and we drove to Emerald
which is the nearest big town for shopping, food and drinks. Dion, the Chef let
us borrow his car. Emerald is about 130Km from us, took just over an hour and a
half and there was probably close to 30 dead kangaroos on the side of the
road…. Stick to back gardens Skippy!!
Emerald wasn’t anything special but we got to shop, get some
essentials, have a drink (in a proper pint glass, not Australia’s Schooner
which is ¾ of a pint glass size) in an Irish pub and have a gorgeous dinner at
an Italian restaurant. On our way back we stopped off for drink and a few games
of pool with some of the local lads.
The following night two Irish guys from up North came in for
a few drinks, we had met them before and they worked about 45 minutes away. They
stayed for a lock in and played some pool. Then a crazy drunk builder guy who
was living in the caravan park who was told to leave the pub threw a full can
of Jack Daniels through the pub window… what a waste of Jack Daniels. A handful
of us, which included the two Irish lads (Chris and Phil), Renae (local mental
girl, they call her ‘Rocket’, enough said, like a gerbil on speed), Rosie (the
English ex-backpackers who fell in love with a Rolleston local and never left)
and the three of us, headed back to our house for a game of beer pong which
didn’t end until about 4am. FYI - Chris is shite at beer pong (he told me I was
to write on the blog that he was amazing… neverrrrrrr, ha!!)
Back to the horses - Russell trailered two of his horses to
his side paddock near our house so the girls could go riding. Liv is now a pro
:p and Lois got her first chance at riding. Both the girls rode Smarty-pants,
who is a sweet, big chestnut mare. Here’s some pictures of the morning. No one
owns helmets here, aw well, cowgirl hats will have to do, ha!!
Liv and myself had a day off last week and went to the
Smith’s property to help separate the male and female weaners. We both handled
a gate and helped the guys separate the heard. After that they “blooded” the
weaners, which is where they have a syringe attached to a bag of blood with an
anti-viral in it, which stops the cows from getting certain diseases. They also
got a liquid squirted on their backs to stop ticks. Liv had to head off to work
and I stayed to move the herd to separate pastures with the quad bike, SO MUCH
FUN!!!
There is a Rodeo coming up in July with Bull Riding and
Cutting. Can’t wait!! There’s a lady that drinks in the pub that competes in
Cutting, which is where you have to separate a cow from nine others and your
horse has to keep it separated for a period of time, in style! We are gonna go
cheer her on and soon I’m heading over to her property to ride some of her
cutting horses, WOHOOO!!!
Love the Outback :)
Oh and i've been doing a lot of mustering lately :)
The Stars and the sunsets are amazing here, just like in the Valley!
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