A weekend on the farm

G'day mate...

A good thing about working at Wodonga is that you are never far away from the mountains... so when Rob (ED Registrar) invited us for a weekend on his farm, we just could not turn down the offer... We just have to experience the Aussie way of life on the farm!

Here is the picture of our lovely hosts (Jamie, Rob and Ned) and their holiday farm house at the back. It's amazing how Jamie built the whole thing in 2 years. It's pretty cool really, a 3 layered house cluttered with odd furniture, a warm fire place, an amazing chandalier made out of tractor wheelers, a spiralled staircase and assorted kitchenware which did not match anything...

After a satisfying brunch of bacon, toast and poached eggs fresh from the chook house, Jamie gave us a guided tour around his 80 acre farm, which spread over 5 hills! It was quite a walk - took about 2 hours. We saw the cows, goats, chooks, rabbit holes and wombat holes. Ned the Lab went crazy when it's time for him to dive into the pond.

As evening set in, Rob again showed off his culinary skills...

While I tried to entertain the crowd with Waltzing Matilda...

Bing found herself a worthy dance partner of highest calibre...

This is us mucking around at the "crusher". It's a place where a cow's head gets trapped between the doors so that her hindnie is free to be jabbed with some immunisations... Pretty cool, but yoooouch!

Jamie's babies... There were about 30 of them and he knew them by name!!! I would have called them Brown, Browny, Browner, Black, Blackie, etc etc...

Jamie feeding Yvonne early in the morning...

We like to think that our stay brought rain to the arid region that has been hit with draught for last 3 or 4 years... That night, it rained about 36cm and every farmer was happy although we felt wet and miserable.

On our way back, we dropped by at Tallangatta. This is rain on Lake Hume - main catchment lake for Wodonga which is now only 5% filled with water! Let's hope there is more rain in days to come!