9,10,11 June long weekend, Queen's birthday (between Max's holy communion and the boys one)We set out Friday afternoon. Traffic was not too bad weirdly enough. Dinner at the usual fast food place, that is weirdly expensive.
Left: Marie went home by train for Sunday night for Maggie's birthday, except the train wasn't running, so she ended up in a Taree taxi to go to Newcastle. We weren't sure if she'd ever make it, but the buses were running to Sydney from there.
Right: on the way back a cow had a stand off, where she stared at me for a while, and I couldn't pass.
The place up there is hilly, green, mostly forested, some areas for running cattle. Laurens, our host has a 2000m2 area with a home, lots of gardens, lemons, orange, tangellos, limes, chilis, thyme, rosemary, Warugal greens, all organic and all delicious.Left: Why, why? She seemed to ask. Sorry matey, I was just passing through.
Right: Laurens, Archie, Anke, Bushan, and me at the waterhole.
A nice time had by everyone. We had some bbqing in the fire, delicious Highland Park 16yo whiskey, cow pat collecting, weed pulling. We slept well.
Left: the haul from the chili bush, about 2 kg. You could not see any difference on the bush afterwards. The fruit was so abundant.
Right: pensive Laurens surveys his domain
Left: the house, our car, and rolling hills behind. They're continuing to clear up the garden, plant etc.
Right: Ollie had a great time wood chopping
Left: on the way to the waterhole. A nice bushwalk.
Right: on the way to the waterhole.
Left, Laurens and Anke.
Right: David, Michael, Arush, Rohan, Kevin, Ollie, and Lou in front, from left to right around the table.
Left: Kev, Ollie, Lou, Mikey, Archie, Arush, Bushan, Marie, Laurens and Rohan.Right: even the punishments were fun, although I think they were doing this work for the fun of it. Ollie, Kevin, David and Lou. Lou says he was not having fun. I was happy he wasn't on a device! Cheeky monkey.
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