Timber!

This week we had Terry and his 21 tonne excavator arrive at the farm to pull out cypress and pine trees. We had my sister and partner come down for the weekend, so they helped out with the house and also with burning the trees (those of you that know Jarrod would know that he was in his element with this part!).

The machine makes light work of the trees.


Before



 

After



Timber!



The small cypress along the driveway were relatively easy compared to the other older trees. 

Despite the fires raging away, we didn't receive any visits from the CFA. We did have the neighbours pop in though. The fires have been lit for three days now and are still smoking out the whole farm.

Tom and Buck checking out one of the fires

Tera and Buck - Best mates looking evil

 The farm is looking a lot more open, and now Tom has a blank canvas to start fencing.

Over the weekend we also had 2 more calves hit the ground giving us a total of 4 over the past few weeks. We must get naming!