Update

It has been a long time between posts.
Tom and I have had plenty of visitors over the past few weeks, including from interstate.
Bruce and Tom have been tirelessly putting in posts, hammering in staples and straining wires and we are now getting very close to having an area to contain some cattle. Tom is hoping to truck some over within the next week. They're starting to get very hungry in their boggy 'quarantine' paddock, so some long grass would be very welcomed by the girls.

Grace (the rooster) has disgraced himself after attacking my Nanna a few weeks ago, and is now on death row. However, he does serve his purpose and proved himself when he chased and attacked Crumpet who was in pursuit of one of the hens. I think one more bad move from Grace may see him replaced with a calmer model.

Fencing

As promised, I finally managed to get some photos of the new fence posts that have been put in. Tom and Bruce are still working hard to finish it all off before it gets too wet to move the tractor around. Tom now has a lot of wire to strain.

Lane way

Winter has arrived

After being away for two weeks with work (to Northern Queensland) I have noticed just how much winter has set in. While away I had a trip in a single propeller plane to an airport that looked like a bus shelter... I'd never really been nervous on a plane until the pilots started looking for the runway to land!

The calves have started to get their thick winter coat and look very cuddly.

Frankie with her winter coat

 While I was away there was a new addition. Chloe had a little girl, and keeping with the fashion theme (Chloe came from a farm where there was also Dolce, Dior and Chanel), we've called her Gucci.

Gucci

 The other calves born earlier this year are growing well.

The 3 little ladies having a rest

Gem - very relaxed!

Gippy Girl and Gidget

Gallant Downs after getting a lesson on where not to stand!

Rainy Sunday

We have had plenty of visitors over the past week. It has been lovely to see some Melbourne faces come past and some local ones pop in too.
Over the past four days Tom and Bruce have started putting the fence posts in after months of cutting down trees, ripping out old posts, pulling up wire, slashing the fence lines and plenty of burning. There is still more to go, but it is nice to see some posts in the ground to be able to see where the paddocks will be.
Today was wet and cold and I stayed warm and sheltered in the house. The chickens were also looking for shelter on the back door step - I shooed them away, but they didn't move far and took shelter under the wheelbarrow. The rain didn't deter the fencing efforts and more posts were put in by Tom and Bruce. When the rain clears I'll try and get some photos.

3 little ladies

On Saturday I managed to get a couple of pictures of the calves born in the past two months. They're not so little any more - with one of them more than doubling her birth weight to now weigh 92kg.

Gippy Girl and Gidget

Gem



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