Pre-Winter Chill

We arrived at the farm and the weather was not looking great. The sun was out but the clouds were hovering around nearby.

Here's the garden bed that Kath made. It had to be re-located as the original location is where the annex (aka the conservatory) will go. I think the garden has mostly bulbs in it.


Here are some bulbs emerging from around the cabin site.

It wasn't long until the skies opened up and we took refuge in the shed.

We ended up getting about 20mm in a few hours of rain.

With a break in the weather, we used the time to make more tree guards for the native trees planted along the driveway. Both the frost and the local wildlife were attacking the small trees. By this stage, it was late afternoon and the wind was icy cold from the South.


Here's 3 tree guards, one with hessian.

With the afternoon downpour, the spare tank (on the right) was slowly filling up. The first tank (on left) is at 100%.
The tree guards hard at work. Hope they keep the 'roos away.

As night falls, so does the temperature. We have a small propane heater in the shed to help made things comfortable. It gets surprisingly warm with the heater on.

Fonzi still enjoys the comforts of home and is happy when he is rugged-up.

The weather the next day was unpredictable and we didn't plan any chores. We took the time to drive around the property and have a look.

This is an area around the highest part of the property. It has a forest-feel to it with grass completely covering the ground and very few leaves on the ground. We don't often visit this part of the property.

Here's an old dead tree near the same area, which caught our attention.

In the distance, we spotted a Wallaby grazing. He took a bit of a look at us and then disappeared into the bush.

Fonzi was on the lookout but didn't see a thing.


This is the gully (to the right in the photo) located close to the highest point of the property which acts as a channel for the rain to flow to the big dam. It is a lot steeper than it looks in the photo. While you can easily walk down the gully, driving the 4WD down would be very tricky.

After a rain-soaked weekend, we packed up and headed back to civilisation. We didn't achieve much but we had a good break.