16th Jan Mon

16th Jan Monday

07:15 - Woke up
07:15 - Out of Bed

Breakfast:
Toast, Netulla.

Start farm worked 08:30.
Grubbing/Pulling/Spraying Thistle

Moving Bull's onto truck for transport was interesting, to say the least.
Aggressive fighting bull's. Limited fencing. Silly radios that fall out of closed pocket's from the chest iof my overalls. Grrr! Get communication now, the radio part. Besides the radio battery, which only the clip is attached too! Is still in the long grass. Where the bull was pushed/headbutted after it had been fighting with another bull. And went through the fence after it had left the bull paddock.

Started the trenching work with Brad. Meet Rick before lunch.

Lunch:    time idk.
Had toast, salami and cheese. Break for about 20min.

Most of the afternoon helped Rick trenching, laying piping for the new troughs.
Australian attitude to work I have noticed here. Is "that will do". Things could be done alot better with some little thought, to what will happen and what could happen.
For example, laying a pipe and refilling it with the coarse gravel that is used for the laneway.
After the conversation's I heard they came up with plenty of good ideas. Eg surronding the pipe with sand. For preserving the life of the pipe we just layed. But no, thats too hard and can't be bothered. So well just leave it how it is. Instead of being prepared. Btw the laneway with the coarse gravel was put there by the guy's I was working with. It's not like they didn't know the condition and type of rock which is the make up of the laneway. Typical half assed though & design!

Say they did surround the the pipe with sand under the laneway. The pipe wouldn't need repairing everytime the gravel punctured the pipe. If you don't think thats likely?
I'd like to see you put your finger/hand/foot/arm/leg under gravel and pipe then get the herd of cows walk ontop of you and the pipe. And see what happens?

Finished Farm work.
idk alot later than I should have. But I'm here to help Ben.
And that includes not destroying the local relationships with the labour force in this area. All controlled by the same people. But that's another Australian issue. I can address another day.

Why can't things be simple? And not done in such a way that people so busy they never get a rest?
Arrh I think I see why the working class in Australia seems so wealthy.

I'm exhausted. Had another look for that radio tonight. Well at least I know where it's not now.

Tea:
BBQ Steak, Mashed Potato, Veges.

Pudding:
What pudding, haha!

Blog finished draft 23:30, 16/01/2012
Blog finished typed 23:50, 16/01/2012