11th Feb Saturday
No work today.
I went to the beach today.
Went for a explore/drive.
I went to:
Middle Tarwin
Tarwin Tower
Pound Creek
Venus Bay
Inverloch
Wonthaggi
Cape Paterson
Man! The roads between Fish Creek and Tarwin Lower were shocking, some great pot holes! Actually all the roads today were! Australia for you.
Middle Tarwin is a farming settlement. Tarwin Tower is a settlement built on the banks of the Tarwin. Original aye? :-) It's obviously a fishing village.
I didnt like Tarwin Lower much, but it was quite cool. To see a little old lady fishing off the jetty. Next off to Venus beach, when I got there. A group of young guys about my age were training on the beach, looked like team building. Found out later it was the local football club. Or AFL if your not from Victoria. :-)
Had a quick chat with the lifesaver, before he went for a paddleboard.
I rained away, so jumped in the car next stop. Inverloch.
While there had a cool chat with a a few guards , they were getting ready for IRB race training. Thought its pretty cool, the clubs here have plenty of teams per club that race IRB's.
Then got shown around their brand new $1.5 million, club rooms. Wow it's so big. Great new clubrooms it's attracting alot of new members. Including a family that transferred from another local club, after talking to Kathy who was manning the canteen. She told me about the clubs construction development, membership issues and the clubs past. Wasn't a great past, and some great fund raising, government grants etc. Made it possible. After my next stop I noticed a bit of jealousy in their neighboring club.
Next stop: Wonthaggi SLC in Cape Paterson
While thier I found a small run down patrol building, but full of very committed members who were full of stories, young and old. Malcolm was pretty cool to talk to, it seemed like he deserved a bit more respect than he got. Prob because of the way he patrols though.
Remind me, ive gotta email Malcolm, some pictures of Tairua surf club.
I enjoyed my time at Wonthaggi SLC.
Next was off to Cape Paterson SLC. I quite like Cape Paterson took plenty of cool photos I liked. Dam I wish I brought the USB cable.
Anyway I had a great day, even though I had to change the tyre as I got a puncture outside Wonthaggi SLC gravel driveway, bugger.
By this time I thought it was time to go home, changed the tyre hit the road again.
Venus Bay SLC
-38.70499,145.813168
Inverloch SLC
-38.646338,145.701978
Wonthaggi SLC
-38.673206,145.619255
Cape Paterson SLC
-38.675891,145.61033
Blog finished draft 23:48, 17/02/2012
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Sunday, 5 February 2012
4/5th Feb
Did nothing exciting worth a mention.
Robyn and Ben were busy, so fluffed around kept myself busy.
Tried to sleep in but didnt work lame!
Robyn and Ben were busy, so fluffed around kept myself busy.
Tried to sleep in but didnt work lame!
Friday, 3 February 2012
3rd Feb Fri
3rd Feb Friday
Wake up: 0730
Breakfast:
Weetbix
Farm work:
Started: 0915
Had another go at unblockign the drain, unsuccessful. Brad come to visit, and had a poke around. And has decided to rip the pipeline up and replace it with a larger diameter pipe. 100mm he was thinking. Hopefully a bit bogger than that. 150mm standard commercial downpipe size, sounds good to me.
Helped Ben hot up some wires around the dairy, and redo tape gates. Hot them up as well.
Finish: 1040
Started: 1110
More pipe stuff. The block is right at the bottom! Just before the poo pond great!
Measuring up the gate brace for signs, after I cleared the area yesterday, and found my friendly snake :-)
Finish: 1245
Lunch:
Ben and I went into Fish Creek picked up Robyn's parcel and then into Foster to pick up lunch, two burger and chips. Yum! kept me happy all afternoon.
Start farm work.
Start: 1430
Setup up gates for the next few milking's in advance. Then moved the herd, milked. Finished it quickly! :-)
Finish: 1730
Tea:
Robyn brought home pizza for dinner, Chicken Bacon BBQ Sauce. Was really nice, not like a Domino's pizza was real bacon and chicken! :-)
And Naomi is talking about Passionfest, looks very interesting on http://passionfest.co.nz
It's making me keen!
Blog finished draft 11:22, 3/02/2012
Blog finished typed 00:00, 0/01/2012
Wake up: 0730
Breakfast:
Weetbix
Farm work:
Started: 0915
Had another go at unblockign the drain, unsuccessful. Brad come to visit, and had a poke around. And has decided to rip the pipeline up and replace it with a larger diameter pipe. 100mm he was thinking. Hopefully a bit bogger than that. 150mm standard commercial downpipe size, sounds good to me.
Helped Ben hot up some wires around the dairy, and redo tape gates. Hot them up as well.
Finish: 1040
Started: 1110
More pipe stuff. The block is right at the bottom! Just before the poo pond great!
Measuring up the gate brace for signs, after I cleared the area yesterday, and found my friendly snake :-)
Finish: 1245
Lunch:
Ben and I went into Fish Creek picked up Robyn's parcel and then into Foster to pick up lunch, two burger and chips. Yum! kept me happy all afternoon.
Start farm work.
Start: 1430
Setup up gates for the next few milking's in advance. Then moved the herd, milked. Finished it quickly! :-)
Finish: 1730
Tea:
Robyn brought home pizza for dinner, Chicken Bacon BBQ Sauce. Was really nice, not like a Domino's pizza was real bacon and chicken! :-)
And Naomi is talking about Passionfest, looks very interesting on http://passionfest.co.nz
It's making me keen!
Blog finished draft 11:22, 3/02/2012
Blog finished typed 00:00, 0/01/2012
Thursday, 2 February 2012
2nd Feb Thursday
2nd Feb Thursday
Wake up: 06:15
It was Ben's 28th bday today.
Helped him milked this morning. But had a banana first.
Breakfast:
Bacon on toast. Yumm!
And a bday muffin, triple chocolate. chocolate centre. Also iced and decorated to look like a deer face.
Farm work:
Started: 10:30
Collected reels, moved them x2 divied two paddocks.
Mowed and cleared the grass and ferns around the fence and brace by the road. Going to up the signs on the road. along the fence line.
Then made 2 plywood platforms for the stereo and fixed them the native wood ceiling battens. Man those battens were tough really dense. The screws I used, didnt want to work at all.
Finish: 14:45
Lunch:
Leftover mince from Nacho's last night, on toast.
Farm work.
Start: 1600
Milked
Finish: 1745
Then helpled Ben feed out two bails of silage, with the claws. The claws look seriously looks vicious parked up with the tractor with the claws wide open. Would not want to be on the receiving end of that steel.
Tea:
We went out for tea tonight, to the Pub. Excahnge Hotel, Foster.
I ate so much, even Ben was cracking a funny about how much I could eat.
The main I choose Ben normally can't finish. The I ate some of Robyn's spare ribs and then Ben's left over chips.
( http://www.fosterhotel.com.au/ , Menu tab)
My Main:
Chicken Parma: Golden fried schnitzel, topped
with house made Napoli sauce, melted tasty &
mozzarella cheese. $19.9
with roasted pumpkin. cheesey broccoli and potato.
Desert:
Parfait. Yummy! Gaint sized like everything here :-) Sam sized! "Now where's my super sized coke at Mcd's and I'd feel like I'm back in the US.
(and Robyn cracked open the 'Shrek & Donkey joke')
And my dermatitis on my hands is back, dam thistle sprayer. And not non wet gloves to wear!
Blog finished draft 21:39, 0/01/2012
Blog finished typed 00:00, 0/01/2012
Wake up: 06:15
It was Ben's 28th bday today.
Helped him milked this morning. But had a banana first.
Breakfast:
Bacon on toast. Yumm!
And a bday muffin, triple chocolate. chocolate centre. Also iced and decorated to look like a deer face.
Farm work:
Started: 10:30
Collected reels, moved them x2 divied two paddocks.
Mowed and cleared the grass and ferns around the fence and brace by the road. Going to up the signs on the road. along the fence line.
Then made 2 plywood platforms for the stereo and fixed them the native wood ceiling battens. Man those battens were tough really dense. The screws I used, didnt want to work at all.
Finish: 14:45
Lunch:
Leftover mince from Nacho's last night, on toast.
Farm work.
Start: 1600
Milked
Finish: 1745
Then helpled Ben feed out two bails of silage, with the claws. The claws look seriously looks vicious parked up with the tractor with the claws wide open. Would not want to be on the receiving end of that steel.
Tea:
We went out for tea tonight, to the Pub. Excahnge Hotel, Foster.
I ate so much, even Ben was cracking a funny about how much I could eat.
The main I choose Ben normally can't finish. The I ate some of Robyn's spare ribs and then Ben's left over chips.
( http://www.fosterhotel.com.au/ , Menu tab)
My Main:
Chicken Parma: Golden fried schnitzel, topped
with house made Napoli sauce, melted tasty &
mozzarella cheese. $19.9
with roasted pumpkin. cheesey broccoli and potato.
Desert:
Parfait. Yummy! Gaint sized like everything here :-) Sam sized! "Now where's my super sized coke at Mcd's and I'd feel like I'm back in the US.
(and Robyn cracked open the 'Shrek & Donkey joke')
And my dermatitis on my hands is back, dam thistle sprayer. And not non wet gloves to wear!
Blog finished draft 21:39, 0/01/2012
Blog finished typed 00:00, 0/01/2012
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