My five years on the road celebration passed very quietly and I decided that it was time to put all the covid-related problems we have all experienced over the last two years behind me and start moving around the fabulous countryside again. I did toast my five year anniversary with a beer on the actual day and booked the car in for a service, so I was ready to face the open road before I left Darwin.
Meet Sako, a pure-bred Brittany Spaniel, who is very sweet (when she is not being a rat-bag). She came to live on the property when Jim, the property owner, came back from…
Well, I guess you could say we did find the mine, although really only the general area where it is located. The pit itself has remained elusive in the thick, long grass;…
I decided to give the old Coach Road a drive, to get an idea what it must have been like racing through the bush in a horse-drawn coach from Darwin to Pine…
The Dry is well and truly upon us and the country is dry and crispy; there is a definite crunch when you step through the grass. The colours of the countryside have…
I do enjoy chugging along on the tractor. I call it ‘chugging’, because at a top speed of around 10km/hour, I can hardly call it hooning! You’re seated up really high and…
I have been doing some exploring around the property on the mighty John Deere tractor. Yes the John Deere is very, very green (and it has bright yellow wheels!) and still looks…
So, as a complete surprise the other afternoon, the pair of Radjah Shellducks that hang around the farm came waddling (as ducks do) past the camper, as I was sitting enjoying a…
After two years, I have finally left good old Batchelor township. But, I haven’t actually gone too far. In fact I am looking after a 250 hectare farm, while the owner, Jim,…
I’m not sure if it is a seasonal thing, but the Barking Owls that had made the park their home for some time have been conspicuous by their absence lately. While the…