"Oz Fest #9" – Canberra Australia - Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-27, 2012
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OK ..... the Caravan Rolls On To Perth .........................
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While the caravan rolls onweard ...
Thanks to all who helped oganise this including (but not limited to) the special efforts of *A Flyer, SQ421 for picking us up from the airport (still owe you that drink ...) and the "Fredds" for the use of the "Presidential Suite" on Saturday night
Old Friends and new Friends all, hope to catch up with you in Perth next year, if not sooner.
Thanks to all who helped oganise this including (but not limited to) the special efforts of *A Flyer, SQ421 for picking us up from the airport (still owe you that drink ...) and the "Fredds" for the use of the "Presidential Suite" on Saturday night
Old Friends and new Friends all, hope to catch up with you in Perth next year, if not sooner.
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You need pointy ears and a waggy tail to qualify as a sheep herder nowadays, I thought?
Or a 4 wheel drive (SUV). I've done that and it's, well, interesting, rounding up a mob of 2,000 sheep in a massive paddock while bouncing over rocks and trees and trying to not scrape off the sheep farmer who's hanging on outside the passenger door.
Alas, the family sheep/wheat station in WA is no more, or I'd add a trip there to the OzFest 10 agenda.
Audrey
Or a 4 wheel drive (SUV). I've done that and it's, well, interesting, rounding up a mob of 2,000 sheep in a massive paddock while bouncing over rocks and trees and trying to not scrape off the sheep farmer who's hanging on outside the passenger door.
Alas, the family sheep/wheat station in WA is no more, or I'd add a trip there to the OzFest 10 agenda.
Audrey
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PS: This is the paddock in question - and of course the sheep got into the trees!
https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Co...ralia&t=h&z=15
The original farmhouse: https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Co...ralia&t=h&z=19
You can see all the trees that have been planted to combat salinity - all the lakes you see in the area are salt lakes. Bore water here is saltier than seawater. My cousin was one of the first to experiment with planting trees to combat salinity - those trees in the paddock to the right of the farmhouse were planted in the 1970s and were very successful.
Audrey
https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Co...ralia&t=h&z=15
The original farmhouse: https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Co...ralia&t=h&z=19
You can see all the trees that have been planted to combat salinity - all the lakes you see in the area are salt lakes. Bore water here is saltier than seawater. My cousin was one of the first to experiment with planting trees to combat salinity - those trees in the paddock to the right of the farmhouse were planted in the 1970s and were very successful.
Audrey