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I refuse to post a picture of the Rain Gauge photo point out of pure disgust!
Nothing is happening at all in relation to the rain…only a few meager spots here and there. When I went to take a photo I was really disheartened as it was clearly no different to the last snap!
Originally I [...]

Well it’s that time of the year again…it comes around so quickly! Time to check the fences, get the sheep in and cook like the blazes. Yes, you guessed it, it’s Crutching Time! So I must apologise in advance for the intermittent posts over the next few weeks. Of course due to [...]

Nothing exciting to report at all! It has been very cold here again this week, especially overnight and in the morning. The days have warmed up a bit with lovely clear blue skies.

No rest for the wicked! We are back into school today…a little late as we had to drop the eldest daughter off to her new boarding school over the weekend. Our children do school via School of the Air and already today we’ve learnt how to say ’shoe’ (sepatu) and ‘hat’ (topi) in [...]

Today the sky was most spectacular, a Mackerel Sky as far as the eye could see. It has long been thought that this is a good indicator of rain but we have seen a few of them lately (not as spectacular as todays) and have had not much to show for it! Fingers [...]

Well it has tried to rain again this week. Only a small amount (16pts at the Homestead) measured but enough to keep the feed alive for a few more weeks. It has been freezing in the Flinders Ranges this week, especially at night. Please remember to bring your woollies if you’re heading up [...]

Some of you may think our children miss out compared with their urban counterparts, but while we were out giving the kids a ride on the horses this morning I was reminded of how lucky our children actually are! They took me down to see the cubby they had made. Fantastic…

It has tried several times over the past week to rain but alas, nothing substantial to report – a meager 20 or so points over a few days. Better than a kick in the pants!!!
I am getting a little annoyed when I hear reports over the radio & TV that the recent rains over [...]

We have had quite a few guests at Moolooloo these holidays and we had the pleasure of joining the Farley’s from Minlaton for drinks and tea last night. Phil cooked a superb damper which we thought had enough street cred to be put on our blog! Thanks for the great night and we hope [...]

It has tried to rain today?! Poor old clouds couldn’t muster much more than light mist, I’m sure it’s forgotten how. We are desperately needing a rain to keep the feed going. It’s a bit of a battle as the frosts can kill most of this new vegetation. Not a good report [...]

Here is a photo of Milko and Peppa playing together at Keith’s parents. Not sure Fergus would be quite so friendly!

This is part of our daily routine, removing master 5’s footies from the top of the tank!

Not too much difference – little bit greener & clear sky!

Of course there is no show without Punch!
Fergus always helps out on washing day. He also likes to sit in the laundry hand basin just to keep an eye on things!

Photopoint 18/6/08
We have had a few spots of rain here today and as my husband is an ‘ideas man’ preoccupied with rain (as all good pastoralists and those in the rural industry are) he has suggested we have a section on our blog dedicated to showing those of you out there what our landscape looks [...]