We've got a brand new combine harvester
Well, we arrived at the farm on Friday to find that they had no idea we were coming. We thought a 2 hour drive and a tank of fuel was going to be wasted but it's turned out fine. We were given a quick look around the accommodation and there was an empty room for us. On our first day, most of the staff were busy fighting a bush-fire that had got seriously out of control so they told us to relax, have a look round and settle in. We did just that. We might have relaxed more if it weren't for the crackling of fire just a few hundred metres away.
We're staying on the farm itself and it was a great relief to find some nice people, decent accommodation including a room that isn't a van, cable telly, free broadband and wonderful other forgotten luxuries like a settee and a fridge freezer!
What's even better is that we get it all for working here, so we're not paying anything for rent.
The farm is huge, covering several thousand acres, and just a few metres from the house is a big billabong, which translated means a big water hole. There won't be much swimming however, as that part of the farm belongs to about 20 crocodiles. The farm is also home to kangaroos (naturally), hundreds of cane toads, billions of flies and ants, and some of the most poisonous snakes in the world (we haven't seen any of those yet though...)!
Our job's are basically to help out around the farm. There aren't a lot of people here so we'll be doing different things all the time. We also get to drive round in Gator's, which are like 4WD go-karts. It's great fun!
The only major downside to this place so far is that the nearest shop is almost 100 miles away, in what is possibly the best named town in the world: Humpty Doo.
Right, time to bring the photos up to date (from the east coast of Queensland to the Northern Territory). I hope you all know that you can click on any of our photos for a big version!
Rock Wallaby on the hill overlooking Charter's Towers:
We saw hours and hours of this view:
They filmed Crocodile Dundee here:
One of the caravan parks on our trip had an inexplicably large number of peacocks wandering round:
The last stop before the border, Camooweal. We just caught the end of a chariot race (with people instead of horses):
The Devil's Marbles - more interesting than they look on this photo:
...see:
Funny where you can get Charlotte to go when she hasn't got her glasses on to read the sign:
(not really of course, they were only harmless Freshwater Crocs and there's a 10 foot drop before the water)
The natural, 34° thermal pool at Mataranka... mmmmm...
Our last night in Darwin was spent at the Mindil sunset markets. It's all craft and asian food. It's very nice:
The farm, and a bit of a fire in the background:
Our new wheels:
The billabong:
We're staying on the farm itself and it was a great relief to find some nice people, decent accommodation including a room that isn't a van, cable telly, free broadband and wonderful other forgotten luxuries like a settee and a fridge freezer!
What's even better is that we get it all for working here, so we're not paying anything for rent.
The farm is huge, covering several thousand acres, and just a few metres from the house is a big billabong, which translated means a big water hole. There won't be much swimming however, as that part of the farm belongs to about 20 crocodiles. The farm is also home to kangaroos (naturally), hundreds of cane toads, billions of flies and ants, and some of the most poisonous snakes in the world (we haven't seen any of those yet though...)!
Our job's are basically to help out around the farm. There aren't a lot of people here so we'll be doing different things all the time. We also get to drive round in Gator's, which are like 4WD go-karts. It's great fun!
The only major downside to this place so far is that the nearest shop is almost 100 miles away, in what is possibly the best named town in the world: Humpty Doo.
Right, time to bring the photos up to date (from the east coast of Queensland to the Northern Territory). I hope you all know that you can click on any of our photos for a big version!
Rock Wallaby on the hill overlooking Charter's Towers:
We saw hours and hours of this view:
They filmed Crocodile Dundee here:
One of the caravan parks on our trip had an inexplicably large number of peacocks wandering round:
The last stop before the border, Camooweal. We just caught the end of a chariot race (with people instead of horses):
The Devil's Marbles - more interesting than they look on this photo:
...see:
Funny where you can get Charlotte to go when she hasn't got her glasses on to read the sign:
(not really of course, they were only harmless Freshwater Crocs and there's a 10 foot drop before the water)
The natural, 34° thermal pool at Mataranka... mmmmm...
Our last night in Darwin was spent at the Mindil sunset markets. It's all craft and asian food. It's very nice:
The farm, and a bit of a fire in the background:
Our new wheels:
The billabong:
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