Farm life 2024

Sunday 16 Church in Bell this morning. Stuart preached and run Child Safe training after morning tea. I attended as a backup for Liz as she plans youth group leadership. We were late for church as we chased a calf out of the bull paddock. Dad and Robyn went to lunch at Pips n Cherries. It was about 3pm by the time I got home so I went to work on the bike. Setup gps which fitted on the bracket that came with the bike. Removed headlight and fitting LED bulbs and changed the oil and filter. Robyn then pulled the lounge apart to find the rat. We did and we relocated him permanently. Nala was a good help. Sniffing out where it was. Finish the day bringing in the washing which Robyn had got done before church. Very happy about the rat.  Monday 17 Checked LED lights last night and one was not right so I had to pull the head light assembly out again. Did that and fixed it. Put it back un this morning and washed Explorer 1 and 2 and the Honda. Put the bikes in the shed and covered them. Put...

Sunday 9 Dad's 88th Birthday. Went to church Adam preached. Ben and the kids left after we went to church. Ian came to Church. After we went to Pips n Cherries for lunch. Jenny-Lee joined us there and Chris and Trudy and Ebony did too. By the time we got home Dad was pretty beat. John Drew was ploughing and tractor broke. We towed it out of the paddock and it ran over our tractor and got tied up. It then took the rest of the afternoon to solve this problem. Bigger day than expected. Did notice more steers had come down the front so we locked gates up the back and plan to get them in tomorrow.  Monday 10 Got an early text from Dalby CC and headed in to do day 3 of relief. First day at DCC for the year. Put a hole in our cattle plans. Good day. Came home the same time Robyn went to Bible Study. Took a ride around the cattle and pumped out the septic tank and did a bit of work on my bike adjusting the suspension. Looked at the steering head no plan yet. Tuesday 11 Got cattle in this m...

Sunday 2 Dad had a bad night last night. Stomach bug. He is blaming the apricots pieces he had for tea last night. Close investigation shows the custard he had is out of date. He did not come to church as a result. Trevor preached and Alan and Peter officially welcomed us to the church as new members. Came home to lunch and some more Bathurst 12hr. After a nap we went to Kingaroy for Andrew Clausen's induction. Kingaroy has become a calling charge for duration tine since union in 1977. Testimony to God's faithfulness. Pumped water last night and today. All tanks are full now. Opened gates to allow cattle down the front plan is to see if we can get the steers back. Time will tell.  Monday 2 Bit of a drizzle day. Spent most of it in the office. Sorted email. Paid bills. Completed DCC induction training. Produced Budget and did books to the end of January. Sorted tithing too. Had a sleep. Robyn went to Bible Study and I went for a drive with Dad. Some of the escaped cattle have co...

Sunday 26 Breakfast at coffee shop then rode to Dorrigo then over to Coramba for lunch and back to Grafton. Discovery from today road from Tyringham. Except for Peter, Stuart and I the others went on a real adventure looking for Dorrigo rail tunnel No2. There was no road before they went. We went back to pub and waited for their return about two hours later.  Monday 27 No breakfast options in walking distance thus morning so we packed up and went to Maccas as our only resort. Rode from there to Kyogle where we parted ways with Zach, Craig and Stuart. Then rode over Lions Road to Aratulafor a break then winding across the country to Esk. Then up the range to past Perseverance dam to Crow's Nest Peter Swift headed to Pechey. I parted ways with Chris and Troy about Evergreen and home home through Quinalow and they went back to Dalby through Irvingdale. Great weekend and good to be home.   Tuesday 28 Shopping in Kingaroy. Worked on starting to move market cattle to front padd...