tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20221631825110833092024-03-14T04:24:04.906-07:00From the VerandahAinsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13287738380729110203noreply@blogger.comBlogger235125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022163182511083309.post-67377196307359728732015-01-07T04:22:00.000-08:002015-01-07T04:22:53.118-08:00Christmas Highlights <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So Christmas rushed past and we've now hurtled through the first week of January. </div>
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Time to update the blog and share the highlights of our festive season. </div>
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Tess had two weeks off from her 'real' job. We absolutely relished having her home. </div>
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For the past few years, I've pulled out the tripod and instruction manual for my camera, setup the self timer and taken a 'family shot' on Christmas Eve. Certainly records the fact that the kids are growing fast.</div>
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We woke to an abundance of gifts from Santa Claus on Christmas morning and then (I'm not exactly sure why?!) opened our presents to each other in a very orderly fashion. </div>
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We enjoyed a roasted suckling pig for lunch with dear friends and of course ate way too much dessert meaning that dinner on Christmas night was a non event. </div>
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There was backyard cricket and plenty of pool time. </div>
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A typical Australian Christmas.</div>
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We ventured North for Boxing Day in Granddad's aeroplane. Certainly an efficient and comfortable way to travel a great distance quickly. </div>
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It was lovely for Mum and Dad have all their Grandchildren together on the bank of Natal Creek. We dusted off the little yellow boat and water skied until sunset. It was thrilling to watch the next generation master two skis. Andrew astonished us all. With one pull he was up and away and skiied the full length of the lagoon. Marvellous fun. After spruiking about my skiing some twenty odd years ago, I then had to put my money where my mouth was. I was thrilled to pop straight up on one ski and do a couple of laps. Absolutely exhilirating!</div>
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And then it was home again, home again, jiggety jig.</div>
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For we had to feed the little black pig!</div>
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While we spent most of our time at home over the holiday period, we donned our Sunday best and headed to "Toorilla" for a delightful lunch on New Year's Eve. We feel so blessed to have such good friends and for our children to have so many little mates. I do love how bush kids play so well with all ages, from 2 to 22. </div>
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My 'never fail' rain indicator has almost faltered the past two weeks. In the days after Christmas it blossomed heavily, normally a sure sign of an impending deluge of rain. </div>
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While the clouds have built and rumbled and we can almost smell the rain, it seems the 'proper wet season' is yet to come. Brief showers and occasional drizzle have teased us almost every day yet have hardly laid a puddle. </div>
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No wet weather interruptions have meant that we've been able to power through some cattle work while we had Tess's help. Don't think she minded one bit!</div>
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There has been plenty of riding and a few cattle rotations into fresh paddocks. We also found time out to visit Clairveiw Beach. The tide was well out, but that certainly didn't dampen the explorer's enthusiasm. Nothing like a little sand between the toes to remind us of the holiday season.</div>
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Way back at the beginning of 2008 I trundled off to the Prep Induction day with an excited little boy, a 22 month old and a 9 week old baby. Teaching via Distance Education will be easy, I had thought. I'd done it before!</div>
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Needless to say, I walked back to my car from the Prep Induction day with boxes full of materials and unit work, put the kids in their carseats and promptly burst into tears. How would I do this? I'd even, somehow, forgotten to teach this child to write his name prior to starting school. Teaching him to read and write seemed an insurmountable task. </div>
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I arrived home that evening and suggested to Rob that we needed some schoolroom furniture. The kitchen table and a little old, musty room which Tess had used years earlier, wasn't going to suffice.</div>
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We set to task with wonderful support from some dedicated teachers in Rocky and quickly made up for lost time. We immersed ourselves in Thrass, supplementary readers and paint. A great sense of comradeship quickly developed between fellow home tutors. Andrew's formal education was well under way.</div>
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While craft wasn't/isn't my strong suite, we did our best. As you can see, Dad was thrilled with his father's day tie!</div>
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I always have a reflective moment at the end of the school year. Teaching your own children is certainly not without challenges, anxiety and tears but it is definitely one of the most rewarding things I have ever done. It is truly amazing to look back at the end of the year and look at the progress. To know that you have been an integral part of a child's formal learning. </div>
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Today we competed in the first of two end of year swimming carnivals.</div>
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Four small school communities gathered today at Clarke Creek to cheer each other on.</div>
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The weather was certainly appropriate for a swimming carnival, with gallons of sunburn cream required. </div>
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Hamish, like Adelaide, swam 25m of each stroke and then a leg in the relay. He opted for the kick board in backstroke as his bottom has a tendency to sink ..... didn't stop him smiling!</div>
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Lachlan was on a mission. He certainly doesn't shy away from a challenge or a competition! Age champion achieved, he's very happy.</div>
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Keeping with the participation, 'have a go' theme of the day, at frequent intervals, the children were allowed to have a free swim in the pool. What a fantastic idea! </div>
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Socialisation in a 'bigger pool' of children is such a great thing for all these cherubs.</div>
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Little Eliza still has a few years to wait until her turn in the world of swimming carnivals. It seems like just yesterday that she was a brand new baby at this very pool on a similarly hot December day.</div>
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As the sun passed overhead and clouds began to filter in, we celebrated everyone's achievements.</div>
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Last year I wrote about <a href="http://mcarthurverandah.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/what-to-do-with-18-km-of-rusty-barbed.html" target="_blank">What to do with 18km of Rusty Barb Wire</a> and mentioned a potential Christmas tree. I do recall clearly the grimace of my husband and children as we embarked on some early evening creativity sessions!</div>
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With the aid of a welder, a pair of pliers, four steel pickets and a coil of rusty, barb wire rolled up on an old fence line, we were able to knock up this DIY Christmas Tree. </div>
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It looked great on the verandah, adorned in lights and of course oozed rugged, recycled appeal.</div>
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Now while most people on the land have borne the scratches and cursed the barbs of barb wire, I must say they make hanging decorations a breeze and can deter younger people fascinated by the baubles. </div>
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Each time I open the veggie patch gate, old mate Kookaburra swoops down from the mango tree and perches on the pitchfork handle. </div>
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He's more than happy to follow me around while snacking on earthworms. If the afternoon is young, and I have a bout on the lawn mower, he is right by my side, preying on anything insects or frogs that I might disturb. </div>
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Poincianas are loaded with blossom, just think of all those seed pods I'll be picking up next Winter!</div>
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It's been sizzling hot here this week and while we certainly don't reach the soaring temperatures on the coast that our Western counterparts endure, the sun and Northerly winds have sapped the moisture out of both the grass and us.</div>
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Rob & I have fallen in to a little rhythm of starting super early in the cool of the morn, while the kids slumber on. Has been working a treat. We come back up to the house around 6.30 to have breakfast with them and prepare for the school day. My husband has a lot of stamina, he takes a bit of keeping up with! </div>
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This past week has been about gathering up stragglers of all kinds. Bovine that is. </div>
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This past week-end we didn't have Tess to help but Adelaide stepped up. In Prep, Adelaide is writing a letter to an imaginary friend. Her opening line is "we could play drafting cows together". </div>
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It hasn't been all work and no play. Eliza celebrated her 3rd Birthday on Sunday. We let her have a sleep after lunch. She declined and settled for a story. Dad didn't turn down the offer of a nap.</div>
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My kind of Sunday starts like this. Kids still fast asleep, Rob milking the cow and me indulging in some laps in the pool. With summer like temperatures and humidity rising, swimming is a nice alternative to running every day. </div>
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After all the animals are tended to and chores completed (and the fourth load of washing hung on the line) we load horses on the truck and go out to shift some heifers and young cows into a fresh paddock. </div>
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With this particular shift of cattle, we decide that it's a little to hot and arduous job for Eliza (and of course Adelaide has a broken wing), so take advantage of our visitor from Texas. Alex, this year's Hudgins scholarship holder who's staying with us for a few days, doesn't mind driving the buggy while following the cattle along with 2 little girls and a big water bottle.</div>
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With cattle gathered together, we march them toward a fresh paddock. One child in the lead, two on the tail and Rob & I giving orders from the wing. </div>
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While in our business it really is a seven day a week job (one that we love doing, mind you!), Friday afternoon does prompt us to take a deep breath and count our blessings. I'm hoping for some time in the pool with the kids this week-end, in between a little mustering and fencing.</div>
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Also feeling grateful to have had success with our Tropical Peach Tree, organically grown mind you. The biggest pest being little hands picking fruit before it had ripened. While they're not huge fruit, the peaches are sweet and fleshy. </div>
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Peaches in late October, a taste of early summer.</div>
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We're hurtling toward the end of October and I'm well overdue for a blog update. It did enter my mind tonight that the blog is a little like a diary, entries are timely and detailed at the beginning of the year and become more sporadic as the months roll by!</div>
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We certainly haven't been idle on the ground though, with all team members pulling their weight. Rob is reaping the rewards of three growing boys out in the paddock.</div>
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Big blue skies and typical late Spring heatwave conditions have sapped some life out of the country,</div>
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although we certainly have reaped the rewards of early Spring rain and some rotational grazing.</div>
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The improved pasture certainly looks more appetising than the native grasses. I guess you call it biodiversity!</div>
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While my garden is looking a little worse for wear due to 'business', I've been surprised to find the most beautiful orchids fending for themselves in the middle of nowhere. This one, nestled in an ironbark tree was flourishing.</div>
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We were fortunate to have the company of a South African fellow last week, as he tours a few grazing business along the East Coast. Todd was equally comfortable talking strategy with Rob out in the paddock or coaching our local football team.</div>
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We joined in with the Marlborough community to participate in their, I'm hoping, inaugural Horse Sports. It was a fantastic family day, with over 70 children participating on their steeds. </div>
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With the pain now under control, she's back into her stride. Even in school she has been unperturbed, mastering a pencil in her right hand even though she is strongly left handed.</div>
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One of the most rewarding trees in our garden is the humble mulberry. It certainly isn't the most handsome tree in the orchard as its branches straggle out and now laden with fruit and large green leaves those branches almost weep to the ground.</div>
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However for all that it lacks in looks, it more than compensates with juicy purple fruit. It seems it is peak season here. The kids have been competing with a bird or two (I might add, neither seem to be missing out!) to fill a container and their belly each afternoon. </div>
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So to stop too many mulberries stockpiling on the kitchen bench, we've been adding them to whatever takes our fancy. </div>
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Mulberries on french toast with a dollop of Greek Yoghurt for breakfast.</div>
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For smoko we've indulged in mulberry muffins and a lemon and mulberry cake but of course these were both eaten before I could take a photo! I did get a snap of these little morsels though, store bought tartlets with lemon passionfruit curd, strawberries and of course a mulberry.</div>
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To make the fruit whip, we just pop the banana and berries straight in a blender (or Thermomix ;)) and blast for around a minute. And then serve ....... it's a winner!</div>
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Another mulberry twist on a traditional favourite here is stewed the mulberries with apple and then adorning a rice pudding. Once we convinced the kids that it was indeed mulberry stained apple and not beetroot, they gobbled it up.</div>
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The horses all received a little extra attention last Friday as they were prepared for the annual Clarke Creek Horse Sports.</div>
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And when the week-end is over they'll be ferried home, given an extra pat and perhaps an extra dipper of feed before returning to pasture and mustering duties. Bending races and jumping exist only between the trees and an occasional log again.</div>
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Quite suddenly and unexpectedly colic hit Andrew's little horse, Sasha.</div>
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Unfortunately the battle to save her was lost.</div>
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This little mare has taught Andrew a lot. She was honest, hardy, reliable, safe and faithful.</div>
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Sasha put her heart and soul into every task that Andrew put in front of her.</div>
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May heaven have lots of green grass for you little grey mare.</div>
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After grabbing fresh bread in Tizel, we followed the rim of Lake Pukaki to explore the village of Mt Cook and interact with the landscape at the foothills of the Southern Alps.</div>
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After much 'business' and hustling, cramming of school work and packing we boarded a plane for Queenstown last Saturday. What a magic place the 'land of the long white cloud' is to visit. </div>
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We travelled with two other very special families who we'd skied with before. Travelling together is a great way to holiday, and particularly convenient when the zippy seven seater wagon you've rented accommodates seven people but not a hope in hell of fitting in the accompanying luggage! Lucky those dear friends had families of four and were able to ferry a child or a port for us ;)</div>
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After landing in Queenstown we drove straight on to Wanaka for the night. It was here we based ourselves for four nights so that we could ski at Cardrona. All fifteen of us were very conveniently decked out in Snow Gear hired from Snopro in the comfort of our apartment. That meant we just had to drive up the mountain in the morning and hit the snow. How good is that! </div>
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The boys, who had all skied at a much younger age, picked up their form quickly. Mornings were spent in lessons and most afternoons they were able to explore the slopes with the grown ups. Naturally they led the way on those slopes by Day 3 ...... the virtues of youth!</div>
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Some more graceful, than others ......</div>
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Cardrona was truly a winter wonderland for us. We certainly felt as if we were on top of the world. The scenery was breathtaking.</div>
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Lots happening here at the minute, with an eagerly anticipated family holiday planned for the week ahead. Consequently, I only have one exercise shot to show for the last 5 days! </div>
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The above clouds developed into a showery day, delivering 12mm of welcome rain. Any rain in Spring for us is a bonus, as September is traditionally our driest month.</div>
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The sprinkler works hard here, to keep an expanse of lawn green. Those living in the bush well know, if water is ample, how a green expanse lifts spirits and helps to lay the dust. Funny how know amount of hosing can brighten things as much as moisture from the sky though.</div>
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In other photographic moments of the week, these trusty RM Williams boots that were once mine (20 odd years ago, mind you) and were then passed onto Andrew have been retired. I think they've earned it, don't you? Kind of symbolic to the longevity of the brand. What else springs to mind? I know my Dad has a <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://newageofdiscovery.landrover.com/au/home/new-age-of-discovery/video&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2_V2ts2Ic2BH_LNP6MUXN1wPN4TkA" target="_blank">Landrover</a> or two in his shed....... much loved, short wheel based, done a million miles.</div>
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Warmer days with the onset of Spring has meant a rise in cattle tick pressure on our cows. To keep production ticking along, this week we gathered some of the cows to the yard, and splashed them through the plunge dip to remove the parasites.</div>
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The cows are then returned to fresh paddocks. Following the 56mm of rain we received a few weeks back, there is fresh life in the rested paddocks. </div>
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On Monday, I decided to check a couple of water troughs on my morning run. This is the first hiccup I encountered. I grumbled a bit but was able to remedy the situation. Simply a float cover knocked over and holding down the float. Still managed to be in school by 7.30 and all was well. </div>
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Each morning I've encountered more hiccups until this morning I decided it best to skip the early morning exercise as I didn't think I could bear any more headaches. Decided to deliver molasses to the weaners instead. I was sure it would be a fun after school activity for everyone. Fresh air, headspace, some lemon picking along the creek while waiting for truck to fill and all of that .... what could possibly go wrong.</div>
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Let's just say that we are all safe and well. We've got clean clothes and are fed. The cows all have water and some have molasses to lick while others will have to wait until Rob arrives home. The truck's still up the paddock (it was easier to walk home!) and the cows have licked up most of the mess ...... I'll spare the gory details.</div>
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After my triumph of completing the 10km Rocky River Run, my fitness mentor and biggest fan ( & husband of course!) helped me set a new goal: to run the City 2 Surf in Sydney. A challenge for sure as this was not only a longer distance (14km) but also included a hill, named Heartbreak Hill .....</div>
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While I had been training along cattle pads, through barbwire fences, along corrugated gravel roads, over cattle grids and along fence lines in the lead up, my final run session before the race was in Launceston, Tasmania as I managed to fit the Federal ICPA conference in my itinerary.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">For 14km we ran with the masses. The crowd hardly thinned at all. Music played on most street corners, people cheered from their balconies and front gardens. Water points were swamped and any toilet enroute seemed to have a line of at least 20 desperate looking runners. Heartbreak hill was long and arduous and while this is what I'd expected I wasn't well prepared for all the other little hills.</span></div>
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And have adopted various cowboy roles in their little games.</div>
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With the grass now frosted and the golden winter light dancing across the paddocks, we're all imagining that we live in the deep West rather than the coast of Central Queensland.</div>
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They've added together their piggy banks and have established a budget. If Dad shouts the gate entry, they can afford one Wild West bag and have change for a $2 Bertie Beetle bag which, in Lachlan's words, will keep the girls happy!</div>
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I also know that whether you're child attends a small school or you travel hundreds of kilometres each week to reach a bigger school or your child is attending boarding school because they have no other option or you live in town during the week so kids can attend a school while Dad keeps the home fires burning or whatever the situation may be, educational opportunities in rural and remote areas are well supported by the <a href="http://www.icpa.com.au/" target="_blank">Isolated Childrens' Parents Association (ICPA)</a></div>
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I could tell you how these robust, juicy, large lemons had been harvested from our well cared for, fertilised, irrigated and mulched Meyer Lemon tree or I could just be honest and tell you they're coming off a bush lemon tree happily growing wildly amongst the lantana on a creek flat in the middle of a paddock just recently grazed by 600 odd weaners ..... who'd know!</div>
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<i>Cream butter and icing sugar in mixing bowl. Gradually work in flour and custard powder. Press into greased lamington tin and bake in moderate oven for 15 minutes. Mix condensed milk , lemon juice and egg yolks. Spread on top of pastry base. Whisk egg whites until stiff, gradually beat in the sugar and fold in coconut. Spread meringue mixture over top of filling and bake in moderate oven for further 15 minutes. When cold, cut into squares or fingers.</i></div>
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An icy start yesterday morning for Rob & four keen Junior Beef participants as they set off for Rocky before daylight. Obviously not as cold or frosty as our counterparts further west or south but it's all relative! Temperatures had plummeted from our balmy 15 degree mornings we had become accustomed to.</div>
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Eliza and I are tending to the animals and catching up on a little end of financial year business for a few days while Rob oversees the beef show shenanigans. It's certainly quiet with four little ones away. The dishwasher and washing machine are in shock and after cooking risotto for eight last night, it seems I have plenty of leftovers ....</div>
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Imagine travelling 7 hours to attend a school's inter house athletics carnival? Many families gathering in Rockhampton today for the CSDE Sports day, did just that. </div>
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While we didn't have to journey that far to attend, a 4.30am start was still required so that we could present for the 7.45am march past. The opportunity to see their friends and teachers mixed with a bit of team spirit was enough to motivate young bodies out of their snuggly beds in this house. </div>
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A cappuccino for me on hitting town was enough to keep me smiling as we launched into the field events. One of the disadvantages of Distance Education is the sparse opportunities to be exposed to sporting techniques and training. Take long jump for example, quite often a prep or Year 1 child's first exposure to such an event is watching the kid in front of you on the day. </div>
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It really is a great family day out. The efforts of so many people to bring a school community as spread out and diverse as our's certainly doesn't go unnoticed. And they do it all for the kids!</div>
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We're embracing the eventual arrival of wintery conditions. Clear blue skies and crispy mornings with sneaky breezes have meant doonas are on beds and socks are on our feet. </div>
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School has adjourned to the verandah when we start at 7.30. The sun then quickly chases any winter chills away. I have been known to nod off on a few occasions this week, while listening to a Prep or Year 1 child read, decipher new words and reflect on a rather bland story from a Supplementary reader. It's the warmth of the sun, I'm sure.......</div>
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The morning runs have continued with Rob now joining in with the fun. While I'm like a tortoise he seems to have the hare gene. We've set our goal on the 14km City to Surf in Sydney mid August. Nothing like a challenge to keep the motivation high!</div>
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Andrew has embraced Junior Beef preparation again. He has selected and broken this weaner steer to lead all by himself. </div>
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Lachlan has chosen a steer as well .... his is a little less willing.</div>
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Adelaide still hasn't lost her enthusiasm for riding .... today we trotted out to shift a few rogue cows from the wrong paddock. She chatted all the way.</div>
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We've school sports on Friday .... there's been very little training apart from an occasional ballgame contest and a high jump over the garden hose tied between two trees. Lots of loom banding happening in team colours though ..... house spirit is alive and well.</div>
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Other than that, I'm continually amazed by the beauty of the landscape and the glorious skies and lament the fact that it is only the iPhone in my pocket rather than the DSLR.</div>
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And that my friends, is a mid week update.</div>
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