A spot of rain
It was just a spot of rain, but it freshened everything up. Last December we recorded the hottest temperature […]
Watering In
We put some fertilizer out on the arena/summer paddock yesterday, so I was very happy to get a […]
Summer Solstice Sunrise
Well almost. Today was the first time I woke up to see the sunrise at 5:10am. There was […]
Here comes Summer
Another task that heralds the start of summer is oiling the jarrah (Australian hard wood) decking that wraps […]
Christmas Colours
The Red and Green flowers on our Tall Kangaroo Paws (Anigozanthos flavidus) look very seasonal. They are living […]
The Longest Day
I wasn’t up in time to see the sunrise just after 5am, but luckily the moon hung around […]
Miracle of Nature
This seed has its own auger and spearhead! I have no idea what it is from but it […]
Smoked Mackerel Sky
Smoke from bushfires has often given us some interesting sunsets, but this time, the smoke added a salmon […]
Sort of Sunrise
The sun is coming up just after 5am as we head towards the longest day. I mostly […]
Cool Change
The Department of Parks and Wildlife are taking advantage of the cool change after the heatwave to carry […]
Stunning Sunset
This amazing sunset signalled the impending arrival of a cool change and the end of the heatwave. Today […]
Colony
If it’s not grasshoppers eating the last bits of greenery, it is something else, in this case snails. […]
Fire Break Day 2
Yesterday I graded the west and north firebreaks on the boundary, this morning I did the east and […]
Smoky Dawn
I smelt smoke when I woke in the night, but didn’t see any red glow anywhere, so was […]
Fire Break Day 1
I dragged the landscape rake round half the boundary this morning. The fire breaks have to be in […]
8.3 degrees
Our minimum temperature swung from 4 degrees above average to 4 below in 2 days. It doesn’t stay […]
Standing up against the heat
The Coral vine is hanging on in the heat to ripen it’s seed pods. When the weather is […]
Last flower of Spring
I don’t remember seeing these last year, but we have quite a few around this year in the […]
Adobe
We mixed our first batch of adobe. It is very difficult to get the mix right as you […]
Sand Form for Oven
We sculpted some damp sand into the dome for the interior of the wood fired earth oven. We […]
Resource Rich
We have a whole range of different soil types and resources on the property. In addition to the […]
Cool Max
It only got to 22 degrees today which was almost 6 degrees below the December average of 27.9 […]
Reclining Nude
This tree fell over in the storm last year, but I hadn’t seen it from this angle before. […]
First Dung Beetles
The dung beetles have appeared a bit earlier than last year probably because of the hot spell a […]
Over 900mm of rain
We had another 18mm of rain today, taking our total to the end of November to 905mm compared […]
Racing the Rain
We had cloud and rain off and on all day, and in the evening I saw this little […]
November Rains
After 2 hot and dry weeks, it was great to see the rain clouds gathering in the morning. […]
Like Peas in a Pod
The Coral Vine ((Kennedia Coccinia) flowered in August and September and has now produced its seed pods. I […]
Straw Necked Ibis
This is the first time I have seen a Straw Necked Ibis ((Threskiornis spinicollis) on the property. Back in July […]
Killer Dog
For the last few days, Shorty and Dusty have been very interested in a pile of the pallets […]
On Patrol
The guineas are worth their weight in gold for their pest management abilities. For the last few weeks […]
Cooler
It was a relief to wake to some cloud cover after a hot day. We got a sprinkling […]
Ducks and Dragonflies
It was even hotter today getting up to 34 degrees, so we took another trip to the dam […]
Hot and Humid
The cloud cover in the morning meant that it was hot and humid. It was already 30 degrees […]
Drying Off
The past week of record temperatures has dried off most of the property except for two patches of […]
50% Hotter
In the bush, there is nothing more unsettling than seeing smoke on the horizon on a very hot […]
A Simpsons Sky
We have just had a week of above average temperatures climbing to 32 Deg C today – more […]
Sunrise at 5:37
I was obviously excited about mowing the hay and was up in plenty of time to catch the […]
Like a Midwinter Day
The maximum today was a record low for October, only 14 deg C, 7 degrees below the average […]
Blue Leschenaultia
This is the first of the blue flowers to appear. It ranges in colour from a soft powder […]
Six Degrees Below
At just over 2 degrees C this morning it was 6 degrees below the average for this time […]
Solar Gate Opener Fixed
The solar powered motorised gate opener is wonderful when it works…..We installed and wired it ourselves and I […]
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