Happy Birthday Andy for
tomorrow.
The photo above is of the "museum" here on the property. It is actually historic items of equipment going back to the Cobb and Co days that Mal and Paula excavated when they started exploring a former dump on the property.
The photo above is of the "museum" here on the property. It is actually historic items of equipment going back to the Cobb and Co days that Mal and Paula excavated when they started exploring a former dump on the property.
We were going to build a bridge today but we got distracted. Instead we did a tour
of the property and visited the workers. David was cutting scrub for
his stock to eat. The stock are attracted to the sound of the
chainsaw because they know that it means food. David leases Mal and
Paula's property on which to run his cattle.
We also met Alan, a
neighbour who is temporarily running some cattle on the property. He
uses a piece of equipment slightly larger than a chainsaw to cut scrub for his
cattle.
This afternoon, we were
introduced to the crawler, a small bulldozer which is used for
clearing roads and knocking over scrub – great fun. You steer with your feet and operate
the clutch, throttle and hydraulics with your hands. We didn't do too much damage.
Tomorrow we will be helping Mal build the bridge. We looked at it today. It is a serious structure. I don't see how we will be able to add any expertise to the process but we will see.
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