We started out the same as everyone else- getting qualifications, and jobs…a partner…getting married- because that is what you did then…..having a family and making a home. Graham trained as …
Australia to Qatar
Seven months had flown by, and we were back in our poor car, damaged by a kangaroo on our drive into the Outback, and heading back to civilization. The …
Another adventure begins!
We have been in one spot for over seven months and are starting to grow roots, so it is definitely time to move on and see some more of the …
Warning- Horror in the Sheep-shed!
Seriously- images below may not be pleasant to look at! My last post was about Woolsheds, and while searching for photos about sheep and shearing, I came across pictures taken …
Pondering on Woolsheds
There is a Woolshed here on Quanbun Downs station. Since the sheep left in the early 1970s, it hasn’t been used for shearing for many years, but just looking at …
Adventures- Drama
Adventures- Dramas! We are having a drama this week. Something that has never happened to us before. We have lived in the Outback and in isolated places on other occasions …
Living in The Outback
Since we have the pleasure of living in the gracious homestead of the station at Quanbun Downs, and we have also had the pleasure of working in other stations through …
Staying ‘Clean and Green’
I just saw a video on Facebook that made me totally ashamed to be a human. It was about 1080 drops in New Zealand and the horror that animals are …
Pet Sitting- continued…..
Time never stops and soon we were leaving Reading and catching a flight north to Scotland, where we caught a bus south again into Border country. Ettrick is a charming …
Pet Sitting Diary
Try house and pet sitting yourself here We had done several pet-sits in New Zealand, but it hadn’t crossed our mind to use this as a travel intervention until we …