Bugger

There was a little mishap yesterday while loading out of one of the White bulka bags in the Paddock, they hold about 300 tonnes, Dale was loading with his second load when it just split opened, Bugger, which meant he & some of the other guys had to shovel the grain into the hopper to load the truck, it got to 37 degrees, Dale enjoyed a beer when he got home & he didn't need any rocking to get to sleep.

December 30, 2011

We are back at work at Cascade trying to finish the harvest, in our last blog I said it was on hold because of rain, they got back into the harvest the week leading up to Christmas but it was slow going. This week we have had sunshine with quiet hot days but its still slow going, the rain caused a bit of damage to the crops also it made all the weeds grow, so we had one tractor working 24 hrs a day spraying to try & get on top of the weeds.

Both the headers & Spray Unit have been having a little problem with some water in places.

The Spray Unit

G'day Everyone

G'day everyone, we hope all our friends & family had a Merry Christmas, we had a quiet but nice one.

We gave Jeff a very good send off, at the funeral we caught up with alot of friends & family, some we haven't seen for quiet a while, we hope it wont be as long before we catch up again & we see them for a happy occasion next time.

Emma & friends at the Park

While we were over east it was our granddaugther Emma's 5th birthday, she had party on Sunday morning at the local party with her friends & we attended, which was a bonus from our visit over east.

Brad, Dale & Ty

Emma  & Hannah

R.I.P. Jeff

Dale's brother Jeff lost his battle with Pancreatic Cancer on Saturday 4 weeks short of his 60th Birthday.We will be over east for the next little while.

December 8th, 2011

Everything has been put on hold with the harvest as we have had 47 ml over the last 2 days.

Phill & Shell came for a visit

Farmer Phill

Friends Phill & Shell Todd from Rockhampton came for a visit the last week of November. They both really enjoyed seeing how everything works on the farms during harvest. The Walters gave Dale & myself a day off to show Phill & Shell the sites of Esperance.

More Interruptions



We had 2 weeks of harvesting without interruptions. Finished the Wheat & Barley at Mark & Liv's and Wayne & Chris's properties then moved to Gary & Karina's and Male's properties, that's when we had more interruptions. One day there was a harvest band put on the area as the temperature got above 38 degree. Then Wayne's truck had to have new clutch fitted. As we where down one truck day for a few days the headers kept going and the grain was put into storage bags and will be delivered to the Silos later. Then we had 3 days of cold weather which made the crops tough to harvest.

Filling a Storage Bag