New Shed

Being built on the ground

On the pad Dale graded a couple of weeks ago at Males, the shed was made on site by contractors then erected by 2 Cranes yesterday. One Crane came from Esperance the other from Albany. The shed is 42 x 21 x 7 metres. It was very impressive to see how it all came about. It worked out the guys had to change paddocks at the time it was
going to be erected,so they
stopped to watch.

The crane from Albany setting up

Now just bolt it down

Dale, Wayne, Mark, Gary & Mads

Seeding

Seeding At Males

Since the rain, the guys have been seeding 24/7. They have finished seeding at Mark & Liv's and Wayne & Chris's farms, their seeding between Gary & Karina's and Males now. Dale is driving the Case 440, sharing with Jan, this year towing a Simplicity Seeder with a 62 foot Flexi Coil Bar. This year both the seeders are the same. The 440 is the one on the right in the photo. Before the guys can seed, either Wayne or Marco go around spraying the weeds to kill them, the spray unit is 120 foot wide.

Spraying the Weeds

The Rains Came

The Rains Came

Monday of this week we got 5ml at all the farms except Mark & Liv's. The guys finished seeding the Canola down at Mungi yesterday morning then moved the gear to Wayne & Chris's. On the way it started raining so the guys spend the afternoon doing maintenance on the seeders & tractors. The rain kept up most of the night, all the farms got some, at Wayne & Chris's we got 25 ml. We didn't do any seeding today but we will get back into it tomorrow.


Seeding at Mungi



                                       A DAY FISHING

Tuesday the day before Anzac Day, Wayne & Dale spend the day fishing on a boat that Landmark had hired for the day. They were out on the water for 9 hours, Dale got a little green, but still enjoyed the day, between all the guys that went, they got 35 fish, the main one was Red Snapper, Wayne caught a Octopus.

Sunday 22rd Aril, 2012

During this week Dale's been making a pad at Males for a new shed, he's been carting gravel from Gary's farm then spreading & grading it, the shed is going to be 40 x 20 metres with a 20 foot awning. The other guys have been doing maintance on machinery.

April 15th, 2012

G'day all, hope you all had a great Easter, we stayed at the farm & looked after the dogs as everyone else went away & we planed to have a quiet one. It turn out to be extra quiet as we had no phone range.

Out with the Old Seeder

The Monday before Easter 3 Danish Guys, Liam, Jan & Mads arrived to work for the seeding. Wayne & Dale took the old seeder to Esperance & picked up a new one, so this season both the seeders will be the same (62 foot wide). This week the crew seeded some Vetch at Mark's for sheep feed & some Lupins & Canola at Stanbray.
We have today off and the bosses have decided to stop the seeding until we get some rain.

Wool Classing Day

Mark arranged a wool Classing Day at Males for the local sheep breeders to attend. They had 3 shearers working & a Wool Classer. The day is held for the breeders to compare their wool & to make sure their doing things right to get the best quality wool.

March 25th, 2012

On Monday we had 45ml of rain, first bit for awhile, not like the rest of Australia.
On Wednesday Dale had to take some grain down to the farm at Mungi to fill up the feeders for the sheep, I went for a ride with him.

An update at Last

Sorry its been a while since I updated the blog, we have had computer problems, its all fixed now.
After our weekend in Sydney we flew back to Perth picked up the cruiser, everything was OK after the radiator was fixed, thanks Trent.
We drove back to Esperance to see Lyn & Darral Black, friends from Rocky, they have been touring for the last twelve months. It was great catching up & hearing about their adventures.

Stacking the Bales

BACK  INTO  WORK
Since being back at work, Dale has been carting super & spreading it on the pastures, moving sheep between the farms. While we were over east the boss had the Pea Straw baled & this week Dale & Wayne  have been carting it in. I have been driving the school bus a couple of days each week.
The last two weekends we have gone to the Beach, the first weekend we got some fish, but last weekend we had a great day enjoying the sunshine.