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The Farmers who emigrated from English pastures to Queensland's Mary River Country
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Oops just found this blog post I wrote on the plane home from the UK. So better late than never as they say..... We’ve just taken off literally, the plane wheels have left UK soil and I was doing oh so well but then the tears broke and they just wouldn’t stop.(This time Dad I …
Yes it’s Feb and it’s hot and sweaty again! Honestly the hardest month of the year out here for weather. But who am I to moan at present about the extremes of weather, as England is in the grips of the ‘Beast from the East’. More snow than they know what to do with and …
Well It's been a crazy few months here at Gundaroo! But lets start with the good news! The surgery for my melanoma was a success! I was supposed to have a PET scan to check if my lymphs were clear but for various reasons we have decided to wait on that and the doctors are …
You thought I'd given up this blog didn't you! Nah I've just been busy recovering and to be honest I just didn't know what to write. I sat down so many times to start but just couldn't face putting my fingers to the keys. If I'm honest I didn't know what to say and had …
It seems that where ever I go, or whatever I plan, extreme weather follows me in my life. I've gone from one of the dampest countries in the world to one of extremes in every way. Brown, brown, brown.....Over the last few months we have been through a drought. The grass was dying, grey and …
"I need a break, I'm exhausted" and boy did I get one! Ironically a day after saying this, I got my break but not in the way I had expected! I was imagining a beach, a good book and to finally get on top of the never ending jobs list. But no I got a …
Everything is trying to kill you!....Well for the first few weeks at Gundaroo I jumped at everything! I even doubted the move and kept thinking why have we brought our kids to this dangerous place. They will never be able to go outside and play for goodness sake! How different from Pheasents, Robins and Squirrels. …
The journey to find our farm Gundaroo and the challenges we faced.