G’Day Mob,
Once upon a time there was a big, beautiful Huntaway named Bo.
Once upon a time there was also a border collie named Manu and a kelpie named Wombi.
Once upon a time there was peace at Rocky Springs.
G’Day Mob,
Once upon a time there was a big, beautiful Huntaway named Bo.
Once upon a time there was also a border collie named Manu and a kelpie named Wombi.
Once upon a time there was peace at Rocky Springs.
Posted in Hound Dogs
Tagged border collie, farm dogs, farm life, huntaway, kelpie, miniature fox terrier, rural Australia
G’Day Mob,
Think of a farm and one of the images that may spring to mind is chickens and fresh eggs.
Not at Rocky Springs.
We have never kept chooks for 4 very good reasons:
Then Brian had one too many red wines. Continue reading
Posted in A Rocky Life
Tagged farm chooks, farm dogs, farm life, roosters, rural Australia
G’Day Mob,
In recent posts you have been following my quest to find a replacement horse for the farm. With the deaths of Bandit and Desley we were left with Brian’s horse Cobey as our only mode of four-legged transportation.
Then I went to the pub. Continue reading
Posted in Equines
Tagged australian stock horse, Coolatai, Farm horses, rural Australia, Wallaroo Hotel
G’Day Mob,
At the end of spring last year we had unseasonably hot weather. Then we had a mild summer before the heat came back for a last (hopefully) blast in early autumn. We chose late spring and early autumn to fence a paddock on the stock route and this last week has been a doozy. Here are 10 reasons why I am over fencing in March.
Posted in All in a Day's Work
Tagged agriculture, australian farm life, Coolatai grass, fencing in summer, rural Australia
Posted in Equines
Tagged death of a horse, eulogy for a horse, farm life, goodbye to a horse, rural Australia
G’Day Mob,
Last week’s question (Where is the Outback?) generated plenty of discussion everywhere from here on the blog to bedside at the Inverell Hospital (G’Day Helga).
Rob from Bobby Dazzler’s Blog had a concise answer saying 70% of Australia was remote and arid and therefore Outback. He even gave us an estimate of 5,000,000 square kilometres. That is the sort of committed research I like.
Shirl has seen much of Australia’s inland heart – places like Cunnamulla, the Tanami and Brewarrina – all of which would have some claim to being Outback, and Anne from Grit & Giggles thought the Outback had a lot to do with the character of a place and its people.
From overseas, Danuta described the entire country of Bolivia as Outback and Lavinia from Oregon, USA described it as anything from desert to swamp.
But the winner of the 2015 Outback calendar is: Continue reading
G’Day Mob,
Merry Storm Season
While you may be listening to carols wherever you are in this wonderful world, I am listening to rain on a tin roof – perhaps the greatest of Christmas gifts.
Posted in A Rocky Life
Tagged farm dogs, farm life, merry christmas, rural Australia, storm season
G’Day Mob,
Today I came across this photo from April this year and I am posting it as much for myself as for you.
It reminds me that although the paddocks are currently telling me otherwise, I know it will rain again.
Posted in A Rocky Life
Tagged agriculture, drought, farm life, it will rain again, rural Australia
G’Day Mob,
You’ve all been reading for a while now and getting to know the farm so I thought it was high time to take you on a Rocky Springs muster. Continue reading
Posted in All in a Day's Work
Tagged agriculture, cattle farming, cattle muster, farm life, rural Australia
G”Day Mob,
Congratulations – we’re 100!
That’s right – one hundred posts and here is a map of the world according to Rocky Springs showing all of the lands from which Rambles readers have come:
Posted in Random Ramble
Tagged 100 blog posts, blogging, cattle farming, Coolatai, rural Australia