it's not all work on the property

1:31 PM 2012, MTB, rafting, recreation No Comments

We get away often but being as aware as we can of just burning fuel , we keep most of our stuff as local as we can.  I thought it might be nice to give a idea of what you can do and how much you can enjoy what I call micro travel. Rafting We have a magnificent white water kayaking facility a couple km's down the road, we can even ride to it on our pushbikes with our packrafts ! They're wonderful like that Packrafts, break down paddle and that's all she said ! You can pack everything down...

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bountiful garden

12:16 PM No Comments

The garden has been going "gangbusters" during Spring and Summer.  We've had enough rain to hardly have to water at all, a little loving attention from Toni and we've been rewarded with a bountiful harvest.  As they say pictures are worth a thousand words, and plenty of previous pictures have shown that but the garden doesn't stop, so here's a few more ! All the fixin's for Gaspaticho ! Tomato Sauce, garden produce and home made bread Lunch Some of the beetroot has been pickled,...

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around and about

3:10 PM No Comments

One of the great things about living in the bush is having so many gorgeous photo opportunities.  With that in mind  I  was out in the frogpond the other day, gumboots, camera and tripod, trying to take a decent picture of a lily flower. Lily Lily Hopefully with more practice, comes a better photo. The butterflies are everywhere at this time of the year, the netted orchard is full of Orchard Swallowtails, and Monarchs (an introduced butterfly)...

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Breakfast

9:28 AM No Comments

I was about to have breakfast this morning when it struck me "this is what it's about"  I looked at my plate, eggs from the chooks yesterday, spring onions from the garden this morning, similarly a side of cherry tomatoes from the garden.  The idea is not to be self sufficient, which is virtually impossible (who grows and mills there own rice, flour, sugar, salt etc etc)  to do in your own garden but to reduce the amount you rely on from Supermarkets and others,...

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