Quirindi

Nic with Tom (the world's most impratical farm dog)

Getting ready for our campfire dinner

Nic about to help herd the cows!

One of many nice dinners!

David preparing to kayak

After bidding farewell to Sydney we headed to a farm in a small place called Quirindi. Five hours on the train and there we were, sat around the table eating home-made biscuits in the middle of nowhere!

The farm was fantastic! Peter and Lynda, our hosts were very welcoming and over the next few days we met some great people and took full advantage of Lynda's delicious cooking and the surrounding countryside! We mucked in with the farm jobs too; milking the cow for the breakfast milk, fixing water pipes, feeding the animals, helping pump the water from the creek to the tanks and also rabbit hunting! This was great fun, riding through the fields in a open topped 4WD whilst standing up holding a super strong headlamp looking for rabbits, once spotted, Diesel - a beefy looking dog was ordered to jump off the 4WD and chase! We were close but unfortunately didn't catch anything......

We got a feel of 'real' Australia in the countryside. The farm was completely self sufficient, electricity was collected from solar panels and stored, rain water was collected and saved. Whilst staying on the farm Lynda and Peter took us out for the day. We took a picnic and some kayaks and headed out to a lake. We kayaked and David even went for a dip. It was just then that the red back spider was found! He'd made himself quite at home in one of the kayaks (not the one we used - phew!) At least we've seen one up close and know what to look out for!!!!