Moved today to another town.

[billb]

Chilli,
Happy to hear that you are doing good in your new home.Its really amazing that we can be in different days of the week and different seasons.
Temps will be in the eighties F this week.We started a vegetable garden with tomato..green beans..cucumbers..peppers and garlic and so far so good..
In early Winter over here the days are short and dark by 4 to 4:30.We did not have a lot of snow either.
The deer population is way down as there are several viruses that are affecting them causing them to die also.
Please stay safe and take care
Cheers

 

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[Chilli]

Chilli,
Happy to hear that you are doing good in your new home.Its really amazing that we can be in different days of the week and different seasons.
Temps will be in the eighties F this week.We started a vegetable garden with tomato..green beans..cucumbers..peppers and garlic and so far so good..
In early Winter over here the days are short and dark by 4 to 4:30.We did not have a lot of snow either.
The deer population is way down as there are several viruses that are affecting them causing them to die also.
Please stay safe and take care
Cheers

Wow really the deer are dying off! I vaguely remember several months ago hearing about some deer virus. Lovely animals. Here there was around 30 yrs ago a boom on deer farms. It was the in thing to do. The bubble eventually burst as too many got into it. Most were imported from New Zealand.
When it did burst many had deer that cost more to keep and raise than they got money for. So huge amounts cut their losses and just let them go into the bush. I have seen deer here where we are dead on the roadside hit by trucks and id guess very unfortunate car drivers. Personally iv only ever seen 2 in the bush but they reckon there are a number about.

 

[pepperj]

When we did our trip there we got off the roads by dark as hte station wagon didn't have a Rook bar on it. Once we got a little spooked in a National Park campsite (bunch of rowdy bikers decided to party) So we picked and moved att night to a small town private pitch.
The Mrs was right nervous driving at night, so I got right behind a road train. I said whet ever comes out from all those dual tires will be hamburger anyways.

Car didn't have air, so it was a roll up-close vent went coming up on a roadkill. Between the the pigs/roos I still don't know which one held the highest stench.

Have a picture slide in storage of petting the Joey, and another of sparring/boxing with a teenager.
Thinking now it was a silly thing to do, as it could of kicked the living crap out of me right quick.

 

[Chilli]

When we did our trip there we got off the roads by dark as hte station wagon didn't have a Rook bar on it. Once we got a little spooked in a National Park campsite (bunch of rowdy bikers decided to party) So we picked and moved att night to a small town private pitch.
The Mrs was right nervous driving at night, so I got right behind a road train. I said whet ever comes out from all those dual tires will be hamburger anyways.

Car didn't have air, so it was a roll up-close vent went coming up on a roadkill. Between the the pigs/roos I still don't know which one held the highest stench.

Have a picture slide in storage of petting the Joey, and another of sparring/boxing with a teenager.
Thinking now it was a silly thing to do, as it could of kicked the living crap out of me right quick.

Those road trains mate, big aren't they.
Back in the early 2000s I lived in Yeppoon Qld for a couple of yrs. At the time I did some stuff for Minelab. They employed me to do training days at a place well known for gold in Clermont. It was right now at a rough guess a 1200 kilometre round trip from where we lived. They payed for the travel, accommodation and all. I loved doing it. But damn the roadtrains! It was a crazy drive at times. There was sections of the highway where you could not pull over for at times 50 plus kilometres or more. The very sides of the roads were drop offs. Id have hated to get a flat tire on them and used to dread it. One trip back I got stuck behind a big 3 trail roady. It was loaded with cattle. Just as I hit that section another closed in behind me. I was stuck between the two. If I hadn't had the one behind id have backed right off from the front one. Why? My car was getting covered in cow piss and poo from the front one flying off of it. I was hitting the wipers all the time, was hot, had no air con in my old Ford so windows up. I was trapped. It was disgusting!😒 But funny looking back on it. 😅
The old Ford id had done up though, straight 6 but done up. The first chance I got I hammered it and roared past it. Man that felt good 😂
Roos can be mongrels at times. I used to hunt them for dog food. Once my dog, a bull terrier cross coolie, tough thing and loved hunting, chased one into a creek in a deep pool. He went in after it. The roo went deep enough to still stand. As my dog Jake went at him, a big 6 footer, the roo kept trying to grab his head and drown him. They do that. Jakes head went under several times, im yelling "Jake, Jake, back, get back". He finally listened and came out. Many dogs have been lost that way. Clever things those big bucks. A big one like that can disembowel a person rearing back on the tail and slashing with the hind, big feet. They dont go out of their way to attack usually, but you hear of it a few times a year. Usually they are big old Rogue roos. I dont fear them but do respect what they are capable of. Saw easy 40 plus today driving home. Very common where we are.

 

[billb]

Those road trains mate, big aren't they.
Back in the early 2000s I lived in Yeppoon Qld for a couple of yrs. At the time I did some stuff for Minelab. They employed me to do training days at a place well known for gold in Clermont. It was right now at a rough guess a 1200 kilometre round trip from where we lived. They payed for the travel, accommodation and all. I loved doing it. But damn the roadtrains! It was a crazy drive at times. There was sections of the highway where you could not pull over for at times 50 plus kilometres or more. The very sides of the roads were drop offs. Id have hated to get a flat tire on them and used to dread it. One trip back I got stuck behind a big 3 trail roady. It was loaded with cattle. Just as I hit that section another closed in behind me. I was stuck between the two. If I hadn't had the one behind id have backed right off from the front one. Why? My car was getting covered in cow piss and poo from the front one flying off of it. I was hitting the wipers all the time, was hot, had no air con in my old Ford so windows up. I was trapped. It was disgusting!😒 But funny looking back on it. 😅
The old Ford id had done up though, straight 6 but done up. The first chance I got I hammered it and roared past it. Man that felt good 😂
Roos can be mongrels at times. I used to hunt them for dog food. Once my dog, a bull terrier cross coolie, tough thing and loved hunting, chased one into a creek in a deep pool. He went in after it. The roo went deep enough to still stand. As my dog Jake went at him, a big 6 footer, the roo kept trying to grab his head and drown him. They do that. Jakes head went under several times, im yelling "Jake, Jake, back, get back". He finally listened and came out. Many dogs have been lost that way. Clever things those big bucks. A big one like that can disembowel a person rearing back on the tail and slashing with the hind, big feet. They dont go out of their way to attack usually, but you hear of it a few times a year. Usually they are big old Rogue roos. I dont fear them but do respect what they are capable of. Saw easy 40 plus today driving home. Very common where we are.

Chilli
Outstanding and Thank You for the nice videos.
Those big bucks are very powerful and I never knew how fast they can hop
Several years ago the expensive game farms that raised trophy deer with big horns could not afford to feed their animals when the wealthy hunters stopped going there so they started to chop up the dead deer and add it to their food.
This started a virus CWD in the deer there and after a storm that broke a fence some deer escaped and now the virus is across the country and now there’s other virus that are causing damage also.
I enjoy learning all the fascinating things about your area and take care
Cheers

 

[Chilli]

Chilli
Outstanding and Thank You for the nice videos.
Those big bucks are very powerful and I never knew how fast they can hop
Several years ago the expensive game farms that raised trophy deer with big horns could not afford to feed their animals when the wealthy hunters stopped going there so they started to chop up the dead deer and add it to their food.
This started a virus CWD in the deer there and after a storm that broke a fence some deer escaped and now the virus is across the country and now there’s other virus that are causing damage also.
I enjoy learning all the fascinating things about your area and take care
Cheers

Bummer about that virus with them. Have not heard of it here though saw a report of it in other countries. Also saw a Bee virus in other countries! They are on high alert here for that too.
Good day here today. Found out an old guy I knew from years ago had moved here in our little town. Went and visited him. Was a great catch up.
He had been looking for gold easy 20 yrs before me. So him, he started well over 50 yrs ago. Tough old nut still going strong. Was a great day. Im gonna take him out when the weather dries a bit. Mate its rained 6 days of every week in central Vic where I am for a month! We have just been here a bit over 2 weeks but the ground is saturated! Guarantee, every other pick hit will be covered in heavy mud. Not fun in heavy saturated clay unless your the Incredible Hulk. 😁
Happy to wait till it dries a bit.
Was out back just before, 9.45 pm full dark. Like doing it where we are, see some bats, rabbits and just hear frogs. The odd grain train but they roll on by nicely.
Cheers mate 👍

 

[pepperj]

Bummer about that virus with them. Have not heard of it here though saw a report of it in other countries. Also saw a Bee virus in other countries! They are on high alert here for that too.
Good day here today. Found out an old guy I knew from years ago had moved here in our little town. Went and visited him. Was a great catch up.
He had been looking for gold easy 20 yrs before me. So him, he started well over 50 yrs ago. Tough old nut still going strong. Was a great day. Im gonna take him out when the weather dries a bit. Mate its rained 6 days of every week in central Vic where I am for a month! We have just been here a bit over 2 weeks but the ground is saturated! Guarantee, every other pick hit will be covered in heavy mud. Not fun in heavy saturated clay unless your the Incredible Hulk. 😁
Happy to wait till it dries a bit.
Was out back just before, 9.45 pm full dark. Like doing it where we are, see some bats, rabbits and just hear frogs. The odd grain train but they roll on by nicely.
Cheers mate 👍

Great to hear that you met up with an old tough nut hunter from years gone bye.
Hope you both can get out to dig a nugget or 2 in the near future.

With all that rain it will be green at least.
I never rained one drop in 2 months while we were there, till a day before our departure from Darwin.
Didn't know rain could come down so straight and heavy.

 

[billb]

Bummer about that virus with them. Have not heard of it here though saw a report of it in other countries. Also saw a Bee virus in other countries! They are on high alert here for that too.
Good day here today. Found out an old guy I knew from years ago had moved here in our little town. Went and visited him. Was a great catch up.
He had been looking for gold easy 20 yrs before me. So him, he started well over 50 yrs ago. Tough old nut still going strong. Was a great day. Im gonna take him out when the weather dries a bit. Mate its rained 6 days of every week in central Vic where I am for a month! We have just been here a bit over 2 weeks but the ground is saturated! Guarantee, every other pick hit will be covered in heavy mud. Not fun in heavy saturated clay unless your the Incredible Hulk. 😁
Happy to wait till it dries a bit.
Was out back just before, 9.45 pm full dark. Like doing it where we are, see some bats, rabbits and just hear frogs. The odd grain train but they roll on by nicely.
Cheers mate 👍

Glad to hear that you met up with a old friend..A couple of months ago I met a childhood friend that we haven’t crossed paths in many many years.
He has a immune disease from a tick virus
and is not doing good.
There’s a new Poswason tick virus I’m not sure of the spelling that’s starting to spread here.
It’s been rumored that ticks were made in a lab off Lyme Connecticut where the first case was found
Are there ticks in your area also.
It’s sad that I have to wear winter boots..jacket etc.just to go in the garden
Here’s a couple pictures of the garden with four rows of green beans and tomatoes
Cheers Mate

 

[Chilli]

Glad to hear that you met up with a old friend..A couple of months ago I met a childhood friend that we haven’t crossed paths in many many years.
He has a immune disease from a tick virus
and is not doing good.
There’s a new Poswason tick virus I’m not sure of the spelling that’s starting to spread here.
It’s been rumored that ticks were made in a lab off Lyme Connecticut where the first case was found
Are there ticks in your area also.
It’s sad that I have to wear winter boots..jacket etc.just to go in the garden
Here’s a couple pictures of the garden with four rows of green beans and tomatoes
Cheers Mate

That looks great. Lavender as border plants. We have here planted by the owners Worm Wood. They are supposed to be good for repelling mosquitoes and other pest insects. I heard lavender was good as a companion plant too in gardens.
Yes we get ticks here spreading Lyme's Disease. It used to be decades ago further north states, like north NSW and QLD. But it is getting to here in Victoria too. Health officials say "no, no, no lymes here". But it is and proven.
I know personally some who got it and have never left the State of Victoria. So how did they catch it!? Its here. Too are many mosquito spread ones like Malaria, Ross River virus and Japanese Encephalitis.
We wear full sleeves, and hats, and spray them. So minimum on the skin.
They stay away. Is a very very wet Winter here right now. Wetter than usual.
Our area was utter full on goldfields. Meaning there are hundreds of thousands of old digger depressions left over from their holes with water in them for easy a hundred ks in any direction. All filling with mosquito larvae.
We are stocked up with spray!
Last yr was bad, we expect this spring and summer season to be nuts.

 

[billb]

That looks great. Lavender as border plants. We have here planted by the owners Worm Wood. They are supposed to be good for repelling mosquitoes and other pest insects. I heard lavender was good as a companion plant too in gardens.
Yes we get ticks here spreading Lyme's Disease. It used to be decades ago further north states, like north NSW and QLD. But it is getting to here in Victoria too. Health officials say "no, no, no lymes here". But it is and proven.
I know personally some who got it and have never left the State of Victoria. So how did they catch it!? Its here. Too are many mosquito spread ones like Malaria, Ross River virus and Japanese Encephalitis.
We wear full sleeves, and hats, and spray them. So minimum on the skin.
They stay away. Is a very very wet Winter here right now. Wetter than usual.
Our area was utter full on goldfields. Meaning there are hundreds of thousands of old digger depressions left over from their holes with water in them for easy a hundred ks in any direction. All filling with mosquito larvae.
We are stocked up with spray!
Last yr was bad, we expect this spring and summer season to be nuts.

Thank you for your reply..A good spray is Permithen not sure of the spelling for clothing not so much for the skin.
I’ve tried Lavender but it’s sporadic it does well in certain areas not others .
The purple borders are Walker’s Low catmint it spreads no nicely and no maintenance and trim in the fall and comes back next Spring.
Our Summer Solstice starts June 21 the first day of summer and it’s the longest day.
Then every day the days start to get shorter .The animals and birds can notice the shorter days and the buck deer will start to remove the velvet from their horns and the birds will start their migration South
Here’s picture of walkers low
Cheers Mate

 

[Gare]

Good luck Chilli 11