Day Two

Touring today of the National War memorial. Always a moving experience and really brought to life with the new sound and light show.

We also got to see the post Impressionist exhibition at the National museum. Lot of Van Gough, with Starry night still my fav and even better in the flesh. Of to London tonight

Day One

After a tough day of briefings about world economic policy and trade negotiations the boys finally relaxed to think about home and all they have left behind.

Four Days to go

Even Super Heroes and Fairies have wash day. (magical unicorns too)

7 days to go

This time next week I will be in Canbarra at the start of my six week scholarship. We have a day in Canbarra then off to London. We are spending a week in Wales looking and farms and industry and then off to the US.

I'll try to keep you posted daily, but I'll see how I go. Meanwhile I'm in panic mode. I'm ready to go as far as packing bags etc. But leaving the farm I still have so much to do. I'll see how the next few days pan out.

New swing

Built a new swing for the girls over the weekend. They helped with the measuring and cutting and of cause the testing. I haven't dug many holes over the past few years since having a good post hole digger and these needed to be dug by hand. Thus I fell short of the expected depth and had some bits sticking up. I've now cut them off. Who would know.

McCarthers Flock

I went to visit the oldest merino sheep flock in Australia last week at Camden Park in NSW. These are the original sheep imported to Australia 200 years ago. (their descendants really). these sheep have had little or no outside influence over this time and are a living museum to the original merino.

The interesting thing is these merinos are plain bodied, bare breached, don't require mulsing and don't get fly struck or need drenching. Look what had we done over the past 200 years to ruin the perfect animal.