Since the end of the drought there has been a spate of sheep and cattle thefts ("duffing") particularly by thieves using empty caravans to stuff suddenly valuable animals into. It's suspicious if an apparent grey nomad has a trailer that bleats or moos. That's not the sort of stock-taking I'm doing. With my mother's death,... Continue Reading →
NEITHER RAIN, NOR SNOW NOR SLEET NOR HAIL…STOPS A TREE PLANTING
So it turns out mud and wind are also no obstacle for Europeans coming to plant at Esdale. We had to cancel this weekend's mass tree planting for a new Box Gum Woodland, for which we've had a grant from Local Land Services. We'd hoped to have 20 people and plant 400 trees. Instead... Continue Reading →