Another adventure begins

  Highlights Less of a highlight Bird watching - Kate Not returning to Texas – Kate Motor museum, Inverell - both Staying at a horse farm – the smell - Will Getting back to writing my book - Kate   Not returning to Texas - Will   Leyburn Historic Sprints - both   Working for Merle - Kate   Stand Up Paddle Boarding – both (do you still call it that if one of you is sitting down??)   Watching cane fields burn - Kate   Sunsets over Richmond River NSW -Kate   Chatting with the family - both   Being booked in to see Lola’s concert - Kate   Heading South – both   Staying at a horse farm – hilarious - Kate     OK – today’s...

Highlights Less of a highlight Starry night skies - Kate Lily inviting us to play at her house and having to say no - both Listening to the mopoke - Kate Mates having a rough time and not being around to share a meal or a drink with them. Trucks, trucks and more trucks - both Seeing familiar faces at the Casino Truck Show - both Chats with Kyle - Kate   Water views - both   So many birds – 82 species apparently – both, especially Kate   Chat with Lily – both, Poppy listened while I talked   Rain- trust the drought to break when we arrive – both for different reasons   We arrived at our next rural location a few days into the month of August. There is always a mix of feelings as we approach the new location, a combination of hope and dread. Will it...

  Highlights Less of a highlight Clear skies - both Missing Kyle and his family – Kate and Poppy who got more hellos on Facetime from Lily than Grandma did!! – What the??? Sun on our backs - both Having a plan for the next month - both Creeks and gums - Kate Meeting Merle and George (not their real names) – Kate   A paw paw flower Our first five weeks in Queensland is drawing to a close. Since arriving we’ve given a hand to farmers who needed it, learnt new things and experienced new places while having time to look for paid work for Will, while mostly staying warm! Will starts paid work on Monday – 22km southeast of Texas Queensland, any further south and we’d be in NSW. We think this bird is in the Drongo family - photographed on the pumpkin farm So, here we are, sitting in Texas, just next door to the coldest town in Queensland – Stanthorpe - looking at 0-degrees ov...