March 31, 2018

Afternoon snooze

March 30, 2018

Baled into the night

March 29, 2018

My morning view

March 28, 2018

A dusty job

March 27, 2018

Beautiful butterfly

March 26, 2018

Autumn in the Riverina

March 25, 2018

Raindrops on the face

March 24, 2018

Weeding channels

March 23, 2018

Golden moment

March 22, 2018

Pink glow of the morning. 

March 21, 2018

The end of my day.

March 20, 2018

A pair of juvenile Black-shouldered Kites.

March 19, 2018

Strapping down

March 18, 2018

Dirty, dusty day

March 17, 2018

A Veteran Car Rally passed the farm today

… not the sort of traffic we usually see.

The rally was for 1 & 2 cylinder vintage motor vehicles built from 1900 to 1914.

What a delight to see! 

March 16, 2018

Strutting about

March 15, 2018

An Aussie icon

March 14, 2018

Neat fit.

March 13, 2018

Take me home country road.

March 12, 2018

The quiet of the morning.

March 11, 2018

Vantage point

March 10, 2018

 Today a local engineering firm in Finley, our local town, celebrated 125 years of business;
a family business spanning five generations.

What an awesome achievement! 

 What started as a foundry in 1893 building horse drawn wagons, sulkies and water carts, moved on to make disc ploughs and farming implements and then graders for constructing the irrigation ditches when irrigation came to the area in the late 1930’s.

Today JT & EN Close manufactures ute trays and stock feeders amongst many other things. The original façade is still in tack. A new modern shed lies behind the old shed, but in a corner of this original building is a treasure trove of old tools & equipment used in a time gone by.

The history is pretty incredible.

There are also hundreds of documents including original invoices, wage books, handwritten letters, newspaper advertising dating back to the early 1900’s.

Such a pleasure to see so much local history preserved.

March 9, 2018

Family paddle

March 8, 2018

Trucking out 2016 season lower grade oaten hay.

Baled December 2016, stacked using Hay Caps on top & ground sheet on bottom the day it was baled. 730mm rain over 16 months since.

Coming out beautiful!

March 7, 2018

Everyday carry

March 6, 2018

At the waterline

March 5, 2018

Nature is pretty awesome close-up.

These spirals are lucerne seedpods.

March 4, 2018

Vintage Orange

These colourful tractors are an Australian made tractor. Started by Bob Chamberlain, the Chamberlain tractor was built in Perth, WA from 1949 until being gradually bought out by John Deere in the 1970’s, ceasing all Australian manufacturing in 1986. Photographed at today's Chamberlain Championship at the Corowa Vintage Tractor Pull and Machinery Rally. 

March 3, 2018

Perfect morning for raking.

March 2, 2018

Good morning Friday!

March 1, 2018

Bringing in a load.