Another week spent out at the luxurious camp that is No3, although I am pleased to say we didn't go out there until Monday morning, which meant Anne and I could watch Grey's Anatomy on Sunday night - it's about the only hour of TV we watch over the whole week, and is much anticipated. It was so nice to be back at a civilised camp again with electric light and flushing toilets and a real shower. Not that I mind roughing it for a while, but the amount of time we sp...

This week we've been out at No2, from Sunday to Saturday, and it's been a pretty intense time. In total I think we branded about 650 calves (by we I mean PJ, Josh and me), and I've lost track of how many cattle came through the yard, but it must have been over a couple of thousand. The camp itself wasn't too bad, yes there's not much there, and the shower was a tin shed with a bucket and a dipper, but it was still better than Big Lagoon, and we actually had hot w...

Sorry for the lack of update last week - I spent 45mins writing a long entry, and then just as I went to post it, the computer threw a strop and deleted all except the first 2 sentences which made me very cross! So, quick round up of the week before last - out at No3 most of the week as the road trains had been rescheduled to pick up the cattle, as they'd originally been due when we had all that rain, which meant that a) they wouldn't have been able to ge...

Another fairly quiet week at the station as we had quite a lot of rain Sunday and Monday 40ml, which is unheard of at this time of year, and rather brings things to a standstill (although I hear Sheffield's had a lot worse - it was even on the news over here briefly!). Most days have been spent helping Bev, making smokos and puddings (I'm not quite so accomplished at the main courses yet, with the exception of preparing vegetables! The only problem with not doing...

Another 2 weeks since the last update - I'm getting slack! But last Sunday was taken up with a last minute dash to Cloncurry (6hr round trip) for fax ink, but I'll get to that later. The week before last week was taken up with bringing the weaners (number 6 steers) in from a paddock called Yam Poopi, processing them and putting them into the 20 mile, so they will become next year's bullocks to be sold. Sounds simple enough, but I think I know every blade of gras...