I feel I should set Dad's mind at rest as he's rather worried I haven't mentioned seeing any kangaroos so far - I have seen lots, some are 6ft tall red and grey and there are also lots of wallabies and wallaroos around. They haven't featured much in my blog as they're so common I've almost stopped noticing them, and they're regarded as a pest as they can eat as much as a sheep, which is feed that it would be more economical for the cattle to eat. There are also a...

Two weeks since my last entry - there's just no spare time out here, so even this is going to have to be a short one. Last week started badly - AJ went to get the horses on the quad bike, and the throttle locked on, it was too dark to see the emergency stop button so he rolled off, but his spur got stuck and he got dragged a short way before the strap broke. The bike meanwhile carried on through the fence took off up one bank of the creek and landed nose first i...

Another busy week camped out at No 3 but with one major improvement  - Kev lent me his mosquito net! It's amazing, more like a tent than a net and I can put my bed inside it and everything. It is kind of huge though and has been nicknamed the "hotel room", but it definitely does the job. I now only get a couple of bites a night from dinner time, rather than the 12+ I used to get overnight. Anne, Josh and PJ came straight out to camp on Monday night ...

So sorry it's been 2 weeks since my last entry - things have just been busy as ever out here and I've got very behind. So where did I get to... Mustering. As I may have said last time, it's a lot harder than I ever thought it could be. Generally I spend my time chasing up the tail, which means zigzagging back and forth riding about 4 times as far as the cattle actually go. Some mobs are better behaved than others in terms of keeping walking and actually staying ...

Finally had chance to get to a computer - this is my first day off for 2 weeks and it's been much needed. We spent the 10 days following my last blog at Mellish Park, the other property that the Webbers own, mustering up there. It's about 1h30 in the car, but I was lucky enough to get taken up there in the helicopter with PJ, so I could see the area, which was so nice, and only takes 20mins direct, although we did have to do some mustering in the chopper on a ...