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Day 21 was my last day in Weetulta so it was sad to be packing up but we finished on a high because Hugh knew a lady called Christine just up the road in Weetulta who runs a rescue home for Kangaroo's and Wallabies, it was an amazing experience to be so close and actually stroke the Kangaroo's and learn about them in great detail from Christine who has looked after them for years. One of the Kangaroo's named Dagan even decided to lick my face and my ear whilst I tried to take a picture of the both of us, definitely the highlight of my trip so far! We then went to find Tim who rents Hugh's paddocks to see if we could get a ride in the header/combine, and he said that is wasn't a problem so mum got into his 'small' combine with a mere 40 foot header on the front of it. Then I had a go on it and I was amazed how technical it has all become, because Tim didn't need to steer it or control the speed of it as it was all computerised but he said it does become a bit boring when you have 11,000 acres to do, but combines are sometimes the biggest cause of fires in Australia because whilst at Weetulta we saw around 5 fires which had started from people reaping in fields, and the main crop that has caused issues is Lentils so I was a little bit concerned that it was this that we were reaping and I hoped a fire didn't start anytime soon, but I completely and 100% trusted Tim, plus he had his fire truck on standby. When we got home I went back to the workshop to complete my woodwork projects and test them to see if they worked and luckily they did!!! So I shall be making more of these when I get home, all I need is a little tool kit. For the last supper at Weetulta Marion cooked us an incredible pork roast with all the trimmings including Pork Crackling, and we then finished the meal off with a bottle of The Armagh valued at $250 so I was very lucky to be able to drink such a fantastic smooth red wine. And Weetulta gave us one final incredible sunset which was spectacular!
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