Pic is the last sunset with me at Diggers. Today was a get organised day... we had 10 artists arriving plus campers so Alix and I had to vacate the bunk house. So that was cleaned swept and all linen changed, we also swept and changed other bush huts and amongst that I made a Key Lime Pie for dessert. Lunch was shared and then I can a couple of hours in the hammock relaxing and reading a history book about the area and how it was settled etc. fascinating readin...

Pic of the day - my dusty boots... they will need a darn good clean before flying back to nz! Had a sad farewell with Brom today - he is a fantastic man, genuine, authentic and so incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. His two kids Jason and Melissa are such a credit to him. The apple has certainly fallen close to the tree. He has helped me out with so much and of course helped me make the stock whip. We will keep in touch, he and Melissa are coming to New Zealan...

Today's picture is of a resident Blue Faced Honey Eater, every lunchtime they come in and see what we have to eat. A chillaxing morning, the Albany guests left us today - they had been here for 10 days and felt like family. After they left Alida had another go at flying the drone and still no success. It seems to disconnect frequently and we are now wondering if there is actually a faulty cord in the remote unit? We then vaccinated 30 horses for there booster s...

We had two different rides go out this morning, Alida took out the four guests along with Alex and then Netty and I took out the Swedish couple with their two girls. Headed out to the north paddock and the airstrip to have a look around. The big wide open countryside. You never get sick of it. I was on Maddie today, who went really well. Got back and had the 2nd breakfast and then Brom found me and took me out into the paddock to practise whip cracking. There is...

Three rides out today. Started off pretty quiet as some fences needed repairing. I went to find my boots and hat to help and missed the truck on the way out - so I decided to take Maddie a standardbred for a ride. Then some guests and Netty decided to join me. We checked out a fence where we might potentially push the Mickey bulls through today?? The fences here won't stop a wild bull that's for sure, however we straightened some floodgates etc and then got a rad...