So slept until 1am again and then broken sleep through to 5. Got up and took a sunrise pic with a windmill in front. Will post that pic another day.

Went riding on a standardbred mare with one of the worst turned out legs I've ever seen. Still for low level trekking she should hold up fine. I think she has been the best standardbred ride that I've had. Her trot even felt organised. Went down the estuary where there are numerous camp sites. Saw a 1000yr old Baboa tree.

Gave Netty a bit of a lesson on the way home. Neck reigning and riding the shoulders round etc.

Had a great chat to Brom about indigenous life and brought up Poppy's conversation last night that he can throw a boomerang but isn't allowed to... I queried a little and it turns out you have to be initiated to throw a boomerang and he would get sick if he threw one. We went on to other topics about eating kangaroo - which tastes like chicken, they cook it hungi style. Dig a hole, hot rocks, gut it, take the fur off but leave the skin on and then bury it to let it cook. Aboriginal people are not allowed to put salt and pepper on kangaroo or someone has to throw a spear at there leg. White man can use salt and pepper though. They also have a spear that sounds similar to a blow dart but bigger. It's what they use for hunting kangaroo and sounds lethal.
Other piece of knowledge I learnt was if you broke the aboriginal laws then you had to nominate a friend and then three people would throw spears at them. Considering the accuracy of the aboriginal people your friend is considered as good as dead. Clearly you don't want to break there laws... as you have to live with your friends death/injuries.

I digress as I say all that because Brom can throw boomerangs, so I dug mine out of my room, 4 of us went out into the paddock and Brom taught me how to throw it, he then tried twice to demonstrated, however neither time did it come back. He told me that I'd purchased a stick - love his bluntness. Next time I buy one make sure they can prove it comes back first!

We then had further conversations about Maori and Aboriginal differences and in many ways the wrongs that have been done are strikingly similar and while there are some outstanding aboriginal people there are the ones with their hands out as well. In greater dialogue we concluded that white people are the same, some good ones and some with their hands out too. I mentioned the Tui and the two voice boxes representing a native bird to Nz but requires both voice boxes to function. Which we believe is Maori voice and pakeha voice working together to path a way forward in the future. I believe a similar thing needs to happen here is Aussie.

Currently it's 33-34 degrees and we are all chilling out. I discovered a hammock yesterday which means I don't get a sweaty back while trying to catch a breeze!

Tomorrow is a moving target, we maybe heading to the new camp by 4wd to checkout / repair the yards and fences etc. of course things change so you never really know. When we are go it's all go and when we are stop it's about trying to stay cool. Have been quietly discovering that others found the 30k ride home pretty tiring as well.

Will see what tomorrow brings. For now it's keeping cool and resting up before either more riding tomorrow or fencing.

We seem to be miles from anywhere but we get a lot of people staying - camping etc. strikes me as odd - but then I'm not used to the big distances people travel so actually this isn't too far of the beaten track at all