I am finally connected to the world again! I have now been in Australia for almost 7 weeks and at the Dairy in Millmerran for 3. The time has flown yet it also feels like a long time ago that I saw everyone at home. It’s great to be finally settled somewhere, it certainly doesnt feel like we have been for 3 weeks. The farm we are on is called Lemontree Feedlot. There are 1560 dairy cattle here and about 300 beef cattle. There are four houses on the property, on...

Just a quick update to let you all know that I am finally employed!! Stacy and I had 2 jobs offers...firstly for a pub 10 hours in-land in a place called Dirranbandi and today on a Dairy Farm in Toowoomba which is just a couple of hours in-land and is a big town. Although the dairy farm is slightly out of my comfort zone as we will be working in big sheds with cows and milking machines for 8 hours a day it is what I came out here to do and I will be earning at ...

Having contacted the organisation we're out here with to tell them we were unhappy with our job, on Sunday we were confronted by our boss who said they had found us a new job in a town called Quilpie, a few hours away and would be leaving on Monday morning. We had to get a lift with the Mail Man, but just before he arrived we received a phone call to say there was no job! We went anyway as we didnt know what else to do and spent about 3 hours driving on a straigh...

So...we're not quite living the Australian dream at the moment! Stacy and I arrived in Windorah on Monday night. Its a small town with one post office, one shop, one garage and an information centre where we get free internet access! We work in the only pub which is also a hotel/motel. The work is fine, the locals friendly and the town is nice, despite being very very remote! Everything is really expensive here but we are getting our meals and accommadation for f...

On Monday I arrived on a farm in the town of Glastonbury where I spent the week. Every day we did different activities, the purpose being to give us an overview of all the different tasks that might be undertaken on a farm in the Outback. Every morning we had to wake up at 6am to be ready to work at 7am. We then fed the pigs and horses. Throughout the week we learnt how to ride horses and drive a tractor. On Wednesday we spent a whole day building fences in a 230...