Australia Day 2012! A perfect day! We got up late (for us) and had a bit of a lazy breakfast before heading up into the top paddock for an hour or so of brush cutting. The grass is so incredibly thick up there! Too full of weeds to bale this year. Hopefully next year we can at least get some mulching hay from it.
Toggles came with us of course leaving Lizzie under the tree with the sheep. The dogs stayed down at the house as l was worried about snakes.Goats never cease to amaze me! Here we are surrounded by more grass then 100 goats could ever eat...............and l turn around and there is Toggles INSIDE the roll of wire used for the Cocky gate. INSIDE it!! Totally wrapped up wedged and squished inside!! Her head was outside of it as she ate a dog rose that was growing on the other side of the fence! Leaves me speechless!!!
The cows were equally humorous and seemed more intent on decimating my carefully raked hay heaps then eating all the grass around them!
And a photo to prove that l do actually work too! Not just take the photos!!!
After that we headed off to collect a milking stand from a friend of ours who is going to America to live! Eventually we would like to milk the goats so thought the opportunity to get hold of a stand was too good to miss. We bundled dogs and ourselves into the Ute and headed into Huonville. We stopped at Banjos Bakery for some Sausage Rolls for lunch. More animal hilarity when we looked down between us to see Lilli with her head in the paper bag the Sausage Rolls came in!!
Treek loved the Ute and apart from her total inability to jump up INTO it, she was perfectly behaved and very relaxed about the whole thing!Geoff got a good work out lifting her in and out all day!
Spent several lovely relaxing hours calling in on friends and family on our way home.Pleased with our Milking Stand. Ably demonstrated by Mr Dixon here (ahem!)
Our very enjoyable day ended when we finally pulled in home about 9.15pm. Just before dark. Grabbed peanut butter on toast for tea and went to bed! Happy Australia Day!
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