More work less play

It has been already a week or so since our last post

simply because we've been working much more to get

the money to afford the tickets we're planning to buy,

and it was raining most of the time last week.

I also didn't surf much because of strong onshore winds

it seems like the high season is going to end :(

   Nevertheless life is still exiting and we're looking

forward to our next adventure.

This could be already one.

Just today i set some traps to catch a brown snake 

which are poisonous. 

50 Bucks for Henry

On our way to work, a 60km drive, Henry got sick again :(

Just as we approached the intersection to the highway i could

see the temperature going up so i stopped and had a look.

There was some water missing but i couldn't find a leak.

 I filled two liters of good Australia water in to Henry's 

cooling system and off we went.

Everything was fine the first 40km

but then we had to drive up a hill for quite a while 

and it happened again this time he was over flowing.

Damn it!!!

Ok, so we let him cool down and decided to take him to a garage.

The first garage was too busy so we tried another one.

A one man garage small but, lets see.

Bill, the guy from the garage, said its the thermostat which is blocked 

not letting the water run through the engine.

 He took it out and after one hour and 50 bucks later

we finally made our way to work.

Henry didn't over heat and we could drive home safety.

There remains only one matter.

Why were there two liters missing in the first place?

We'll keep you up to date.

     

        

Best surf so far

Today i had my best surf so far.

It was head high pretty glassy i had my new board

under my feet and it all started with two dolphins

surfing one and half meter in front of me.

I almost went behind the curtain and for 30 min.

there were only six guys out in the water which is 

quite rare at lennox.

So all in all a 8.1

Engine, Tree & Batman

On our way back home from shopping

 we had a look at an old engine which stood next to the road.

It was a pretty cool looking steam engine but the best things we found around the corner.

First there was this awesome killer tree as i like to call them :)
 The young killer tree uses another older tree as a ladder to grow up on its trunk.
Slowly but constantly strangling  the old tree to death.

 

Once the old tree died the killer keeps growing

 but a hole in the middle will always remind you of the old tree.

Pretty awesome, but the best thing 

comes last...

Batman returns

 and he brought his hole family with him

The're called flying foxes

and there were hundreds of them.

Fucking huge bats.

A Day at Evans Head

Today we went for a drive down to Evans Head.

Its approx 40km (about 25 miles) south from where we are staying.

The drive was really nice even went through a national park,

and past fields upon fields of cane sugar 

We found a really nice little bay with a wave for Hannes to surf on.

There was a short walk through the bush and down the small cliff

There wasn't another person there! it was perfect

Hannes even got to try out his new board for the first time!

The weather was fab too!

The best winter I have ever had, and its nearly over already.

It was like our own private beach, Hannes even had a go at being a naturist...

and before you think it... no I didnt give it a go! 

Im English for crying out loud! Cant be getting naked in public! 

:) 

All in all it was a wonderful day

Filled with sun, sea, sand. 

Fish and chips followed by cake!

What more can you ask for :) 

A day

Usually my weekdays start at six o'clock.

I jump in the car and have a look if there are any waves.

Unfortunately it was pretty small all over the week 

so time to relax

(For surf sessions check out the post "surf log book ")   

Back at the farm its time to work just a quick hello to the horses,

on the day we arrived at the farm the little foal was just four days old,

and we're are ready to go

Here you can see what we have been doing in the last few weeks

lots and lots of weeding 

and a little bit of planting

After a couple of hours work its time to feed our selves. 

On a day like that after you stuffed your tummy

 its hard to get back to work.

   

But there is still plenty to do as you can see on this pic below.

So and after we finished work and had dinner its time 

for a bit of social networking and trying to wright this blog.

Sleep well and see you tomorrow