Hopetoun
Thursday, 28 January 2010
An eager boy waiting for bait so he can start fishing in the river. We were amazed at how low the river was since the last time we were there and the dead tree’s about after the hot scorcher they had only a few weeks back. It must have been real hot as birds were
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Top five for The Family Farm!
Monday, 25 January 2010
Whilst on holidays I spotted this in the local paper and couldn’t believe it. Talk about a surprise! I feel very special to be sitting in 5th spot for the week.
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Little gilgies
Friday, 15 January 2010
We went out on Saturday for a swim and a small feed of gilgies..(or yabbies). We have always called them gilgies. These were a bit dirty and not overly huge but tasted great none the less. I love the claw meat, its just a bit more juicy and with a good homemade sauce, even better.
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Fruits
Sunday, 10 January 2010
This is just a small sample of the fruit collected from one of my trees. The taste of fruit straight off the tree is so jucy and delicious…I swear you’d never buy rock hard fruit from the shop again. These are a cross between a nectarine and a peach. Mouth watering! We’ve been drying some
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