Well May consisted of my adventures in Melbourne, Alice Springs, Uluru and on the Great Ocean Road; have a look at my previous posts for those adventures.
On returning from Melbourne and making my way back to work. I get picked up from the train station and taken to the next door neighbours, Bruce and Jill's. This is where I spent 2 weeks in their flat with the horses in the stables.
I settle in. On the first day back I had to go back to the old property to do the normal morning routine and start to pack up the last of the bits and make up all the feeds for the next few weeks then in the afternoon take the horses over to their new temporary home.
It was then the last day at the old property and to get it ready for the next owners I helped clean, take down some electric fencing and put up the border fence. I think everything was then ready for the handover.
Jill and Bruce have a dog called Molly and a daycare dog called Cody.
Most days I spent the time doing the usual jobs; riding, mucking out, feeding, paddock poo pick up, clean tack and we had a competition.
On my days off I have been into Sydney and visited the Reserve Bank of Australia museum (all about the currency in Australia through its short history). I met up with Carly (a friend I made at Sangam, India) and we spent an evening walking around Sydney, we saw a lot of light insterlations all over Sydney. It was so amazing to see the city lit up in lights; the Opera House was awesome.
We also grabbed some glow in the dark food, danced under umbrellas, played hopscotch and watched an astonishing thunderstorm over the city.
The next day we met up and after a bit of shopping we took a tour around the Hyde Park Barracks museum. It was very interesting to hear how the place has changed and what it has been used for over the years.
Monty enjoyed the tour too but decided to sit in the hammock for a rest.
It was then time for the big move. I finished packing up my things, got the horses ready and loaded then we were off on a 2 and a half hour drive down to the new property. We moved from a 10 acer to a 100 acer property. It was a lovely drive watching the landscape change it became more hilly and dence with trees. We arrived in the dark...unloaded the horses and left the rest for the morning. The house was full we had some guests that were doing some work at the house, Greg and Ross. So I had to sleep in another room for a few nights before I could unpacked and settle into the permanent one.
First day at the new property. ..so many things to be getting on with. Firstly I did the normal morning routine but the paddocks were not ready yet so the horses had to chill in their stables and yards for the day, while we sorted things out and unpacked things. The previous owners came over for some time and I showed the horses to the kids.
In the evening we all went out to the local pub for a meal and to watch the State of Origin game (an Australian game similar to rugby). The match is a game played between Queensland and New South Wales, it's best of 3 and this was the first match and NSW won.
