We left Geelong on Monday morning and drove 20 minutes north to the place where we were to spend the next two days/nights. Even though we're on holidays we spent the first two days looking at agistment, backgrounders and feedlots.
The countryside here reminds me of our trip to England in 2010.
This was our taxi for the two days. We flew a five hour round trip from Victoria to NSW to look at a feedlot and inspect some backgrounders that are due to come to us over the next twelve months. I've been in light planes before but this was my first helicopter experience. It was great. The country is awesome from the air. We flew from very green pastures to rice paddocks to (what looked like) barren sheep country. The contrast was amazing.
Hay, waiting to be baled.
Pigs.
Patchwork.
Rice fields.
Backgrounders.
We had a delicious lamb roast lunch cooked for us by the feedlot manager (a versatile man)! This is just one of the views from the house - about 25m from the back door.
More pigs. I don't think our little pork enterprise will ever look like this.
Some views of the garden where we spent the first two nights (owned by the Jag/helicopter couple). The garden is tended by a 78yr old woman. Puts me to shame.
Potato plot.
On the second day we flew to Hamilton to inspect some agistment; G is desperately trying to find homes for cattle from CQ. It was a two hour round trip with a diversion to another property thrown in to look at more backgrounders.
An aerial view of the property where we stayed, about to land for the final time, day 2. We had a cup of tea and fresh scones with home made jams then drove an hour down the road to Daylesford to really begin our holiday.
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That looks like my kind of holiday! Would even settle for just the view of lush, green grass and that garden ...... Enjoy yourselves, I've heard Daylesford is lovely.
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